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  • Alien Heat: Wonderlust (live)
    Lyrics: P. Greatorex
    Music: P.Greatorex/G.Davies/R.Holloway/M.Greatorex/G.Barbe
    Recorded at Bandspace, Exeter
    Performers:
    Peter Greatorex – vocals
    George Davies – guitar
    Richard Holloway – keys
    Marc Greatorex – bass
    Graham Barbe – drums
    WONDERLUST
    Wandered down a hard road
    Just to see where it would go
    Came upon a bad man
    Living in a sad land
    I listened as he whispered
    How he hadn’t prospered
    Waited while he mumbled
    About his daily fear
    Struggled up a steep hill
    Where the sky looked so ill
    Bird inside a white cage
    Said the world was my stage
    I listened as he spoke low
    Saying with him it wasn’t so
    Waited while he sang there
    About his daily fear
    Is it any wonder
    Deafened by the thunder
    Blinded by the bright light
    From stars without number
    Break free, breaking free
    You’ll do it, you’ll see
    Break free, breaking free
    First for you, then for me
    Slipped into a dark place
    Thought I’d buy a new face
    Found a dark-eyed lady
    Said she couldn’t save me
    I listened as she rambled
    About how it’s wrong to gamble
    Then waited while she shouted
    About her daily fear
    Drove on down a freeway
    Thought at the end I could stay
    Read out on a roadsign
    I was on the right line
    Watched it as it hung there
    Seeming not to really care
    Waited while it added words
    About its daily fear
    Is it any wonder
    Deafened by the thunder
    Blinded by the bright light
    From stars without number
    Break free, breaking free
    You’ll do it, you’ll see
    Break free, breaking free
    First for you, then for me
    Words by Peter Greatorex.
    Copyright (c) Wud Records 1990, (p) Pig Pen Music 1989.
    George plays the guitar parts on the Ice Maiden and during the verses are largely a harmony to the vocal melody.
    Choruses are mostly E and F.
    The music for this song was mostly created in Pete’s garage on Topsham Road on January 31st 1990, George’s 24th birthday.
    See also:
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alien-heat/essential
    http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alien-heat/essential/wonderlust
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/essential
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    4 min
  • Alien Heat: Easy Street (live)
    Lyrics: P. Greatorex
    Music: P.Greatorex/G.Davies/R.Holloway/M.Greatorex/G.Barbe
    Recorded at Bandspace, Exeter
    Performers:
    Peter Greatorex – vocals
    George Davies – guitar
    Richard Holloway – keys
    Marc Greatorex – bass
    Graham Barbe – drums
    EASY STREET
    Jumped back in the alley
    Couldn’t find what I was looking for
    Thought I’d stay in the shadows
    Living outside the law
    Looked out from my window
    Saw I’d missed the dirty rain
    Only want to walk in sunshine
    Won’t get fooled again
    Easy Street, don’t tell me this is Easy Street
    Easy Street, don’t tell me this is Easy Street
    Cos I know better than that, better than
    I know better than that, better than
    I know better than that, better than that
    I stepped up to the corner
    To ask what happened and that
    Put on my friendly face
    But I stayed right at the back
    Got some information
    About humans and their race
    It’s some kind of secret
    But it puts me out of place
    Easy Street, don’t tell me this is Easy Street
    Easy Street, don’t tell me this is Easy Street
    Cos I know better than that, better than
    I know better than that, better than
    I know better than that, better than that
    Words by Peter Greatorex.
    Copyright (c) Wud Records 1990, (p) Pig Pen Music 1989.
    This song is in the key of A.
    George plays the guitar parts on Nicodemus and uses twin fuzz boxes – a Rat and a Boss Heavy Metal.
    The music for this song was largely created in Pete’s garage where Silent Running Studios would one day be.
    See also:
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alien-heat/essential
    http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alien-heat/essential/easy-street
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/essential
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    4 min
  • Alien Heat: Dancin' In The Dark (live)
    Lyrics: P. Greatorex
    Music: P.Greatorex/G.Davies/R.Holloway/M.Greatorex/G.Barbe
    Recorded at Bandspace, Exeter
    Performers:
    Peter Greatorex – vocals
    George Davies – guitar
    Richard Holloway – keys
    Marc Greatorex – bass
    Graham Barbe – drums
    DANCIN’ IN THE DARK
    Dancin’ in the dark
    Watching all the sparks of heavy sound
    Pressed up to the nite
    Waiting for the lite, waiting for the lite
    Waiting for the lite to hit the ground
    Walkin’ down the street
    Soaking up the heat of Blue Soul Sound
    Pressed up to the nite
    Waiting for the lite, waiting for the lite
    Waiting for the lite to hit the ground
    I gotta hear, I gotta see
    I gotta set the rhythm free
    Got to, got to, got to get around
    Got to get around, get around
    Gotta get around
    Put my soul into the sound
    Gotta hear, gotta see
    Gotta set the rhythm free
    Gotta feel, gotta be
    Got my own reality
    Gotta funk out to the baddest sound around
    Yeah, I’m dancin’ in the dark
    Watching all the sparks
    Watching all the sparks get around
    Watching all the sparks of heavy sound
    Get around, get around
    Words by Peter Greatorex.
