Hellbent on improvisation but never letting it take away from a tune, BRAND X issued only one concert document during their initial phase, “Livestock” from 1977, and fans who wanted to delve deeper into that period had deal with half-bootleg releases such as "Live At The Roxy LA" from which the ensemble didn’t get any royalties. And while latter-day recordings like "Locked & Loaded" were fully approved by the group members, aficionados wanted more material from the past – and this wish will be granted at the end of August with the appearance of “Theory Of Nothing”: a limited-run two-CD package capturing the quintet of John Goodsall, Percy Jones, Robin Lumley, Morris Pert and Kenwood Dennard in all their glory.
Theory Of Nothing
Available now for pre-order on the collective’s Bandcamp, this memento from 1977 finds the quintet rip not only through the best moments from their first two albums but also perform three pieces – “Deadly Nightshade,” “Access To Data” and “Earth Dance” – that, taken further into proper form, would land on “Masques” a year later, when Peter Robinson replaced Lumley whose attic housed the reel-to-reel tape, intended for broadcast, which Jones cleaned and remastered. Endorsed by Percy and estates of the late Robin and John, the set will be sold solely in physical format, as per Jones’s request, and for the first time ever be owned by the band, with all the proceeds going where they naturally due.
1. Smacks Of Euphoric Hysteria
2. Disco Suicide
3. Access To Data
4. Why Should I Lend You Mine (When You’ve Broken Yours Off Already)?
5. Euthanasia Waltz
6. Malaga Virgen
7. Earth Dance
8. Deadly Nightshade
9. Nuclear Burn
10. Nightmare Patrol
