“Agitated” – Electric Eels

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From early 1970s Cleveland, comes one of the most negative, nihilistic songs ever recorded. Look I love me some Iggy, Sex Pistols, Marilyn Manson, and GG Allin, but these cats are all Mama’s boys compared to the Eels, who allegedly only performed 5 gigs, because they’d wind up beating the crap out of each other and the audience by the end of each performance. Now, you can enjoy them from the safety of your smartphone, tablet, or computer. Ahhh, technology!

“Final Solution” – Pere Ubu

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The greatest song to emerge from the Cleveland underground from the mid-late 1970s.  I love how this song rides its sinister, minimalistic groove, gradually adding instruments, and then exploding at the end with a magnificent guitar solo by the late Peter Laughner.  Arguably, Laughner’s finest moment on record, though it’s well worth it to check out the material he recorded with Rocket from the Tombs and his posthumous solo compilation “Take the Guitar Player for a Ride.”