Hangmen

Legendary Los Angeles underground rock outfit The Hangmen set to release their 7th album, Cactusville on CD, Digital and Colored Vinyl. Together for 30 years, The Hangmen's combination of punk rock ferocity and country/roots music puts them in an artistic class with the likes of other Los Angeles greats X, Gun Club and Social Distortion. Born in Montana, Small moved to L.A. and formed The Hangmen in 1986, where they immediately caught the eye of Black Flag/Circle Jerks singer Keith Morris. Morris managed the band, and along with Bad Religion Brett Gurewitz, produced the demos that landed them a deal with Capitol Records.

A grisly tour of hangings, electrocutions, beheadings—and other state-sanctioned deaths that are part of the long history of the death penalty.

In addition to his Oscar-nominated score for Fritz Lang's film 'Hangmen Also Die' (1943), this CD contains some rarely heard works by Schoenberg pupil, Hanns Eisler (1898-1962). The programme demonstrates the approach he developed towards twelve-tone technique and how it played a surprisingly important role in the field of film and orchestral music.