Crime
Crime was an early American punk band from San Francisco. The band was formed in 1976 by Johnny Strike (vocals, guitar), Frankie Fix (vocals, guitar), Ron The Ripper Greco (bass; ex-Flamin' Groovies), and Ricky Tractor (Ricky Williams) (drums). Their debut, the self-financed double A-side, Hot Wire My Heart and Baby You're So Repulsive, appeared at the end of 1976, and is the first single released by a U.S. punk act from the West Coast. The band's sound was characterized by simple rock-and-roll arrangements played at intensely high volumes. Michael Goldberg, critic for New York Rocker magazine, wrote in 1978: Crime play loud. So loud that the plate glass window at the opposite end of the club shakes, tables tremble and people hang onto their drinks. Loudness may be Crime's only musical raison d'etre. This band is a literal translation of the concept 'minimal.' Drummer Hank Rank thumps out a simple Bo Diddley beat that is only adequate in the context of the rest of the band. Bassist Ron the Ripper coaxes a thick rumble from his amp that reminds one of the thunder of a bulldozer rolling over rugged terrain. And the guitar playing of Johnny Strike and Frankie Fix make you feel like you've been forcefully held underwater for the full 25 minutes of the set. In Issue #13 of Ugly Things Magazine, critic Mike Stax wrote: CRIME's music didn't conform to the norm either. They didn't use the standard-issue highspeed buzzsaw guitar approach. Instead their noisy attacks were an unpredic...
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Frustration
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Hot Wire My Heart
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Murder By Guitar
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Crime Wave
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I Knew This Nurse
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Piss on Your Dog
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San Francisco's Doomed
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Feel The Beat
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I Stupid Anyway
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Twisted
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Rockabilly Drugstore
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Flyeater
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Rock 'N' Roll Enemy No. 1
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Dillinger's Brain
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Flipout
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Rockin' Weird
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Instrumental
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Instrumental Instrumental
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Monkey on Your Back
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Yakuza
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Emergency Music Ward
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Samurai
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Baby You're So Repulsive
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Hot Wire My Heart (alt take)
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Gangster Funk
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San Franciscos Doomed
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Dillingers Brain
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RocknRoll Enemy no. 1
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Maserati
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If Looks Could Kill
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Baby, You're So Repulsive (alt. take)
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Lost Soul
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Terminal Boredom
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Baby, You're So Repulsive (Alternate Take)
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Baby, You're So Repulsive
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TV Blue
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Baby, You're so Repulsive (alt take)
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Running With The Storm
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Suicide
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Best To Death
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Nucler Blood
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Other Kids Lives
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Hot Wire My Heart - Alternate Take
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San Francisco's Doomed (Alternate Take)
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Rhythm Graffiti (DJ Harvey re-edit)
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Across The USA
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Clown Bitch
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Baby, You're So Repulsive [Alternate Take]
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Lil' Sis
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Rock 'n' Roll Enemy No.1
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