Destroy All Monsters
Hot Box 1974-1994 (3LP box)
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Destroy All Monsters are known by some for their role as a bastion of resistance of Detroit's rock; for being, during their second period, the band in which Ron Asheton would reappear. For others, they are a pivotal reference point in the copious but relatively unknown avant-garde underground from the same city, after Thurston Moore and Byron Coley dug up their first recordings in 1996 and the original line-up reunited. Destroy All Monsters comprises two complementary and interconnected poles throughout the saga of the Motor City's music scene, from the University of Michigan's Cooperative Studio for Electronic Music to The Stooges, through to the White Panther Party. In its two incarnations, the experimental -- led by Cary Loren, Jim Shaw and Mike Kelley -- and the high energy one -- with Asheton and Michael Davis from MC5, both featuring the phantasmagorical Niagara in the role of doped-up priestess, Destroy All Monsters are the object of one of the most devotional cults of America's cultural underground, as testified by their abundant artistic and record production.
Hot Box 1974-1994 is the first anthology to bring together the best outcome of those two hemispheres, including much unreleased material. Includes a generously-illustrated booklet featuring photos and artwork never seen before. All tracks have been remastered from recently discovered tapes.
Format
Marketed and sold under the title "Hot Box 1974-1994". This title does not appear anywhere on the actual release's contents.
This is a three LP box set release which includes illustrated colored jackets, and a 36 page colored and illustrated booklet.
Each of the three LPs has their own title. As specified on the labels: "Early Warning" for sides MR348-1-A & MR348-1-B; "Studio - Singles" for sides MR348-2-A & MR348-2-B; "Live" for sides MR348-3-A & MR348-3-B.
The sleeve's back lists the LP titles and order as follows: "Singles Studio", "Early Warning", "Live". As noted above the LP labels list their titles and order as follows: "Early Warning", "Studio - Singles", "Live". Note the differences. However, the LP labels and matrix/runouts would be definitive.
One other inconsistency is with the "Live" LP's track "The Right Stuff" which is identified as such on the label, but identified as "Right Stuff" on the sleeve's back and the LP's jacket.
There's a tall rectangular sticker placed at the lower center of the sleeve's back. It lists the "Early Warning" tracks. The included booklet also has a sticker placed inside the first page and lists the table of contents. These were likely used to correct mistakes or changes.
Release notes
Marketed and sold under the title "Hot Box 1974-1994". This title does not appear anywhere on the actual release's contents. This is a three LP box set release which includes illustrated colored jackets, and a 36 page colored and illustrated booklet. Each of the three LPs has their own title. As specified on the labels: "Early Warning" for sides MR348-1-A & MR348-1-B; "Studio - Singles" for sides MR348-2-A & MR348-2-B; "Live" for sides MR348-3-A & MR348-3-B. The sleeve's back lists the…
| Early Warning | |||
| A1 | Intro (Fragment) | ||
| A2 | That's My Ideal | ||
| A3 | Children Of The Night | ||
| A4 | From Edgar Cayce Foundation | ||
| A5 | Confession (Fragment) - I Love You But You're Dead | ||
| A6 | I Want To Live | ||
| B1 | Magic Bag (Fragment) - You Can't Kill Kill | ||
| B2 | TH Queen | ||
| B3 | Take Me With You | ||
| B4 | Unplugged In San Diego (Fragment) | ||
| B5 | Iron Man (Rehearsal Fragment) - Paranoid Of Blondes | ||
| Studio - Singles | |||
| C1 | Bored | ||
| C2 | You're Gonna Die | ||
| C3 | November 22 1963 | ||
| C4 | Meet The Creeper | ||
| C5 | What Do I Get | ||
| D1 | Nobody Knows | ||
| D2 | Going To Lou's | ||
| D3 | Boots | ||
| D4 | Jesus Is A Shotgun | ||
| D5 | Anyone Can (Fuck Her) | ||
| Live | |||
| E1 | Enough Is Enough | ||
| E2 | I Just Wanna Be Sleepy | ||
| E3 | Bored | ||
| E4 | Party Girl | ||
| E5 | Fast City | ||
| F1 | Go Away | ||
| F2 | Sweet Dreams | ||
| F3 | Little Boyfriend | ||
| F4 | The Right Stuff | ||
| F5 | Ground Zero | ||