    Copyright (c) Wud Records 1990, (p) Pig Pen Music 1989.
    This song is mostly in the key of Bm.
    The guitar parts are played on the Ice Maiden.
    This was the song where Graham played a drum solo, during which the rest of the band would roll and light cigarettes before he brought them back in with a big drumroll.
    See also:
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alien-heat/essential
    http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alien-heat/essential/dancin-in-the-dark
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/essential
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    7 min
  • Alien Heat: Badass Boogie (live)
    Lyrics: P. Greatorex
    Music: P.Greatorex/G.Davies/R.Holloway/M.Greatorex/G.Barbe
    Recorded at Bandspace, Exeter
    Performers:
    Peter Greatorex – vocals
    George Davies – guitar
    Richard Holloway – keys
    Marc Greatorex – bass
    Graham Barbe – drums
    BADASS BOOGIE
    I got backlash action
    Make a living staring at walls
    Need rock’n'roll for my poor soul
    Go funkin’ round the floor
    I got high-heeled sneakers
    High-ride blues for boots
    Need love and stuff to make me tough
    Gonna go back to my roots
    I ain’t Peaceful Patti
    Gonna fire up my rocket car
    Go bustin’ down the freeway
    Makin’ like a movie star
    Them dude-ranch hicks can’t get my kicks
    Take the whiskey from my jar
    It’s all backlash action, black flash action
    Gonna shine like a shooting star
    I got freeze frame dinners
    Use my TV for a tub
    I need rhythm and blues and blue suede shoes
    And alcohol, massage and rub
    I got speeding tickets
    Lost my job down out the store
    Need a rolling stone so the moss don’t grow
    And I can jive right out the door
    I ain’t Peaceful Patti
    Gonna fire up my rocket car
    Go bustin’ down the freeway
    Makin’ like a movie star
    Them dude-ranch hicks can’t get my kicks
    Take the whiskey from my jar
    It’s all backlash action, black flash action
    Gonna shine like a shooting star
    I ain’t Peaceful Patti
    Gonna fire up my rocket car
    Go bustin’ down the freeway
    Makin’ like a movie star
    Them dude-ranch hicks can’t get my kicks
    Take the whiskey from my jar
    It’s all backlash action, black flash action
    Gonna shine like a shooting star
    Words by Peter Greatorex.
    Copyright (c) Wud Records 1990, (p) Pig Pen Music 1989.
    This song is partly in the key of E and partly in the key of F#m.
    This was the second song by Alien Heat and the earliest surviving one.
    The guitar parts were written last and make little sense if the song is played with just guitar and voice.
    Graham and Marc wanted to play a drum’n'bass solo, so there is one of sorts in this.
    All the keyboard sounds were created from scratch by Richard on the DX7.
    George plays Nicodemus and uses two dirt pedals for the solo.
    See also:
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alien-heat/essential
    http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alien-heat/essential/badass-boogie
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/essential
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    4 min
  • Alien Heat: Ship to Shore (live)
    Lyrics: P. Greatorex
    Music: P.Greatorex/G.Davies/R.Holloway/M.Greatorex/G.Barbe
    Recorded at Bandspace, Exeter
    Performers:
    Peter Greatorex – vocals
    George Davies – guitar
    Richard Holloway – keys
    Marc Greatorex – bass
    Graham Barbe – drums
    SHIP TO SHORE
    Into the setting sun they sailed
    As brave as brave can be
    And across the world they went
    In boats upon the sea
    And with distant eyes they looked
    But they never did see me
    On this we all agree
    On this we all agree
    With a night light flashing by the sea
    Sailors went there by twos and by threes
    I am a captain and I can’t drown
    Living neatly on white wave sound
    On this we all agree
    With a bright light arcing across the dark
    Sailors went there steering by the stars
    I’ll be a bad man but I won’t steal
    No more than I can take away with me
    On this we all agree
    In the sunset water turning to sky
    Sailors went there leaving by and by
    I am a black knight but I am so good
    Put all the pieces back wherever I should
    On this we all agree
    On the reef rock shellfish gather and die
    Sailors went there telescopes to eyes
    I am a wizard but I’m misunderstood
    I’d like to be a pilot, oh really I would
    On this we all agree
    On the ocean sleeping in the wind
    Sailors went there to forget their sins
    I am a soul man and I can keep
    The sounds of Heaven where the waters meet
    On this we all agree
    Words by Peter Greatorex.
