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400 Pounds of Punk

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 1:54 am
by dylnfan
Not sure if this has been posted yet, but a friend of mine just shared this with me. Excerpt from what appears to be a recent Discogs essay by the one and only Pinball Wizard.

"In late 1997, an aptly-named teen trio called 400 Pounds of Punk (also from St. Clair Shores) recorded a handful of tracks in a makeshift home studio at 1203 Ferdinand Street in Southwest Detroit. The track list is a sparse four songs, with the snotty From the Garbage Bin being my personal favorite. An unlisted hidden fifth track is a rude cover of Blondie’s One Way Or Another with vocal duties shared by the band’s lead singer Jamie Cherry and one of the session engineers, a then-unknown Jack White."

https://blog.discogs.com/en/cassettes-a ... 2018_10_10

Re: 400 Pounds of Punk

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 2:09 am
by chaptertwentyone
Very interesting.

Re: 400 Pounds of Punk

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 7:06 am
by Bikedo
That Blondie cover is pure gold.
A very inspired, raw and straight from the gut performance.
Combined with the fact that Blondie was the first woman I had a real crush on 20 years prior to the making of this tape an overall epic 03'58.
Thanks for posting this.
And to Ben B., I needed that fix.


Re: 400 Pounds of Punk

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 3:47 pm
by shaneoftheroad
I was shown this recording a few years ago and we agreed it was a hidden Jack White track. It's cool to have it confirmed publicly. And now that I know the whole thing was recorded at Jack's house I would like to have it for the collection. I'll start having a look around with everyone else. The person who showed me the tape has no interest in selling at the moment.

Re: 400 Pounds of Punk

Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2018 8:45 pm
by higherlimits
I actually have snippets of the one way or another recording. The original master was offered me in a sale once for some stupid figure. I can’t recall who it was who was selling though. Same guy who had the original let’s shake hands master I believe. That was sold to TMR at some point before they rereleased it. I’ll see if I can figure it out, this dates back to 2009

Re: 400 Pounds of Punk

Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2018 8:48 pm
by shaneoftheroad
higherlimits wrote:I actually have snippets of the one way or another recording. The original master was offered me in a sale once for some stupid figure. I can’t recall who it was who was selling though. Same guy who had the original let’s shake hands master I believe. That was sold to TMR at some point before they rereleased it. I’ll see if I can figure it out, this dates back to 2009
I know who it was. Message me if you wanna know.

Re: 400 Pounds of Punk

Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2018 8:55 pm
by higherlimits
Jeff Meier. Just found it in my emails.

Re: 400 Pounds of Punk

Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2018 9:13 pm
by shaneoftheroad
higherlimits wrote:Jeff Meier. Just found it in my emails.
That's the fella!