Motorpsycho - Demon Box (2014) [4CD + DVD]

Whether you ask bandmembers or longtime fans for the decisive moment when Motorpsycho became, for lack of a better word, themselves, almost all will point to Demon Box. It was the band's third and last album for Voices of Wonder Records. Their previous two, 1991's Lobotomizer and 1992's Soothe, showcased elements of the persona that gels here, but not the totality. Demon Box moves far beyond the hard psych, grungy guitar, and indie tendencies of those albums toward more formal song and compositional structures, as well as the far-flung experimentalist and improvisational frontiers that made them legends. This marks the album where Helge Sten (aka DeathProd) was an actual full-time member, adding his strategized electronic mayhem to their mix. It not only thwarted fan expectations at the time, but subverted them as the band reinvented itself in its own image. It was originally recorded as a double LP and issued in an edition of 500. The label insisted the band trim the record to fit on a single compact disc (which only held 40 minutes of music in the format's early days). They capitulated by cutting three tracks – "Gutwrench," "Mountain," and "Mr. Who." Even trimmed, Demon Box, with its jarring mélange of rock and pop songs and jam styles (which seemingly pushed in all directions at once), noisy ambiences, and riffs, became the template on which almost every album that followed would be based.

by Thom Jurek, allmusic

Tracklist CD1 - Vol.1, Side A & B:

Waiting For The One 2:51
Acoustic Guitar – Geb
Mandolin, Violin, Recorder, Vocals – HMR
Vocals – Lars Lien
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – BS
Written-By – Sæther

Nothing To Say 5:18
Drums – Geb
Guitar, Sitar [Coral Electric Sitar], Vocals – HMR
Vocals – Lars Lien
Vocals, Bass, Organ [Bass], Percussion – BS
Written-By – Sæther

Feedtime 5:15
Drums – Geb
Guitar, Bass [Pedals], Other [Tappin' & Yellin'] – HMR
Sounds [Audio Virus] – Deathprod
Vocals, Bass – BS
Written-By – Sæther, Ryan, Gebhardt

Gutwrench 4:48
Drums – Geb
Vocals, Bass – BS
Vocals, Guitar – HMR
Written-By – Sæther, Ryan, Gebhardt

Sunchild 4:07
Drums – Geb
Guitar, Vocals – HMR
Vocals, Bass, Acoustic Guitar – BS
Written-By – Sæther

Mountain 11:19
Drums – Geb
Guitar – HMR
Piano, Organ [Hammond] – Lars Lien
Sounds [Audio Virus] – Deathprod
Vocals, Bass, Bass [Pedals], Percussion – BS
Written-By – Sæther, Ryan, Sten, Gebhardt, Lien

Tuesday Morning 4:22
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – HMR
Synthesizer [ARP] – Geb
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Synth [Bass] – BS
Written-By – Sæther, Ryan

All Is Loneliness 5:08
Drums, Percussion – Geb
Electric Guitar, Violin, Vocals – HMR
Sitar [Coral Electric Sitar] – Vegar Moen
Vocals – Lars Lien
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Cymbal – BS
Written-By – Moondog



Tracklist CD2 - Vol.2, Side C & D:

Come On In 2:40
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – BS
Written-By – Sæther

Step Inside Again 3:39
Acoustic Guitar – HMR, Geb
Synth [Bass], Sounds [Audio Virus] – Deathprod
Vocals, Bass [Pedals], Toy Piano – BS
Written-By – Sæther

Demon Box 17:06
Bass [Pedals], Sounds [Audio Virus] – Deathprod
Drums, Synthesizer [ARP] – Geb
Guitar – HMR
Violin, Piano – Arvid Ryan, Winifried Ryan
Vocals, Bass – BS
Written-By – Sæther, Ryan, Sten, Gebhardt

Babylon 2:22
Bass, Vocals – BS
Drums – Geb
Vocals, Guitar – HMR
Written-By – Sæther

Mr Who 2:01
Drums, Vocals – HMR
Guitar, Vocals – Geb
Vocals, Bass – BS
Written-By – Sæther, Ryan, Gebhardt

Junior 4:34
Drums – Geb
Guitar – HMR
Vocals – Lars Lien
Vocals, Bass, Acoustic Guitar – BS
Written-By – Sæther

Plan #1 7:39
Drums – Geb
Guitar, Bass [Pedals] – HMR
Mellotron – Lars Lien
Narrator – Matt Burt
Vocals, Bass – BS
Written-By – Sæther, Ryan, Burt

Sheer Profoundity 3:37
Drums – Geb
Guitar – HMR
Sounds [Audio Virus] – Deathprod
Vocals, Bass – BS
Written-By – Sæther, Ryan, Gebhardt

The One Who Went Away 3:14
Drums – Geb
Guitar, Vocals, Noises [Screams] – HMR
Sounds [Audio Virus] – Deathprod
Vocals, Bass, Guitar [Fills] – BS
Written-By – Sæther



Tracklist CD3 - Vol.3, Mountain EP / Another Ugly EP:

