Live At The Rat 1983, by Unattached

Live At The Rat 1983

by Unattached

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Bruce Mitchell "Hey...wanna hear a live recording of a band that used to play at my Wormtown punk club forty plus years ago?"Yes, you do. I had the privilege of seeing them many, many times at Xit, at Ralph's, and yes, at the Rat. This set is exemplary. Don't miss it, whether you were also there back then or weren't even born yet. Favorite track: Close Your Eyes.

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Sloppy, yet somehow tight and always about to go off the rails.

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2.	Feel This Way 01:45	buy track
3.	Genetically Stupid 02:26	buy track
4.	Last Night 02:57	buy track
5.	Early Grave 03:43	buy track
6.	Close Your Eyes 03:36	buy track
7.	Don't Mean A Thing 03:09	buy track
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about

Is there anything worse than when someone comes up to you and says, "Hey...wanna hear a live recording of a band I was in from forty plus years ago?"

Unattached was together from 1981 until 1991. Sloppy, yet somehow tight and always about to go off the rails. We broke up a lot, we got back together a lot. We played out a lot and we played at the Rat a lot. I'd guess we played the Rat more times than any other venue. The shows were wild, the parties afterwards legendary.

This version of Unattached was made up of Mark Frazier on guitar and vocals, Daryl Frazier (a/k/a Billy Nightshade) on bass and vocals, Mike Zadroga on drums, and me, Jamie Sever, on vocals. Over the years, Mark and I were the only two constants in the band, changing lineups too many times for our own good. Along the way, we were privileged to play with Rick Ochsenrider (a/k/a Spliff), Jack Johnson, Simon Ritt, Rob Jeffries and Murphy Occhino. If I forgot to mention you...you weren't in the band long enough. Also privileged to have Tom Dorenkamp as our sound engineer for probably 95% of our live shows. Thanks also to Granny at the Rat.

Thank you to Bob Richert at Gulcher Records for bringing me full circle and returning me to the Gulcher fold. We were a pretty decent live advertisement for Gulcher, this night in particular, doing five Gizmos songs and a Jetsons song. Are they covers when there's a Gizmo and a Jetson in the band?

Thanks to Richard O'Connell, who when asked what he wanted for his birthday, said, "I wanna see you guys play again."

And thanks to the great people who came out to see us! Especially those of you who came out over and over again...or traveled to see us (Craig). Thanks to the guy who wandered in off the streets WITH a trumpet and tried to play James Brown with us.

Hey...wanna hear a live recording of a band I was in from forty plus years ago?

--Jamie Sever, March 2024

credits

released March 22, 2024

Daryl Frazier: Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals on Tracks 7 & 22
Mark Frazier: Guitar, Lead Vocals on Tracks 1, 5, 16, 19 & 23
Jamie Sever: Lead Vocals, Co-Lead Vocal on Track 1
Michael Zadroga: Drums

Recorded Live at the Rat, Kenmore Square, Boston, Mass on April 24, 1983. Produced and Mastered by Phil Stratton. Unattached Sound Engineer: Tom Dorenkamp. Graphics: Eddie Flowers. Unattached Logo & Posters: Jamie Sever. All photos by Tom Dorenkamp, except on T.T. The Bears flyers by Mark Zadroga. Richard O'Connell: Background Vocal on Track 17.

All songs written by Jamie Sever and Mark Frazier, except Track 1 (Chris Hillman/Gram Parsons; Irving Music), Track 3 (Jamie Sever/Manon Kersey; Tight Sheep Music), Tracks 5, 11, 15, 19, 21 & 23 (Mark Frazier), Tracks 7, 8 & 22 (Daryl Frazier), Track 9 (Mark Frazier/Paul Albright), Tracks 10 & 14 (Dale Lawrence; Gizmo Music), Track 13 (Jamie Sever/Mark Frazier/Richard Ochsenrider), Track 16 (Mark Frazier; Gizmo Music), Track 17 (James Brown; Jadar Music Corp), Track 20 (Daryl Frazier/Jamie Sever/Mark Frazier; Gizmo Music), and Track 24 (Dale Lawrence/Doug Holland; Gizmo Music).

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Thurston "Gizmo" Moore at Sonic Life book signing at Monorail Music, Glasgow, Scotland, November 16, 2023. Photo courtesy Lindsay Hutton.

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