This is what Los Angeles sounded like when it was cool. Or at least that's what I'm told. Ok, before you listen to this one you're gonna have to realize that the guy who is claiming to be Dave Navarro today, running around with his shirt off, his head rammed up his ass and that retarded goatee is NOT the same dude who plays guitar on this record. It's true, I swear. The real Dave Navarro was abducted by Aliens back in like 1992 or something from what I've also been told. Way before he did shit like had his wedding broadcasted on MTV as a reality show and then turned into one of Hollywood's top douche drinkers. Dude is a major bummer these days. But... this fake live record (yeah those aren't real crowd noises) which came out in 1987 on XXX Records (before their major label records "Nothing Shocking" & "Ritual de lo Habitual") is sweet fucking tits man! My favorite songs on here are "Whores" (for obvious reasons) and "I Would For You" but they also do some weird covers of The Velvet Underground's "Rock N' Roll" and The Stone's "Sympathy For The Devil" on here which are worth checking out as well. Hey, it's better than Gun N' Roses covering The Stones at least. But then again, pretty much anything is...
Is Whores on any of their other records?
Posted by: Charlie Stain | Saturday, July 02, 2005 at 01:43 PM
I heard this was live but it has shit loads of over-dubs.
Whores is only on this record I think.
Posted by: Oliver | Saturday, July 02, 2005 at 11:15 PM
Dave Navarro should go back, listen to this record, look in the mirror, then kill himself.
Posted by: Danielson | Monday, July 04, 2005 at 11:50 AM
Whores also appears on Nothings Shocking.
Posted by: Craig Goossen | Tuesday, July 05, 2005 at 08:52 AM
whores is indeed on nothing's shocking.
this album was the best. for me, at least it's the one that turned me from 11 year old dorkus into 11 year old dorkus who ROCKED. i got a guitar and smoked pot because of this.
my dreams were shattered a bit when i found out it wasn't actually a live album... in my head I had created this wole concert scene!
Posted by: ted | Tuesday, July 05, 2005 at 05:49 PM
Its not on my copy of Nothing's shocking... what version do you guys have?
1. Up the Beach
2. Ocean Size
3. Had a Dad
4. Ted, Just Admit It...
5. Standing in the Shower...Thinking
6. Summertime Rolls
7. Mountain Song
8. Idiots Rule
9. Jane Says
10. Thank You Boys
11. Pigs in Zen
Posted by: Mike Ellis | Tuesday, July 05, 2005 at 09:16 PM
You're absolutely right...I was thinking, Pigs In Zen...which appeared on both and in Demo style on the Scream Compilation...A pretty killer '87 comp of bands from the legendary downtown spot.
Side 1:
1. Pigs in Zen - Jane's Addiction
2. Manna and Quail - Caterwaul
3. Wave of Darkness (Highway 99) - Human Drama
4. Grey Talk - Francis X And The Bushmen
5. All Along the Watchtower - TSOL
Side 2:
1. Teenage Lipstick Girls - Delta Rebels
2. Rotten Sunday - The Hangmen
3. Slaughter the Lion - Tender Fury
4. They Said Tomorrow - Abecedarians
5. Something Inside Me Has Died (Remix) - Kommunity FK
Posted by: Craig Goossen | Tuesday, July 05, 2005 at 10:55 PM
Oh damn, I thought you guys have like some japan import with a bonus track...
Posted by: Mike Ellis | Tuesday, July 05, 2005 at 10:59 PM
that record is great, to bad about navarro with his reality tv show (never saw it) and camp freddy radio (heard that, makes me sick)
vice really skewered navarro with their celebrity issue, I'm sure everybody saw it and it's out their online if anyone is looking for a laugh.
Posted by: warren | Tuesday, July 05, 2005 at 11:50 PM
Whores is on the compilation Kettle Whistle in a different live version.
"My Time" and "Trip Away" are also great unduly forgotten songs.
Posted by: ben | Monday, July 11, 2005 at 12:47 PM