Debris - Debris

Tracklist:
  1. One Way Spit
2. Female Tracks
3. Witness
4. Tricia
5. Boy Friend
6. Leisurely Waiting
7. New Smooth Lunch
8. Manhattan
9. Flight Taken
10. Tell Me
11. Blue Girls

Chickasha, Oklahoma is not a place known for producing a lot
of original proto-punk bands. In fact, there is, to our knowledge,
only one: Debris’. Formed in 1975 by bassist Chuck Ivey,
guitarist Oliver “Rectomo” Powers and drummer Johnny
Gregg, the trio created some of the most art-damaged outsider
rock ’n’ roll this side of MX-80 Sound.
When a local studio offered the package deal of ten hours
for recording and mixing as well as pressing 1,000 LPs and
two-color jackets, Debris’ came in well-rehearsed—nailing all
eleven of their songs in just one take. In April 1976, the same
month as Ramones’ debut album, Debris’ would release their
lone record onto the world.
Opener “One Way Spit” could easily be mistaken for a lost KBD
single—from Chuck’s bizarre count-in to the band’s trashy startstop
rhythms, unfurling a Dadaist flag around Johnny’s visceral
vocals. On “Tricia,” a reference to the then-current Patty Hearst
trial, Oliver’s gruesome groans are sardonically juxtaposed
with an electric saw. These LSD-tinged tunes are a potent mix
of Beefheart-ian controlled chaos and the genuinely weird
avant-rock associated with the mid-’70s Cleveland scene.
Enhanced by analog synthesizers and electronic effects, the
album sounds like Eno-era Roxy Music or Stooges’ Fun House
buried deep in the red Oklahoma dirt. While punk would spark
a handful of bands who boldly straddled the line between the
primal and the experimental, the relatively unsung Debris’ were
one of the first to do so.
Debris’ had a standing invitation to play New York at Max’s
Kansas City and CBGB in 1976, although they never made it
out of Oklahoma. The private-press edition of their self-titled
album (also known as Static Disposal, which was actually the
label name printed on the original front cover) has since become
a collector’s item and is even namechecked on the infamous NWW list.

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