Dead Moon (1988) In the Graveyard (LP) Tombstone Records

Dead Moon

In the Graveyard

Tombstone Records

1988
Produced by Fred Cole

 

Good Shit *****

Debut from this Clackamas outfit lead by Fred Cole, likely influenced by Greg Sage and Blue Cheer, obviously influenced by Link Wray and early Love, clearly coming out of the darker side of 1960s garage and acid rock, but making their own music their own way: rocking, raw and real.  Solid beginnings.

— winch

Dead Moon

Scanned from a black & white negative…one of my shots from a Portland show…late 90s circa.

Mr. Fred Cole (Dead Moon)               photo by winch

Dead Moon: Last Stand in Portland (circa 2006)

 

Dead Moon shows were events, something that couldn’t be captured on wax or celluloid, not even on Kodachrome 64:

 

 

 

snapshots by winch (author of…http://www.eight-track.com/Eight_Track_Publishing.php

Dead Moon: Unknown Passage (LP) 1989

Dead Moon

Unknown Passage 

Tombstone T-25

1989

Rating:***** (Good Shit)

When the dust of the decades settle, Portland’s contribution to rock-and-roll will be limited to one or two people, but this outfit from Clackamas should live on forever as a reminder of what rock-and-roll is all about.  This album is from the late 80s, but they go back to Cole’s 60s roots for inspiration, delivering an acid-rock garage sound, stripped down rock ‘n roll, the core of it all exposed like a bare wire, crackling and smoking like a fuse, focused and furious, covering the twenty-year-old “Time Has Come Today” as if it was written for them, the other cuts Cole originals.

While Moon’s excellent debut was a hard act to follow, this second set is even better.

— winch

(author of Kalamazoo: Growing Up Sideways in the 1970s)

http://www.eight-track.com/kalamazoo.html