Looters Discography of CDs

Looters discography Formed in San Francisco in 1982 at the peak of the city's hardcore punk movement, Looters were embraced by the local punk rock scene even though the style of music the multi-racial, multi-ethnic band played couldn't have had its roots further from Gilmore Street. The Dead Kennedys' Jello Biafra was an early fan of the band, however, which led to the release of a self-titled EP on his Alternative Tentacles label. As legend would have it, Island Records head honcho Chris Blackwell heard the disc playing in a record store during a trip to the Bay area and subsequently signed the band to Island. When listening to Flashpoint, Looters' brilliant Island debut, one can easily hear why Blackwell chose to sign the band before another label discovered them. Looters drew its inspiration from an entire world of music, blending old-school R&B and soul roots with African and Jamaican rhythms, tacking on socially conscious lyrics and delivering the resulting hybrid with a passion and energy that endeared them to Bay area rockers. The band's collectively penned lyrics were often concerned with racism, poverty, and the abuses of authority, the seriousness of the subject matter tempered by an infectious dance beat and amazing musicianship. Flashpoint opens with a staggering drumbeat and funky bassline that leads into the chanted lyrics of "War Drums," the song's social commentary underscored by a huge martial beat. "Cross the Border" offers an African-styled chorus and polyrhythms that sound a lot like South Africa's Juluka, the song's imagery of an impoverished, war-torn landscape relevant to just about every continent in the mid-'80s. A tale of youthful rebellion, "Attitude" mixes James Brown bravado with tongue-in-cheek lyrics and a nasty Prince-inspired groove guaranteed to get one's feet moving towards the dancefloor. A ringing guitar riff worthy of U2 ignites "No Man's Land," one of the band's signature songs and the source of Flashpoint's title. Soulful, gospel-tinged, half-spoken lyrics march across the top of gunshot rhythms, the anthemic tune calling on all the ...

Looters songs More often than not, artists who insist that their music is "beyond category" are simply hitting you with empty rhetoric. Their music really does fit into one category or another, but they won't tell you that because they're trying to trick you into believing that they're more ...

Looters CD discography world/pop rock band w. strong vocal harmonies featuring The Tower of Power Horn Section, w. bs, dms, kbds+ Unknown Contributor Role: Tower of Power Horn Section. Arranger: Looters. Personnel: Mat Callahan (vocals, guitar); Adrian Isabell (vocals, percussion); Nancy Hall, Jim Johnson, Ahaguna G. Sun (vocals); Jim Campilongo (guitar); Josef Brinckmann (accordion); Fred Cirillo (trumpet); Emilio Castillo, Greg Adams, Lee Thornburg, Stephen "Doc" Kupka, Brandon Fields (horns); Brain (drums). Photographer: John Stolte.

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