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Early 1988 "White Zombie" nightclub ad...
Early 1988 "White Zombie" nightclub ad...
Item # 718274
January 12, 1988
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Jan. 12, 1988
* Early "White Zombie" performance advertisement
* CBGB - Manhattan music nightclub - heavy metal band
Page 105 has a advertisement for upcoming performances at the CBGB music club with one of the performers being a early "WHITE ZOMBIE" (see images)
AI notes: On January 9, 1988, White Zombie performed at CBGB in New York City during a pivotal point in their evolution from underground noise-rock to emerging metal force. The band—Rob Zombie (vocals), Sean Yseult (bass), Tom Guay (guitar), and Ivan de Prume (drums)—delivered a chaotic, high-energy set likely drawn from their abrasive 1987 album Soul-Crusher and the Psycho-Head Blowout EP. This show reflected their gritty East Village roots, playing alongside acts like Swans and Pussy Galore in the dim, graffiti-covered confines of CBGB, a hub for avant-garde punk and no-wave. The performance came just before recording Make Them Die Slowly and was emblematic of their raw sound and horror-art aesthetic, which were already beginning to set them apart in the underground scene.
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because their was really no reason to save it at the time.
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Complete in 136 pages, one fold across the center, nice condition.
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