Ep346: The Records of UNSANE with Chris Spencer
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds · Nate Goyer
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Show Notes
Chris Spencer has led UNSANE across 3 decades and worked with labels like Sub Pop, Matador, Amphetamine Reptile and Alternative Tentacles. Today Chris discusses the rare records of his career, the stories behind them and the new reissues being made available direct from the band.
Topics include:
- Touring post-Covid
- Chris talks about his record collection
- His most precious record
- The music in his house growing up
- Getting his first guitar
- Getting into his first band
- Stepping up to becoming a vocalist
- Booking gigs as teenagers
- Discovering punk rock
- Unsane records on Treehouse Records
- Early NYU years
- Chris' career 'Plan B' – cinematography
- "Urge To Kill" / "This Town" single
- The story of "Improvised Munitions" test pressing
- Chris' label "Lamb Unlimited"
- The story of the UNSANE debut album cover
- Challenges with controversial record covers
- Ordering the reissue of UNSANE debut vinyl
- Getting rights to back catalogue
- "Scattered, Smothered & Covered" HAZE XXL version
- The story of the "Scrape" video
- Memories with the Laughing Hyenas
- UNSANE collectable records
- Zodiac artwork and vinyl variants
- The 'Blood Run' process for photo shoots
- Interview wrap up
Get the new UNSANE reissues here.
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