    Copyright (c) Wud Records 1990, (p) Pig Pen Music 1989.
    This song is in the key of Em and the tempo is around 128BPM.
    It was a real collective favourite of Alien Heat.
    The guitar parts are played on the Ice Maiden.
    The intro is mostly Em9 and Bm11.
    The verses are Em and Bm, and at the end they go to G, F#m11 and Bm11.
    The keyboard solo is based around a G, F#m, Bm riff.
    Before the keyboard solo and at the end of the song there is a section that goes G, F#, F, Em7, Cm7, Em7, Cm7.
    The song usually began with the cry: “Cue The Noise!” as Richard started the number with a huge sound that he created himself on the DX7.
    There were many great moments of inspiration from all five band members that led to this song being the way it is.
    See also:
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alien-heat/essential
    http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alien-heat/essential/ship-to-shore
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/essential
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    7 min
  • Alien Heat: Jigsaw (live)
    Lyrics: P. Greatorex
    Music: P.Greatorex/G.Davies/R.Holloway/M.Greatorex/G.Barbe
    Recorded at Bandspace, Exeter
    Performers:
    Peter Greatorex – vocals
    George Davies – guitar
    Richard Holloway – keys
    Marc Greatorex – bass
    Graham Barbe – drums
    JIGSAW
    When time walks by in my best shoes
    I know I’ve got to race
    Don’t like morning’s newspaper news
    Oh mirror, give me a face
    With a daytime job like the third world war
    If I ain’t in the factory you know I’m in the store
    And I’m out of place
    Just want the notes of a rhythm machine
    My friend’s inside the sound
    I shave and wash to keep me squeaky clean
    Friday come around
    I wish I’d find a reason for tomorrow being there
    Cos I got no ambition and I really don’t care
    It’s all upside down
    It’s so weird just being here
    Dreamlines sometimes make it clear
    Common sense is nonsense and a life of fear
    I got no solution to the world’s intrusion
    I got no solution, no mix, no kicks, no fusion
    Find me a lover in the neon nite
    You know, a girl for me!
    But all the women stand so bright and tight
    And I’m so loose and free
    With a four star heart like a junkyard fence
    And a rollerskate mind that don’t make no sense
    Can this really be?
    I want a recipe for reality
    It ain’t asking much
    But all I get is entropy
    No loving touch
    Gotta smile the while while I’m slaving here
    They say go far but what I want is near
    And that’s enough
    It’s so weird just being here
    Dreamlines sometimes make it clear
    Common sense is nonsense and a life of fear
    I got no solution to the world’s intrusion
    I got no solution, no mix, no kicks, no fusion
    Words by Peter Greatorex.
    Copyright (c) Wud Records 1990, (p) Pig Pen Music 1989.
    This song is in the key of G#m and much of the music comes from the voice and Marc’s bass melody.
    George plays the guitar parts on Nicodemus.
    Verses are mostly G#m and D#m, and between verses the chords are C#m and D#m.
    Before the choruses the chords are C#m, A and G#m.
    Choruses are mostly G#m and E.
    Richard and George felt that this song was written about Marc.
    The tempo of this song is 134BPM.
    See also:
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alien-heat/essential
    http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alien-heat/essential/jigsaw
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/essential
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    7 min
  • Alien Heat: Odd (live)
    Lyrics: P. Greatorex
    Music: P.Greatorex/G.Davies/R.Holloway/M.Greatorex/G.Barbe
    Recorded at Bandspace, Exeter
    Performers:
    Peter Greatorex – vocals
    George Davies – guitar, vocals
    Richard Holloway – keys, vocals
    Marc Greatorex – bass, vocals
    Graham Barbe – drums, vocals
    ODD
    Cessie was a bad girl
    She took more than she need
    She took her drugs as a body rub
    And gave birth to violent seeds
    She’d greet the dawn with a stifled yawn
    And looked in without a key
    Odd, odd, oddity
    She was some oddity
    Odd, odd, oddity
    She was some oddity
    Cessie was some party poop
    She always blew the lites
    She used the mains as a terminal drain
    And got the boys to fight
    And for lust she peaked on any stuff
    That gave her second sight
    Odd, odd, oddity
    She was some oddity
    Odd, odd, oddity
    She was some oddity
    Cessie was a metal maid
    A sad heart armoured star
    Sealed up in a mess of tin
    She said “So few, so fast, so far!”
