Often brutal and yet strangely seductive, each of these classic records creates hooks out of the most unlikely, seemingly disruptive elements, subverting traditional rock forms in previously unheard ways that became an undeniable (albeit often unacknowledged) influence on many of their contemporaries.
Live Skull broke up in 1989, just within sight of that magical moment when the sort of music they pioneered began to finally break through, but the band's recorded output reminds us that Live Skull got there first.
This is the record that started it all, Live Skull's first EP. A gloriously sprawling collection of deep, dark grooves and insidiously entwined guitars, the Village Voice rightly described the EP as "classic post-punk" and "the best introduction to New York’s guitar explorers." The East Village Eye proclaimed it "one of the best sounding records to come out of any New York band past or present."

Out of print for far too many years, this 30th anniversary reissue of Live Skull's first EP is now available on limited edition vinyl and (for the first time ever) on CD, complete with a lavish booklet including extensive liner notes by founding members Tom Paine and Mark C, and eight extremely rare bonus tracks.
This is the first release in desire’s Live Skull Project, an ambitious, eight-title series of reissues of the entire Live Skull catalogue, personally overseen by Mark C and Tom Paine.

Live Skull EP check it aut here.

Tracklist:

01 – Mr Evil
02 – I Was Wrong
03 – Live Walk
04 – Boil
05 – Tourist Trap
06 – Age Of Oil & Wax

CD bonus tracks:
07 – J. Bastard
08 – Drain
09 - Age Of Oil & Wax (Underground)
10 – Live Walk (Limbo Lounge)
11 – Make Believe You’re Insane
12 – I Was Wrong (Speed Trials)
13 – Tourist Trap (Danceteria)
14 – The Corpse Also Rises

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