John Giorno - I'm Rock Hard
by John Giorno
€300.00 / Sold Out
John Giorno
I'm Rock Hard
2017
First release of Giorno’s sound compositions
Custom made gatefold sleeve
Vinyl: 2 x 12″ LPs
20 pages booklet containing exclusive images
Hand-signed by John Giorno
Edition of 200
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By the end of the 70s, Giorno had expanded his sound compositions into the world of music, live performance and created his own record label called “Giorno Poetry Systems Recordings” –- a platform where vinyl, video works, CD’s, tape compilations, radio broadcasting and telephones could be used as a tools to extend the boundary of poetry and literature. In 1981, when Giorno felt he had done every thing possible using the electronics available at the time, he took a hiatus from his “Sound Poems” and employed the genre of rock ‘n’ roll to form The John Giorno Band. Comprised of a rotating cast of talented musicians (Lenny Kaye on guitar, C. P. Roth on synthesizers, Paul Duggan on bass, David Donen on drums), the group was invited to perform at various punk rock venues and new wave clubs including the Pyramid, Danceteria, Mudd Club, Roxy, Irving Plaza, Palladium and CBGBs. Performing his poems in front of a crowd of night-time revelers, Giorno developed a new avenue to employ his poetic language – one that merged his spoken-word poetry slams into electrifying performances.
Nine tracks over 2 vinyl:
Scum & Slime (1985)
Stretching it Wider (1982)
Life is a Killer (1982)
Sucking Mud (1986)
Exiled in Domestic Life (1983)
It’s a mistake to think you’re special (1989)
I gambled with my anger and lost (1983)
The Strength of Pleasure (live) (1984)
Stretching it Wider (live) (1982)
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Condition: MINT
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