The Gizmos EPs 1976-1978

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First time all four Gizmos EPs released together, first time any of them on a cassette!!!

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Live At The Rat 1983, Love Songs 1975-1981, Tentatively Terminal 1977-1978, The Jetsons, Polish Sausage Sauerkraut! A Collection Of Gizmos Covers, The Gizmos EPs 1976-1978, The Gizmos: Raw '76/'77, The Gizmos In New York 1980-81, and 18 more. , and , .

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1.	Muff Divin' 03:22		buy track
2.	That's Cool 03:14		buy track
3.	Mean Screen 02:24		buy track
4.	Chicken Queen 04:22		buy track
5.	Amerika First 01:59		buy track
6.	Human Garbage Disposal 02:14		buy track
7.	Ballad Of The Gizmos 03:19		buy track
8.	Kiss Of The Rat 00:59		buy track
9.	Pumpin’ To Playboy 02:15		buy track
10.	Cave Woman 01:22		buy track
11.	Regular Dude 03:03		buy track
12.	Gizmos World Tour 02:46		buy track
13.	We’re Gonna Rumble 02:16		buy track
14.	Gimme Back My Foreskin 01:58		buy track
15.	Hey Beat Mon! 03:16		buy track
16.	Jumpin’ On The Bandwagon 02:06		buy track
17.	Cry Real Tears 02:13		buy track
18.	The American Dream 02:57		buy track
19.	Tie Me Up 01:24		buy track
20.	1978 02:57		buy track
21.	Just A Little Insane 02:54		buy track
22.	Talkin' On The Telephone (unreleased studio track) 02:11	info	buy track
23.	Adolescent Punks (unreleased studio track) 02:37	info	buy track
24.	Bionic Love (unreleased studio track) 06:10	info	buy track

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THE LEGEND OF THE GIZMOS 1976-1978

Are we legendary yet? Infamous? An embarrassment? One version of the myth begins in 1974 when I met Ken Highland and Bob Richert in Bloomington, Indiana. A couple years later, just as Ken was about to enter the Marine Corps, Bob convinced him to make a record. Ken brought together various friends to become his instant band the Gizmos. No gigs, almost no rehearsals--just some songs and a day in a “studio” (a guy’s spare bedroom). And voila! The Gizmos became the first Indiana punk-rock band, even though we were barely a band, and neither Ken nor I were in Indiana for very long. Somehow we came together again in 1977 to record enough for two more EPs, played two live shows at the Bloomington library, and disappeared again (until our 2014 return). Ted Niemiec was the one original Gizmo who remained in Bloomington, and producer/manager Bob formed another band around him. Most importantly, guitarist/songwriter Dale Lawrence joined the new group. This lineup acted like a real band--played lots of shows. They even did a short tour that resulted in three songs from the fourth Gizmos EP being recorded at Max’s Kansas City in NYC. But eventually Ted also quit, leaving Dale to regroup a third time for a Gizmos lineup that included zero original members. But that story happens after this story (Dale’s Gizmos did a split LP and recorded lots of archival stuff that has been released since then). So, y’know, punk-rock refuses to die. Here’s some very early American examples for the first time on the cassette format that everybody thought was dead and buried 30 years ago. Just like punk, it won’t go away! Will ANYTHING ever go away again??? Have fun!

--Eddie Flowers, Heavy Mother (2022)

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The Gizmos Bloomington, Indiana

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

As time unfolds we'll be uploading more Gizmos and related releases to Bandcamp. In the meantime, you can visit the Official Gulcher Store at Big Cartel for the complete discography, or message us directly for Gulcher's set sale list. ... more

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