Hose -- Hose 12"EP

Original 1983 US release on Def Jam Recordings (catalog # DEF SLP 1), in Picture Sleeve.

Beautiful copy of this rare Def Jam release from Rick Rubin's band. The first 12" on the label, and the first ever release with the Def Jam logo. This is not hip-hop, it's heavy no-wave noise-punk, heavily influenced by bands like Flipper, No Trend and Frantix. It's not all noise, it's got some soul with pretty amazing send-ups of Rick James and Hot Chocolate. It has the University Place address on it. Original pressing. A very cool and tough piece of NYHC history.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Hose is an "artcore" band from the 1980s founded by producer and Def Jam creator Rick Rubin. Hose's 12-inch EP was the first recording released with the Def Jam logo.

Overview

Although largely notable simply as an early Rick Rubin project, Hose's position as an outsider, inventive rock band--a progenitor to the self-fueled alternative rock and grunge movements--deserves it own consideration.

The Founding

Founded in 1981 at New York University's Weinstein Dorm by guitarist Rick Rubin, bassist Warren Bell, drummer Joel Horne, and lead singer Rick Rosen, this early "artcore" band was often touted as the East Coast's answer to Flipper. The band's slow-paced, blues-influenced sound was mostly designed and produced by Rubin, who embodied the best of the era's DIY attitude that continued on to his later career as a top record producer and rock tastemaker. The first recording was a 12-inch EP (or SLP for "short long play") produced in a dorm activity room with a basic "boombox" and a single microphone. The initial release featured a jacket with Rubin's interpretation of a Mondrian-inspired design that held to his production idea that bass and drums provided structure and guitars and vocals added color to a song. The album mixed originals with slowed-down covers of pop soul tunes like Hot Chocolate's "You Sexy Thing", and Rick James' "Superfreak". Early shows by Hose saw neophyte bassist Bell playing in a seated position, an Electrolux vacuum mic'ed offstage to add white noise and singer Rosen aggressively entering the audience in an athletic, pre-mosh pit fashion. Both the band and album received critical praise from reviewer Robert Christgau.

Tracks:

A1 Only The Astronaut Knows The Truth A2 Dope Fiend B1 Super Freak B2 Fire B3 You Sexy Thing Credits: Artwork By [Art And Design] - Rick Rubin Bass [Base] - Warren Bell Drums [Bash] - Joel Horne Guitar [Screech] - Rick Rubin Mastered By - Howie Weinberg Producer - Rick Rubin Vocals [Truth] - Rick Rosen Notes: aka 'Only The Astronaut Knows The Truth' or the Mondrian EP (after cover artwork inspiration Piet Mondrian.) Distributed by 99 Records... Recorded one sunday, april 1982 between the hours of 10 pm and 1 am Cover based on Piet Mondrian, Tableau II

CONDITION: Cover MINT- / Vinyl NM   still in shrinkwrap, vinyl is extremely clean.

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