V/A – Live At The Vortex LP Noiserock Confident and loud

Confident and loud

Recorded in Brooklyn at Gary's Electric studio over the course of a month

instrumental cuts like "Reflection" and "Desperation Waltz" draw as much from Halper's classical background as they do from the finger-picked flourishes of Leo Kottke

or Mexican Summer were done more piecemeal in the band’s rehearsal studio

V/A – Live At The Vortex LP Noiserock Confident and loudThe compilation that started it all ! In October a series of bands have been recorded at the Vortex Club for a proposed live album along the lines of the first Live At the Roxy WC2 record. The record featured the Maniacs, Suspects, Wasps, Neo, Art Attacks, Bernie Torme and Mean Street who were all regular players at the Vortex and Roxy. Released in 1977 right after the punk rock breakdown the compilation made way for a revolutionary statement