30 Seconds Over Tokyo / Heart of Darkness

by Pere Ubu

30 Seconds Over Tokyo / Heart of Darkness cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: December 1975
  • Label: Hearpen
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 11:05
  • Community rating: 4.17/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: Tom Herman, Bill Cavanaugh, Peter Laughner, Scott Krauss, other, David Thomas, Allen Ravenstine

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Self-released on David Thomas's own Hearpen label, this debut single stands as a crucial bridge between raw garage-punk and avant-garde post-punk. Driven by Peter Laughner's heavy guitar and Allen Ravenstine's shrieking, chaotic analog EML synthesizer, the track mimics the horrifying sonic ambiance of an air raid. It established the industrial, anxiety-ridden sound of the Cleveland underground.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, noisy, war, alienation, experimental

Tracklist

  1. 30 Seconds Over Tokyo (6:21)
  2. Heart Of Darkness (4:44)

Credits

  • Jon Luoma - cover [art]
  • Scott Krauss - drums
  • Tim Wright - guitar [phynancial guitar], bass guitar, voice [whisper]
  • Tom Herman - guitar, guitar [spinal guitar], bass guitar, voice [whisper]
  • Tim Ernst - musical assistance [necessary assitance]
  • Allen Ravenstine - synthesizer, electronics [modulation]

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