DATURA4 - HAIRY MOUNTAIN 2nd ALBUM DOM MARIANI STEMS DM3 AUSSIE ROCK SEALED LP

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DATURA4 – Hairy Mountain. Alive Natural Sound ALIVE 0185. FACTORY SEALED NEW VINYL RECORD ALBUM. Issued in 2016. Led by, Australian westcoaster (Perth), Dom Mariani (Stems, DM3…). MEMBERS: Dom Mariani (guitar, vocals, main composer), Greg Hitchcock (guitar, vocals), Warren Hall (drums), and Stu Loasby (bass) with Bob Patient (organ) TRACKS, SIDE 1 : 01) Fools Gold Rush 02) Trolls 03) Mary Carroll Park 04) Uphill Climb SIDE 2: 05) Hairy Mountain 06) Greedy World 07) Confide In Me 08) Something To Hide DESCRIPTION: Sophomore album from exceptional western Australian band who deliver an exceptional rock album with classic overtones led by the twin guitars to infinity and harmonizing vocals of Dom Mariana & Greg Hitchcock. The songs have a riveting psychedelic blues/rock thrust that’s enhanced by a super-tight rhythm section and some god-like lead riffs. Includes members from The New Christs, You Am I, The Stems, The Drones, DM3, Stoneage Hearts, Jack and the Beanstalk, and the Monarchs. Reminiscent of bands like Graveyard, The Buffalo Killers, ZZ Top, Ten Years After, early Fleetwood Mac. Hairy Mountain is ten solid tracks celebrating an unbridled joy for rock'n'roll, with a nod to the spiritual presence of their hairy Oz Rock forefathers. For your further reading enjoyment and enlightenment I offer the following background on Dom Mariani which appears on Dom’s website : Born and raised in Fremantle (just south and part of the Perth metro area), singer/songwriter Dom Mariani formed The Stems in the summer of 1983. The band debuted alongside the Triffids and the Saints in 1984 with a sound that fused underground 60’s garage rock with post-punk, R&B, and classic pop. A succession of independent records all made number one on the Australian alternative charts and along with the Hoodoo Gurus and the Sunnyboys, The Stems were one of only a handful of bands that cracked the mainstream charts. Their 1987 debut album, At First Sight Violets Are Blue , became one of the best-selling Australian albums of that year despite receiving virtually no commercial airplay in the corporate FM-dominated 80s. Rolling Stone named At First Sight Violets Are Blue one of the top 100 releases of all time. It eventually went Gold and still continues to sell strongly today. After the demise of The Stems in 1987, Dom returned in 1990 with The Someloves . The band’s first and only album of guitar-driven pop, Something Or Other , won seven 1990 Western Australian Music (WAMI) Awards. Dom also collected the award for most outstanding songwriter that year. The promise of The Someloves was short-lived and contractual problems would not see a new release from Dom for another three years. He returned to live gigging with a new outfit, DM3 , which became one of Australia’s greatest exponents of what was dubbed ‘power pop’. DM3 ’s debut single, the Mariani-penned Foolish , was released in April ’93 and took home the award for the most outstanding single at the WAMIs. DM3 ’s first album One Time Two Times Three Red Light (1993), mixed by legendary American producer Mitch Easter (REM, Pavement, Son Volt, Lets Active, Velvet Crush), received widespread critical acclaim for its melodic pop hooks, cool vocals and high energy rock’n’roll guitar. It sold well in Australia, Europe, and the US, and two Europeans tours followed. Album number two, Road To Rome , was also mixed by Mitch Easter and lauded internationally as one of the best albums for ’96 of its genre. Rippled Soul , DM3 ’s third album, was more diversely structured and well received at home and overseas. DM3 eventually split at the end of ’99. Fast forward to 2011 and a once-again reunited and reinvigorated DM3 performed at South by South West in Austin, Texas and toured Europe and the east coast. DM3 ’s best-of record One Time, Two Times, Three Times More and a live set Live At Roskilde have seen DM3 return to the live scene in 2014. Since 2003, Dom has regrouped The Stems for the occasional reunion gig and tour, issueing the critically acclaimed album Heads Up in 2007. In 2015 Dom’s hard-rocking psychedelic blues outfit Datura4 , a collaboration with former You Am I/ Monarchs guitarist Greg Hitchcock, issued their debut album. Their third album, Blessed Is The Boogie , was issued in 2019. THIS ITEM IS NEW AND UNPLAYED. Used items will include condition details for the cover, disc, inserts, etc. NOTE TO POTENTIAL BUYERS: If the jacket or disc (unless sealed) is punched, marked, or cut in any manner, denoting a promotional/review copy, I will state that as part of the item description. Also if an issue is a "music club" edition, that will be noted in the item description. 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