    She walked around with a store-bought frown
    Got a chauffeur but no car
    Odd, odd, oddity
    She was some oddity
    Odd, odd, oddity
    She was some oddity
    Odd, odd, oddity
    She was some oddity
    Odd, odd, oddity
    She was some oddity
    Odd, odd, oddity
    She was some oddity
    Odd, odd, oddity
    She was some oddity
    Odd, odd, oddity
    She was some oddity
    Odd, odd, oddity
    She was some oddity
    Cessie was a bad girl
    She took more than she need
    She took her drugs as a body rub
    And gave birth to violent seeds
    She’d greet the dawn with a stifled yawn
    And looked in without a key
    Odd, odd, oddity
    She was some oddity
    Odd, odd, oddity
    She was some oddity
    Pressurised, ionised, certified and more
    Madonna face without the grace
    With the kiss-me clothes she wore
    Sanitised, sanforised, polarised for war
    The human race is not her case
    She won’t tell you what she saw
    Pressurised, ionised, pressurised, ionised
    Pressurised, ionised, pressurised, ionised
    Pressurised, ionised, pressurised, ionised
    Pressurised, ionised, pressurised, ionised
    Words by Peter Greatorex.
    Copyright (c) Wud Records 1990, (p) Pig Pen Music 1989.
    This song is in the key of A minor.
    Occasionally it goes to G, but not for long and not too often.
    According to Pete, this song is about a scarf he used to own. Hmmm…
    The guitar riff at the beginning is played around the 12th fret.
    The guitar riff near the end is also played around the 12th fret and is Am7, Am13, Am7, Am6.
    Marc’s bassline is largely mysterious and impossible to play for other humans.
    Richard uses a Yamaha DX7 and invented all the sounds you hear himself.
    During the long chorus where everybody yells a line, Pete goes first, then George, then Richard, then Marc, then Graham, then everyone.
    See also:
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alien-heat/essential
    http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alien-heat/essential/odd
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/essential
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    5 min
  • Alien Heat: Abnormal (live)
    Lyrics: P. Greatorex
    Music: P.Greatorex/G.Davies/R.Holloway/M.Greatorex/G.Barbe
    Recorded at Bandspace, Exeter
    Performers:
    Peter Greatorex – vocals
    George Davies – guitar
    Richard Holloway – keys
    Marc Greatorex – bass
    Graham Barbe – drums
    ABNORMAL
    Have you got a compass
    Do you know where you are
    Starless and Bible Black
    But you hear guitars
    Light years away but they’re there
    And I can tell you where
    Where, where, where
    Have you got a problem
    With finding the sun
    Heart stopped and blinded
    Hearing melodies run
    Light years away but they’re there
    And I can show you where
    Where, where, where
    Abnormal, unforgivingly
    Already warmed up
    We’ve come to set you free
    But there is a payment for reality
    Unless you wanna wait
    For Hell to freeze
    Will you want a pilot
    Will you want a fast plane
    Ground-bound and lonely
    Chained to a refrain
    Light years away but it’s there
    And I can show you where
    Where, where, where
    Will you sign agreement
    Will you pay for your soul
    Godless and friendless
    Down on Echo Road
    Light years away but I’m there
    And I can tell you where
    Where, where, where
    Abnormal, unforgivingly
    Already warmed up
    We’ve come to set you free
    But there is a payment for reality
    Unless you wanna wait
    For Hell to freeze
    Words by Peter Greatorex.
    Copyright (c) Wud Records 1990, (p) Pig Pen Music 1989.
    This song is in the key of F#m.
    It has two chords, the other being Em.
    The band wrote this song in Pete’s bedroom in Topsham Road, Exeter during a cold wet November afternoon in 1989.
    Richard’s original keyboard parts were written on a Yamaha keyboard with tiny keys and 100 sounds that were all virtually the same.
    George plays the Ice Maiden on this song.
    During rehearsals, Pete would try his best to climb inside George’s Marshall cab during the feedback section towards the end of the guitar solo.
    The tempo of this song is 124BPM.
    Richard felt that Pete had written the words for George.
