{"id":501,"date":"2008-04-02T12:29:15","date_gmt":"2008-04-02T16:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imheavyduty.com\/2008\/04\/02\/the-scientists-self-titled-the-pink-album\/"},"modified":"2008-04-02T12:29:15","modified_gmt":"2008-04-02T16:29:15","slug":"the-scientists-self-titled-the-pink-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tracysigler.com\/blog\/2008\/the-scientists-self-titled-the-pink-album\/","title":{"rendered":"The Scientists — Self-titled (The Pink Album)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I don’t know why this record by The Scientists is called The Pink Album<\/em>. I believe it’s their first full length record, but it’s not the first by them that I bought. If it were, it might have been the last of their stuff I got. I was a big fan their later work that some call “swamp rock,” but CCR they most definitely ain’t. Their music was primarily heavy, noisy, arty dirges. Being a semi-completist, or incomplete-completist, I bought this to fill the hole in my Scientists collection. When I first heard it I couldn’t believe this was the same band, except there was front man Kim Salmon<\/a> clearly pictured on the back cover. Also in the band at this time was drummer James Baker<\/a>, who would later join the Hoodoo Gurus.<\/p>\n

It turns out The Scientists had two distinct periods. The latter being what I described above, and what I got hooked on, and the earlier stuff which is more garage rock or “punk” like The Buzzcocks, but not nearly as good. Still, being a part-time occasional completist, I will keep it. I think I bought this at a record store in NYC.<\/p>\n

The Scientists were a much more important band than this record, and this post, would lead you to believe. The good stuff is coming. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n

More about The Scientists<\/a>
\nInterview with Kim Salmon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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