Mountain 11:13
Drums – Geb
Guitar – HMR
Piano, Organ [Hammond] – Lars Lien
Sounds [Audio Virus] – Deathprod
Vocals, Bass, Bass [Pedals], Percussion – BS
Written-By – Sæther, Ryan, Sten, Gebhardt, Lien

Flesh Harrower 3:23
Bass, Vocals – BS
Drums – Geb
Guitar, Vocals – HMR
Vocals, Sounds [Audio Virus] – Deathprod
Written-By – Sæther, Ryan, Sten, Gebhardt

The House At Pooneil Corners 9:10
Drums – Geb
Organ, Sounds [Audio Virus] – Deathprod
Vocals, Bass – BS
Vocals, Guitar – HMR
Written-By – Balin, Kantner

Viscount GriSnah 2:53
Drums – Geb
Organ [Viscount Electric Organ] – HMR
Tape [Echoplex] – BS
Written-By – Ryan, Gebhardt

Sister Confusion (Confused Version) 4:50
Organ [Viscount Electric Organ] – Lars Lien
Vocals – BS
Written-By – Sæther

Another Ugly Tune 3:44
Drums, Percussion – Geb
Guitar, Vocals – HMR
Organ [Wurlitzer], Vocals – Lars Lien
Vocals, Bass, Percussion – BS
Written-By – Sæther

Watching You 4:36
Drums – Geb
Guitar – HMR
Sounds [Audio Virus] – Deathprod
Vocals, Bass, Piano – BS
Written-By – Simmons

She Used To Be A Twin 7:03
Guitar, Bass – HMR
Vocals – Lars Lien
Vocals, Guitar, Drums, Percussion – BS
Written-By – Sæther

Blueberry Daydream 4:49
Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals – HMR
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Sitar [Coral Electric Sitar] – BS
Vocals, Sounds [Borrowed] – Lars Lien
Written-By – Sæther

Summertime Is Here 6:39
Bass, Glockenspiel – BS
Drums – Geb
Guitar, Organ [Hammond] – HMR
Piano – Lars Lien
Vocals – Dolly D, Larry 'Lux' Llydwlin, Linda L, Olga O
Written-By – L. Llydwlin

Motorhead Mama 3:26
Drums – Philty Animal Geb
Guitar – Fast Snahddie
Vocals, Bass – Benty
Written-By – Sæther, Ryan, Gebhardt

Home Of The Brave (Live) 17:05
Drums – Geb
Guitar – HMR
Sounds [Audio Virus] – Deathprod
Vocals, Bass – BS
Written-By – Sæther



Tracklist CD4 - Vol.4, The Ones Who Got Away: Rarities, Outtakes & Live Recordings:

Cherry Red 6:15
Drums – Geb
Guitar, Vocals – HMR
Vocals, Bass – BS
Written-By – McPhee

Untitled 1:01

You Gave It All Away 6:58
Drums – Geb
Guitar, Bass [Pedals] – HMR
Synthesizer – Lars Lien
Vocals, Bass – BS
Written-By – Sæther, Ryan

The Sift 5:40
Drums – Geb
Guitar – HMR
Synthesizer – Lars Lien
Vocals, Bass – BS
Written-By – Sæther

Demon Box 11:32
Drums – Geb
Guitar – HMR
Sounds [Audio Virus], Bass [Pedals], Noises [Feed-box] – Deathprod
Vocals, Bass – BS
Written-By – Sæther, Ryan, Sten, Gebhardt

Come On In 5:10
Drums – Geb
Guitar – HMR
Synthesizer – Lars Lien
Vocals, Bass – BS
Written-By – Sæther

The Golden Core 4:44
Drums – Geb
Guitar, Vocals – HMR
Synthesizer, Sounds [Audio Virus] – Deathprod
Vocals, Bass, Acoustic Guitar – BS
Written-By – Sæther, Ryan

Untitled 1:12

Sheer Profoundity (Death To False Metal-Mix) 2:44
Drums – Geb
Guitar – HMR
Sounds [Audio Virus] – Deathprod
Vocals, Bass – BS
Written-By – Sæther, Ryan, Gebhardt

Mason's Children 1:57
Drums – Geb
Guitar, Vocals – HMR
Vocals, Bass – BS
Written-By – Weir, Garcia, Lesh, Hunter

Untitled 0:40

Beth 3:04
Piano – Lars Klokkerhaug
Vocals – BS
Written-By – Ezrin, Criss, Penridge

Sheer Profoundity (Live) 3:27
Written-By – Sæther, Ryan, Gebhardt

Loaded (Live) 2:37
Written-By – Sæther

Nothing To Say (Live) 5:04
Written-By – Sæther

Demon Box (Live) 16:50
Written-By – Sæther, Ryan, Gebhardt



Tracklist DVD - Vol.5, Live 1993:

Home Of The Brave
Hogwash
Sheer Profoundity
Flesh Harrower
Feedtime
Giftland
Blueberry Daydream
Demon Box
The Golden Core
Nothing To Say
California Dreaming
The One Who Went Away
Mountain





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