Okay ladies and gentlemen, here we go. It is now June. Summer time! Time for your all-new greatest Green Monkey Records release ever!. It’s Throttle Body MC and what’s the god damn release called? All That Was, that’s what it’s called! Perfect for chillin’. Perfect for grillin’. Yessir!
And – this beast is availbe on vinyl right here: https://elasticstage.com/throttlebodymc This is our first foray into on-demand vinyl with England’s Elastic Audio, so we will see how it all works out – so far great!
Here’s the official completely unprejudiced low down:
Founded in 1991, Throttle Body M/C incorporates a revolving line-up of musicians that has included Zoro (Lenny Kravitz, Vanessa Paradis, New Edition, Bobby Brown), Osama Afifi (Yanni, Vanessa Paradis), Stephen Dorocke (Handsome Family) and others.
Since 1990, Throttle Body M/C has been pushing sonic boundaries, whether through the straight-up rock-n-roll of AIDS and Language, For The Few and Marley’s Chain (the last two compiled in the digital collection, Hits 1992-1994 (The Greatest Band That Never Was (But Still Is) Part I), the pop explosions of Air Canada and A Typical Wednesday, the experimental, downtempo-influenced Nine or the unlikely Lonely Days (The Ukulele Album), and Super Hits of the 70s, great songs and inspired performances have always been foremost.
Green Monkey Records has always had a weak spot for guitars, distortion, and feedback, and you’ll hear a lot of it on All That Was —the ninth release, and sixth studio album from Throttle Body M/C. The long-time Seattle-now-Toronto-based collective, led by multi-instrumentalist, producer/engineer Jerry Hammack takes a somber look at the state of the world through the album’s eight songs, reflecting on love, loss, age and the relationships that bind us.
The sound is a heavy, textural blend of electric guitars, bass, drums and percussion with distortion and feedback playing a central role. Long, hypnotic opening grooves set the stage for this look at the times we live in. When there’s something to say, it’s brief and succinct, as in the opening track, “Goodbye”
If it all ended now
After years and years
Would that make
things right?
Would you shed
a tear?
If it stopped to be
you and me
And the world stopped spinning
Whether in the dream of “Lost to Me” or in the question of “When To Set To Sea,” Hammack pulls no punches as the personal is political and the price we pay is a high one. Songs like the title track, “All That Was,” explore life’s suffering, while “Leaving It All Behind” speaks to the loss of identity through the act of emigration.
These are certainly hard times, and rather than a balm for them, Throttle Body M/C faces the world as it is and invites you to as well. Heavy, melodic, hypnotic and meaningful, this is “Album Oriented Rock” in its natural form. Spend some time with it and ask yourself what these days mean to you.
All songs, performances and programming by Jerry Hammack who also writes amazing Beatles books. https://www.beatlesrecordingreferencemanuals.com/
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A rare commodity is coming your way! PJs live! First time in a long time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neGjs_wcXmE
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If that ain’t enuff excitement for ya, guitar beast Rod Moody has a new video for ICE, from his spanky new album, The Blue Room. Rod’s got sumpin’ to say!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8YiHwcLso4
PURDINS ALERT! The Purdins Greatest Hits Vol. 2 LP is on the calendar and will be availble at their record release show Friday, August 28 at the Tractor Tavern in Ballard!
New Von Cube, Kaz Murphey coming in July!
That should hold ya for now. Go outside!
td June 2026
