Secret Chiefs 3 - Eyes Of Flesh, Eyes Of Flame

In celebration of seeing one of my favorite bands tonight, Secret Chiefs 3, presented here is their live album recorded at Slim's in San Francisco on August 18th, 1998.  It is a wonderful documentation of an amazing and eclectic band playing skillfully and passionately.

For those living under a rock who don't know who SC3 is, it is the brainchild of former Mr. Bungle guitarist, Trey Spruance, and featues a wide and ever changing cast of musicians.  On This recording you will find: 

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• Trey Spruance - Guitar, Keyboards
• Danny Heifetz - Drums, Percussion
• Eyvind Kang - Violin
• Bär McKinnon - Flute, Keyboards, Percussion
• Phil Franklin - Percussion, Drums on Ciocarlia
• John Wayne Law - Bass

Download HERE

Mr. Bungle - OU818

Mr. Bungle's last and best demo was called "OU818", the title being a send-up of Van Halen's "OU812" album.  The demo was recorded in June of 1989 and was released on cassette.  A year after this demo was released, they inked their deal with Warner Brothers and re-recorded four of these songs for their debut album.

Years later, the demo was re-released on a bootleg CD called "Excrement" which doesn't differ in content, but for some reason the track order has changed.  What I am presenting here is actually the "Excrement" Bootleg version because the sound quality is so much better.  

It is really interesting to hear these songs in demo form, but the real gem here is the only studio version of "Mr.  Nice Guy," a track that was never officially released, but the band used to play frequently.   The other gem is the Milli Vanilli reference that has become somewhat of a legend amongst Bungle freaks.  See if you can recognize it.

More info on the orginal cassette demo HERE and more info on the bootleg HERE and you can download the bootleg HERE.