Having lost none of the aggressive, in-your-face attack demonstrated by
the release of The Danger Is Here cassette album four years previous,
this disc catches up with F
at an interesting moment of their history.
Pete Moss' first band was Chaos, the group that eventually became F. They
formed at Stranahan
High School in 1978, continuing through to the beginning of the 80s.When
F first surfaced in 1984, the band consisted of Flash backed by Pete.
Playing everything.
So here, four more years later and Pete's on drums while on bass is Michael
Chatham, the original bassist for Chaos. So you wouldn't be far wrong
to say that Moss and Chatham had played together near continuously (with
Chaos, Spanish Dogs, Cult Heroes, Stan Still Dance Band, etc) for the
last ten years. This was truly a rhythm section to be reckoned with. And
with Flash sharing a similar lineage, the loose, instinctive, sometimes
telepathic interplay within the band live is striking.
The first three tracks are studio demos, including I Saw Your Vision
a song that appeared not only on The Danger Is Here, but dates back to
Chaos in the late 70s. The live songs originally appeared as studio
recordings on a number of F cassette releases.
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