THE LAST ROCK'N'ROLL TOUR, 1997

THE LAST ROCK'N'ROLL TOUR, Razor & Tie RT 2827-2, 4/15/1997, USA

      Outside, in the freezing wind-whipped streets between the charred rotting canyons of the blasted redundant cities, scum youth in beads, braids and foul foot thongs shivered and begged for pennies as the Singer and his Soul Monkeys soundchecked in the equally cold interiors of the sticky black niteclubs, preparing for their final lonesome onslaught.
      The scum youth, many of whom had had fingers, hands - even arms - amputated, the better to beg, were oblivious to the vicious squealing electric guitar drum and vocal attack enacted within the grizzled catacombs. They merely continued to beg on the streets, twist low grade hemp in Zig-Zags, beat sullenly on goatskin bongos and talk morosely of summer and car park happenings at quasi-Dead events.
      Out in the grim suburbs, yellow-skinned rheumy-eyed corpies emerged slowly from sarcophagi as their Virtual Systems clicked on and booted up at the slight raise in temperature promoted by their elevating heart beat rates. Once emerged, these Compromised Personalities limbered fingers for their mouses and bent their red minstrel lips to liquid feed tubes which snaked from the tangled wires behind their workstations. Then, they began the three hour shift for the Corporation. Later, the Good Work behind them, they could Immerse and Interact at leisure, surfing till screen weariness and dawn heralded their sarcophic seclusion.
      Meanwhile, back at the gig, a grossly mutated norway rat, its obscene pink tail bouncing across the spittle-encrusted dance floor like a cancerous intestine, scuttled between the five pairs of feet that tapped clandestinely in the gloaming before the stage as the Singer and his Soul Monkeys spewed forth the dying remnants of The Artifact, their venom and attitude blunted not a whit by the embarrassed smattering of applause eked out as each parable of the ancient craft reached its culminating lesion of slashing guitar chords.
      The scum youth outside world, like the corpies, become Compromised Personalities. In time, they to would yield to their destiny and virtualize their souls. And inside the sickening dressing rooms of the miserable venues, The Soul Monkeys spoke of day jobs in the Virtual Factory and the Singer, furtively jacking into his freebie translucent Corporation workstation, secretly tapped out the liner notes for The Last Rock n Roll Tour, effectively betraying the final vestiges of life left in the decaying sunset of The Artifact...

Who did what...

MIKE GENT: Guitar Left, Backing Vocals
GUY LYONS: Guitar Right, Backing Vocals
PETE DONNELLY: Bass, Backing Vocals
PETE HAYES: Drums
GP: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars
CREW: Paul Acosta, Kevin Ure, John Katsafanas

Recorded at Bogies, Albany, NY
November 24, 1996 by ASL Mobile
Engineered by Brad Morrison
Assisted by Steve Remote
Mixed by Brad Morrison and Eric Rachel
at Trax East, South River, NJ
Mastered by Elliott Federman at DSW, NYC

Art Direction: Murray Brenman/MBGD
Cover Concept: GP
Title Lettering: Natalie Parker

All songs written by Graham Parker
Ellisclan Ltd. © Admin by Bug Music except:
Cream, written by Prince, Controversy Music, Admin WB Music Corp, ASCAP
Around and Around, written by Chuck Berry, Isalee Music, BMI

What you hear is what we did...

This has been a GP Production for Really Insane 'Career' Moves, Inc.

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