8 Tracks: Fuzzbox Baby


I put together a new 8 Track today. The intro I wrote that wouldn't fit in their text-box goes as follows:

They may have been preceded by the timeless ‘overloaded amp w/ knitting needles’ approach, and they may have been succeeded by their more refined cousins the overdrive/distortion pedals, but it’s still the mad, farting one trick fuzzboxes I love the best. I think the introduction of cheap, widely available fuzz in the ‘60s marked a great democratisation in music-making, for the first time allowing lazy, sloppy or inexperienced musicians to say EAT THIS, and make people’s hair stand on end at the stomp of a footswitch. Here are some god-fearing folks from the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘00s to tell you more about that. (The Zeros track is included for its sweet fuzztone, not its lyrical sentiments, and the Rallizes track is an edit for space reasons.)

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Labels: 8 Tracks, fuzzbox meltdown, mixtapes