The Gizmos In New York 1980-81

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dwise501 RIP. Robbie and Billy. Rock on brother.

ultradamno Once, in New Castle, IN, maybe 81, some friends rented a walk up for a punk party. Moshing to Hoosier Hysteria and getting trolled by greasers. As much as The Zero Boys would mean to us face to face, The Gizmos set the example. So New York didn’t like ‘em…real rock n roll don’t come from there, anyway

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Limited edition reprinting of the 1980 Gizmos Songbook, with lyrics and chords for 25 Gizmos songs and illustrations by Billy Nightshade (R.I.P.). Twenty-eight pages B&W corner stapled, includes the flyer for a November 1980 Gizmos show with Rank And File at Maxwell's in Hoboken.

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1.	The Midwest Can Be Allright 02:07	buy track
2.	Hard Hoboken Line 02:28	buy track
3.	Pignose 01:59	buy track
4.	Shoplifting 01:57	buy track
5.	Take Me To The River 02:05	buy track
6.	Lightweight 02:05	buy track
7.	See About You 03:07	buy track
8.	Same Old Mountain Music 03:21	buy track
9.	Tricky Rhythms 02:50	buy track
10.	Now I Wanna Go Fast 01:40	buy track
11.	Little Green Valley 02:23	buy track
12.	Biscuits & Gravy 02:07	buy track
13.	Nervous Man In A $4 Room 02:36	buy track
14.	Heartbeat 02:09	buy track
15.	My Baby Loves Crime 03:16	buy track
16.	Please Panic 01:35	buy track

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In the spring of 1980, three-fourths of the Gizmos moved to Hoboken, New Jersey, from their native Bloomington, Indiana. Within a few years, Dale Lawrence would co-front the Vulgar Boatmen, Billy Nightshade would play in Boston's Unattached, and Tim Carroll would form the Blue Chieftains, before establishing a formidable solo career in Nashville. But in 1980, they had their sites set on infiltrating New York's post-punk scene. Hooking up with Long Island drummer Robbie Wise, they soon began getting gigs in the city. But getting anyone to notice proved a tougher nut. "We thought we'd been operating in a void in Indiana," remembers Lawrence. "In New York we found out what a void really was! At least back home, people cared enough to dislike us." The Gizmos would finally call it quits the following summer. But in that one year of east-coast residency, they would tighten up their rhythm section, expand their songwriting, and make the best recordings of their career, at Zeami Studios with fellow Hoosiers Mark Bingham and Mark Hood producing. "The Midwest Can Be Allright," released at the time on the Red Snerts compilation of Indiana bands, is often cited as the group's finest song. The rest of that session is presented here, along with live recordings and living-room demos. Several songs make their official debut: "Now I Wanna Go Fast," "Pignose," "Tricky Rhythms," "Shoplifting," "Nervous Man In A $4 Room," and a cover of Jerry Lee Lewis's "Little Green Valley." A superior-sounding version of the Billy Nightshade classic "Don't Forget About Lightweight" is also in evidence. All in all, The Gizmos In New York is a fitting document of the very end of the long and twisted Gizmos saga.

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released November 29, 2021

Dale Lawrence: vocals, guitar
Billy Nightshade: bass, vocals
Tim Carroll: guitar
Robbie Wise: drums

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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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