Dead Moon - Defiance '1990/2024

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1990's Defiance found Dead Moon digging just a bit deeper into the blues, while
still laying out their trademark blend of garage rock, proto-punk, and hard
rock. Kicking off the set with a fierce cover of Kokomo Arnold's "Milk Cow
Blues," Dead Moon offer up a handful of songs that are stark and dramatic even
by their standards, such as the slow, menacing "Dagger Moon" and the sorrowful
"I'm Out Nine," and if these songs aren't built around standard 12-bar
structures, their downbeat tone and elemental structure certainly tie them in
with the blues. Elsewhere, Toody Cole gets one of her best vocal features with
the bitter tale of armed revolt "Johnny's Got a Gun," and "Crystal Is Falling,"
"Walking on My Grave," and "Kicked Out, Kicked In" are great rock & roll songs
by anyone's standards, driven by Fred Cole's wiry vocals and rugged guitar work,
Toody's solid, full-bodied bass work, and Andrew Loomis' relentless percussive
attack. Once Dead Moon fell into a groove with their second album, Unknown
Passage, they didn't change much, but in the grand tradition of the Ramones,
this was a band that didn't have to reinvent themselves every few years in order
to remain exciting; Dead Moon knew how to keep their music powerful and
effective by sticking to the basics and always playing like their lives depended
on it, and Defiance shows that method never failed them. From opening with a
venerable rock and blues standard to recording and mastering this album in
time-tested mono, Dead Moon were a band that had a soft spot for tradition, but
when they were done fusing it to their own musical outlook, they came up with
something that sounded like no one else, and Defiance is a typically great, edgy
offering from a timeless rock band. [Defiance was also released on LP.] ~ Mark
Deming

Tracklist:
1.01 - Dead Moon - Milk Cow Blues (3:39) 
1.02 - Dead Moon - Not The Only One (2:03) 
1.03 - Dead Moon - Crystal Is Falling (2:23) 
1.04 - Dead Moon - Revenge (2:13) 
1.05 - Dead Moon - Dagger Moon (3:45) 
1.06 - Dead Moon - Walking On My Grave (3:08) 
1.07 - Dead Moon - Johnny’s Got a Gun (3:08) 
1.08 - Dead Moon - I'm Out Nine (1:36) 
1.09 - Dead Moon - Kicked Out - Kicked In (2:33) 
1.10 - Dead Moon - Unknown Passage (1:51)

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