Ridin' on a Bummer

by Rascal Reporters

Ridin' on a Bummer cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Hebbet
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:01:44
  • Community rating: 3.89/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Steve Gore, Dave Newhouse, Gary Schumacher, Tim Hodgkinson, Mary Ellen Rollins

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Operating entirely as a home-studio duo, Steve Kretzmer and Steve Gore constructed an incredibly dense and bizarre tapestry of complex avant-prog. 'Ridin' on a Bummer' features relentless tempo changes, eccentric synthesizer textures, and absurd, humorous interludes. It is a defining document of the American cassette-culture underground, embracing absolute musical freedom and compositional insanity.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, novelty, progressive, experimental, complex, lo-fi, theatrical, diverse, DIY

Tracklist

  1. Elements (3:32)
  2. The Hills (2:41)
  3. RIO (16:23)
  4. Mike Newfield (0:53)
  5. Barrensphere (6:24)
  6. Without Passion or Peace (4:50)
  7. Bones Chorale (1:57)
  8. Barrensphere Revisited (7:44)
  9. Psychlops (13:12)
  10. Paper Love (4:05)

Credits

  • Steve Kretzmer - piano [acoustic], performer [casio], organ [wlm], synthesizer, drums [drum set], electric guitar, bass guitar [electric], clarinet, glockenspiel, voice, congas, tambourine, claves, performer [woodblock], written-by
  • Dave Newhouse - written-by, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, percussion
  • Tim Hodgkinson - written-by, voice, alto saxophone
  • Rick Barenholtz - voice
  • Gary Schumacher - electric guitar
  • Mary Ellen Rollins - cello
  • Bill Andrews - voice
  • Fred Frith - voice

More from Rascal Reporters: full discography