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Under the Big Black Sun
Label:  Elektra 
Date:  1982
Length:  0:00
Format:  LP
Genre:  Rock; Punk
  Category:  rock
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 The Hungry Wolf    
      2.  
      		 Motel Room In My Bed    
      3.  
      		 Riding With Mary    
      4.  
      		 Come Back To Me    
      5.  
      		 Under The Big Black Sun    
      6.  
      		 Because I Do    
      7.  
      		 Blue Spark    
      8.  
      		 Dancing With Tears In My Eyes    
      9.  
      		 Real Child Of Hell    
      10.  
      		 How I (Learned My Lesson)    
      11.  
      		 The Have Nots    
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      Signing with a major label (Elektra) in 1982 gave SoCal's premier punk/new wave band an opportunity to stretch out musically, leading to the suprisingly roots-rock, at times almost neo-country, flavor of their third album. Only in a city like L.A. could a cracked boho couple like John Doe and Exene Cervenka combine Hollywood sleaze ("Motel Room in My Bed") and American Indian metaphysics ("The Hungry Wolf") and get away with it. Then again, the same probably goes for the heart-tugging romanticism of "Dancing With Tears in My Eyes" and "Blue Spark." And the catalog riffing of guitarist Billy Zoom and drummer DJ Bonebrake's name-worthy bashing somehow keep it all focused. --Billy Altman