Apparently (according to All Music), the only way you’d know The Zulus is as the answer to the trivia question what ever happened to Human Sexual Reponse? If my memory serves me right I came at these two bands from the opposite direction; first discovering The Zulus at the height of their Boston fame and then discovering their precursor Human Sexual Response. The Zulus was the band in 84-87 or so in Boston. The Zulus used to open up for the Pixies and I’m sure vice-versa. Their 1985 EP from which these tracks are drawn was a huge local success and paved the way for their one proper lp produced by Bob Mould and released on Slash Records. I really feel this holds up lyrically and musically to any of the indie rock being produced today but some say I’m an old curmudeon.
Gotta thank Vinyl Mine’s post on the classic hard rocking Boston band The Bags for getting my butt in gear to post these six songs from The Zulus. If you can find this EP cheap, buy it, as it is a collector’s item. Nezt up in the vunyl zone will be songs from Human Sexual Response (including the classic “What Does Sex Mean To Me?”)
Right click and save as the song title and .mp3 (any crackles or pops are part of the vinyl experience enjoy)
I Can’t Wait To Tell You The News
At The Subway
Back To Sleep
Kings In The Queen City
Can’t Stop Having Fun
Gotta Have Faith
I am with you – the Zulus hold up vs. any band – I always thought if they had stuck together thru 91 or so and the era of Nirvana their audience might finally have found them (their Boston audience did, but not the rest of the country.) They called it a day in early 1990 and I have missed them ever since. Thanks for posting these tunes.
I lived in Boston in the ’80’s. Heard the Zulus a lot on college radio back then (WMBR – MIT’s station, specifically). Caught them live once at The Rat; pretty wild show as I recall.
Anyway, I still have the cassette of “The Zulus”. Did you know that it contains a “Bonus Non-LP Track”? It’s called “Out Out” and is the last song on the tape. Very good stuff – they really ramp up the chaos level on this one.
For those inerested, it’s available here:
http://members.aol.com/bizook/OutOut.mp3
Enjoy!
bizook@aol.com
Well done Craig – a great record and well worth digging up. And thanks bizook – I didn’t know there was a hidden track on the tape version… so it’s great to be able to hear it. Cheers!
oh my gosh! Where can I get the song “back to sleep”
I can’t find it anywhere and so want to hear it!!!
Jennifer
jennifer.constant@gmail.com
Great post and great summary of the band.
I worked promoting music in Northampton Mass during the mid-late 80s.
We booked the pixies at a small small club for like $400 bucks. They killed, they were great and the place was packed.
I asked Frank Black who the great bands in Boston were at the time and he mentioned the Zulus.
We booked ‘em – for cheap, and they came out to the club. The place was pretty much empty but even with a minimal (embarassingly small crowd – less than 20 – these guys put on a show that blew away every other band I had ever seen – seriously professional and driving so much insane energy despite a disappointing turn out.
Seriously an incredible band. Thanks for the post.
Anyone know where I can get some MP3s of their stuff. I departed with my Vinyl a number of years ago and their ep was in there somewhere…
I’ll be adding Zulus videos on my youtube site. My handle is rokarolla.
I’d like any available photos, videos and audio of this band. contact me by my handle @yahoo.com.
I have the E.P. I do not have Wild Kingdom on Nobody Get’s on the Guest List, the WERS CD feat. Turned On, or the cassette of the Greenworld E.P with Out Out
Uh oh. I'm having a strange formatting problem I didn't have the last time I came by your site. I'm seeing white text on a white background. The only way the text re:The Zulus is visible is when I select it as I would to copy. weird. anyway, I've added a Zulus vid at rokarolla@youtube since the last time I wrote. I'm on the hunt for 1984-1987 Zulus stuff.
I notice the same problem in that post but not in any others from 2005 ,
gotta chalk it up as just some weird archive thing