Cyborgs Revisited

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This expanded reissue contains material from a two-song single, a recording session from 1974, a live set from 1975, and the 1978 single "She's A Dog". Simply Saucer: Edgar Breau (vocals, guitar, Theremin); Ping Romany (keyboards); Kevin Christoff (bass, background vocals); Neil DeMerchant, Tony Cutaia (drums). Producer: Gary Pig Gold. Compilation producers: Bruce Mowat, Sean Pearson, Sean Palmerston. Recorded between 1974 & 1978. Includes liner notes by Bruce Mowat. Simply Saucer's Cyborgs Revisited is a truly amazing album. In 1974-1975 not many bands had their energy, attitude, and sonic imagination. The tough garage and psychedelic-influenced songs are sprinkled with manic synthesizer freak-outs and theremin breaks. Songs like "Electro Rock" and the manic, two-part "Here Come the Cyborgs" sound simultaneously ten years behind and ahead of their time with their mix of frat-house stomp and art-house clatter. Elsewhere, the ghost of the Velvet Underground is conjured up through Edgar Breau's deadpan vocals and the almost-funky rhythms of tracks like "Dance the Mutation," and the influence of the Stooges is apparent on the Raw Power-lite balladry of "Bullet Proof Nothing" and the frequent punk snarl. You also get visions of Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd on the long, trippy "Illegal Bodies," and 13th Floor Elevators on the woozy "Mole Machine." Don't for a minute think that the band were mere copyists, they took these influences and whipped them into a concoction that sounds like no other band of the time. You can hear traces of their sound in bands like Sonic Youth and Das Damen. This is truly an earth-shatteringly important record. ~ Tim Sendra