Mom, if you’re reading, I’m only repeating the name of the band. Things were different in the 70s, mom. You remember. So here’s Side A of a 45 that everyone needs to hear and then hear again. Best as I know it – and you can find a lot more detail in an issue of Ugly Things from a few years ago (sense a pattern this week?) – the FUCKIN’ FLYIN’ A-HEADS were an out-of-time, out-of-their-element, outcast bunch of freaks on the island of Oahu, making an unholy din & some wild-ass psychedelic punk rock in the late 1970s. At least a couple members were Japanese. I found a copy of this 45 in the late 1980s at a San Francisco metal store called “Record Vault”, after seeing Byron Coley namecheck it in passing (yet with glee) in an old Forced Exposure. Good enough for me. I sold it on eBay a few years back for far less than anticipated. I think it’s still awaiting full discovery by the populace at large, and I’m posting it here to do my part. Wow. Clear the room, you’re gonna need the space.
Download THE FUCKIN’ FLYIN’ A-HEADS – “Swiss Cheese Back” (A-side of 45)