Oh what a beast of a record this is. The sleeve says it all, menacing, dangerous and downright insane. The music is slightly less threatening with its funky horns and sometimes soulful vocals (although listening to album opener Past Present & Future you wouldn't think so). The genre that comes up the most when other freaks discuss this LP seems to be "progressive funk". I couldn't agree more. There's not enough prog-funk out there methinks. Besides, all it takes is one look at Demon Fuzz's label-mates on Dawn (I have the
Dawn sampler right here): Comus (Acid folk nutters), Mungo Jerry (and one must note here that Demon Fuzz never got the attention they deserved because, amongst other things, Dawn records devoted 95% of their time and resources to promoting MOR hit In The Summertime, oh well...) , Heron, Mike Cooper, John McLaughlin and a smattering of super-obscure bands. Prog-funk fits well. Not much info is available about the group except that they were Brits (like the other mighty funk troupe
Cymande - also highly recommended) but tracking down this LP is well worth the effort. This LP is a masterpiece which should have its place in any record collection worth its salt. Plus it's been sampled to death by DJs the world over.
Demons give us some fuzz right here right now!
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