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What Is This - What Is This
FLAC | Artwork | 24Bit 96kHz: 767 MB | 16Bit 44.1kHz: 261 MB
Cat#: MCA Records MCA-5598 | Country/Year: US 1985, Promotional Copy
Genre: Alternative Rock | Hoster: Uploaded/Filesonic

What Is This? (known prior to 1980 as Anthym) was a rock band that originated in Fairfax High School in California and would play numerous shows along the coast of California. Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers was one of two original people who acted as roadies for the band and would introduce the band before they went on stage. Original Red Hot Chili Peppers members Hillel Slovak and Jack Irons left that band just prior to it receiving its first record contract, preferring to focus on What Is This?. Slovak rejoined the Chili Peppers for their second album and Irons for their third album. The name What Is This? refers to the reaction of people listening to their music.

Multi-instrumentalist and visual artist Sarah Mary Chadwick is not a new face to Melbourne's music community. After moving to Australia from her native New Zealand to pursue a career in music, Sarah spent a decade fronting the grunge band Batrider. Eventually becoming tired of the collaborative requirements intrinsic to band life, Sarah shifted her focus to songwriting independently, drawing inspiration from “weird old New Zealand musicians” like Peter Jefferies, Chris Knox, and Australia’s Pip Proud and the way they tinker away and work for decades for “little to no commercial success.” This inspiration is obvious in Sarah’s performance as she simultaneously savors and mocks the pedestal that her creativity affords her, acknowledging that “it's a position of power being on a microphone” and how “it's a desperate demand to be seen. It's funny and really sad.”

Beautiful collection of "The King of Swing" with almost 5 hours of great early recordings between 1936 and 1945. In mid thirties, the "swing" new jazz style, became very popular mainly due to Goodman's success in Palomar, California (1935) and his legendary performance at the New York Paramount in 1937. The decade 1936-1945 was very creative for the amazing father of the Swing era. As with all releases in the "Hall of Fame" Past Perfect series, you will find included a nice 40p booklet, with extensive information on the artist and his work.