A bit like The Fuzztones, but with a somewhat more dark and psychotic edge. Disturbingly psychedelic with brainwarping guitar work... excellent... The Crystalized Movements were formed in 1980 by Wayne Rogers and Ed Boyden, two Tolland High School freshmen brought together by a mutual love of No Wave & 60's psychedelia. After 3 years of experimenting (and countless versions of 'Gloria'), they decided in early 1983 that it was time to make an LP.![Crystalized-Movements-Mind-Disaster-1.jp]()
They recorded loose duo versions of some of Wayne's songs, and then promptly split up after graduating from high school in June of 1983. Wayne, under the spell of the Plastic Cloud and Randy Holden, then spent the summer piling on mounds of guitar overdubs. The results were issued as Mind Disaster at the end of that year in a bank-breaking edition of 130 (as Twisted Village #1001). After a minor stir in collectors' circles, it was reissued on the UK Psycho label with a new cover in 1984. It was received by the 'psychedelic revival' community with universal horror and quickly went out of print. Wayne, meanwhile, added new members to the band and it treaded on as a little-known Connecticut institution until 1992....The years have been kind to Mind Disaster, and it's wah-wah and fuzz overload have made it a much sought after LP. After uncountable requests from our adoring public, we are finally reissuing Mind Disaster, with it's original cover. It is perhaps the last teenage garage-psych LP to be made in our time. Hope you like it." - from TWISTED VILLAGE![Crystalized-Movements-Mind-Disaster-2.jp]()
Crystalized Movements:
They recorded loose duo versions of some of Wayne's songs, and then promptly split up after graduating from high school in June of 1983. Wayne, under the spell of the Plastic Cloud and Randy Holden, then spent the summer piling on mounds of guitar overdubs. The results were issued as Mind Disaster at the end of that year in a bank-breaking edition of 130 (as Twisted Village #1001). After a minor stir in collectors' circles, it was reissued on the UK Psycho label with a new cover in 1984. It was received by the 'psychedelic revival' community with universal horror and quickly went out of print. Wayne, meanwhile, added new members to the band and it treaded on as a little-known Connecticut institution until 1992....The years have been kind to Mind Disaster, and it's wah-wah and fuzz overload have made it a much sought after LP. After uncountable requests from our adoring public, we are finally reissuing Mind Disaster, with it's original cover. It is perhaps the last teenage garage-psych LP to be made in our time. Hope you like it." - from TWISTED VILLAGE
Crystalized Movements:Wayne Rogers: Bass, Guitar, Vocals / Scott McLeod: Vocals / Ed Boyden: drums
traxfromwax:
1. Overture 2. Stone Cathedral 3. Communal Storybook 4. Sandy Roy 5. Hymn 6. Orange Acid Orange 7. Close Your Eyes 8. Psychotical Delusions