Harsh 70s Reality explained

Harsh 70s Reality
Type:	studio
Artist:	The Dead C
Cover:	The Dead C - Harsh 70s Reality.jpg
Released:	1992
Recorded:	December 1989 – September 1991
Genre:	Noise rock
Length:	81:10
Label:	Siltbreeze
Producer:	The Dead C
Prev Title:	Trapdoor Fucking Exit
Prev Year:	1990
Next Title:	Clyma est mort
Next Year:	1992

Harsh 70s Reality is the fourth studio album by The Dead C, released in 1992 by Siltbreeze.^[1]

The opening track "Driver U.F.O." is performed over a recording of Douglas Lilburn's "Poem in Time of War". Side two closer "Suffer Bomb Damage" is an homage to the This Heat recording "Suffer Bomb Disease". Stephen Malkmus of the rock band Pavement has cited the record as one of his top 10 all-time favourite albums.^[2]

Personnel

Adapted from Harsh 70s Reality liner notes.^[3] The Dead C

Michael Morley – guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, turntables, drums, vocals
Bruce Russell – guitar, organ, drums, tape, vocals
Robbie Yeats – drums, guitar, vocals

Additional musicians

Joan George – vocals (C2)
Buffy O'Reilly – guitar (A)

Production and additional personnel

The Dead C – production, mixing

Release history

Release history and formats for *Harsh 70s Reality*! Region! Date! Label! Format! Catalog
United States	1992	Siltbreeze	LP	SB11/12
	1995		CD
	2012		LP

Notes and References

David . Sprague . Dead C . . 2007 . March 11, 2016.
Book: Jovanovic, Rob . Perfect Sound Forever: The Story of Pavement . . 2004 . 978-1-932112-07-8 .
Harsh 70s Reality . . 1992 . sleeve . . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.