    See also:
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alien-heat/essential
    http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alien-heat/essential/abnormal
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/essential
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    6 min
  • Alien Heat: Asylum Child (live)
    Lyrics: P. Greatorex
    Music: P.Greatorex/G.Davies/R.Holloway/M.Greatorex/G.Barbe
    Recorded at Bandspace, Exeter
    Performers:
    Peter Greatorex – vocals
    George Davies – guitar
    Richard Holloway – keys
    Marc Greatorex – bass
    Graham Barbe – drums
    ASYLUM CHILD
    Dangerous decision to think before you talk
    Might find you’re saying something and making people bored
    Listen to the airwaves, gibberish is king
    Communication breakdown don’t mean a god-damn thing
    Thinking is like blinking with soap upon your eye
    It hurts like hell when you do it first but you surely will not die
    Read a paper, see the news, the facts are there to see
    If that’s the case I wanna leave, this place is not for me
    Confusion – wait, wait a minute
    Delusion is gripping us with its force
    Using blindness as its source
    Fusion is hot-wired up to talk
    It’s hot-wired up to talk
    Can’t afford to breathe the air
    I can’t afford the fare
    God is in the biggest bank
    And we’re happy with him there
    Can’t afford to breathe the air
    I can’t afford the fare
    God is in the biggest bank
    His money’s everywhere
    There is a secret garden but we’ve forgotten how to look
    We’re ace in space and swapping hearts, we’re taught to cook the books
    Money jungle, first-fuck fumble, do everything in cars
    The sheriff is shot, we bombed the lot, we can’t eat but we can go to Mars
    Test tube life new recipe technology disease
    The joke’s on us, we missed the bus, there ain’t no money in peace
    Dangerous decision to think before you talk
    Might find you’re saying something and making people bored
    Confusion – wait, wait a minute
    Delusion is gripping us with its force
    Using blindness as its source
    Fusion is hot-wired up to talk
    It’s hot-wired up to talk
    Can’t afford to breathe the air
    I can’t afford the fare
    God is in the biggest bank
    And we’re happy with him there
    Can’t afford to breathe the air
    I can’t afford the fare
    God is in the biggest bank
    His money’s everywhere
    Words by Peter Greatorex.
    Copyright (c) Wud Records 1990, (p) Pig Pen Music 1989.
    This song is in the key of C#m and is 120BPM.
    The main riff is C#m, B, F#m, A.
    The song was written around the vocals, bass and keys.
    “We can’t eat but we can go to Mars” is two beats.
    “Peace” is a word that when sung sounds like “Peas”. “There ain’t no money in peas” was confirmed by a Watershed song, which told us “Sell your peas with a share certificate.”
    Andy once accidently sang “Fist-fuck fumble” instead of “First-fuck fumble”.
    When Pete wrote out the original lyric sheet he included every ‘yeah’ in the song.
    George plays the guitar parts on Nicodemus.
    See also:
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alien-heat/essential
    http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alien-heat/essential/asylum-child
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/essential
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    5 min
  • Watershed: Capital City Hero
    Capital City Hero, from Life, Times and Dreams by Watershed.
    Recorded at The Acorn, Penzance.
    Engineered by Watershed and Steve Smallwood.
    Mixed at Elm Road (Mike's room).
    Produced by Watershed.
    Cover Art: Denise Andrews.
    Thanks to: Uffy and the Acorners, Denise and Mrs Lovely.
    All songs by Al Shalliker.
    Copyright © Al Shalliker 1990.
    WATERSHED
    Jo Atkins - vocals, percussion
    Mike Baldwin - soprano/tenor sax
    Mark Flack - bass
    Dave Gregory - grand piano
    Tony Gullis - drums, percussion
    Al Shalliker - guitars, vocals
    Steve Smallwood - sound & pound
    CAPITAL CITY HERO
    Another English hero's smiling
    Another English hero's shining
    But she don't care
    No, she don't care about it
    I've got no friends in Whitehall
    I've got no friends who tax me to breathe my air
    Suffocate or pay your fare!
    I'll never ask nobody to carry me home again,
    I'll never ask nobody to carry me home,
    My friends are gone and I'm feeling alone again,
    My friends are gone and I'm feeling alone.
    Capital, capital, capital bluffing,
    Capital, capital, capital city hero,
    Radical, radical change in structure,
    Radical, radical change in structure.
    Another English hero in a suit and a smile,
    Another English hero to watch and admire,
    Packaged and censored, the right way to be,
    The dimension that matters is the one you can see
    Heroes deceive us, ruling on mistrust
    Heroes deceive us, ruling on this
    Capital bluffing, capital city hero,
    Capital bluffing.
    See also:
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/watershed
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/watershed/life-times-dreams
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13DknmiCstM
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2slWp3l4WP4
    https://myspace.com/watershedplymouth
    http://www.bandmine.com/watershedplymouth
    https://www.alshalliker.com/
    https://linktr.ee/wudrecords
    5 min

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