The Tell Tale Hearts "The Tell Tale Hearts" 1985 + "The Now Sound Of The Tell Tale Hearts" 1985

The Tell-Tale Hearts evolved from an earlier band called the Mystery Machine, featuring Mark Z (later of Manual Scan and the Shambles). Their first gig in September 1983, a yard party at 5266 Cobb Street (off Clairemoint Mesa Boulevard), was also the first public show played by the Gravedigger V (though they were called the Shamen at the time).
“They had never seen anything like them in San Diego, and what they saw began to shatter the boring, stultifying sameness of the local music scene into a million pieces. The wild-eyed singer snarled and leapt about like a monkey, all the while shaking a pair of maracas and banging on a cow bell, wine bottle or beer can. The drummer hid behind a relic of a kit and pounded his tom-toms like they were tribal war drums. The tall, red-haired guitarist snaked about on stage, by turns stroking and stabbing at his instrument. The organ player, his hair completely covering his face, kicked at his amplifier and rolled on the ground, wrestling with a harmonica...
The Tell Tale Hearts:
Ray Brandes: lead vocals, maracas, tambourine, rhythm guitar • Mike Stax: bass, backing vocals • Eric Bacher: lead guitar • Bill Calhoun: Organ piano, harmonica, backing vocals • David Klowden: drums

traxfromwax:
01 Crawling Back To Me 02 It Is Not Me 03 She's Not What Love Is For 04 From Above 05 Dirty Liar 06 Me Needing You 07 One Girl 08 It Came To Me 09 Come And Gone 10 Forever Alone 11 Keep On Trying 12 Losing Myself

"The Now Sound Of The Tell Tale Hearts"
...And the long-haired bass player sneered at the crowd from behind a pair of sunglasses, looking positively wicked. There was certainly nothing on MTV which could have prepared them for this. The band split in 1986.” — from High Tide: The Tell-Tale Hearts Anthology, 1983-1986.
traxfromwax:
01 It's Just A Matter Of Time 02 Everything I've Got To Give 03 One Girl 04 It's Not Me 05 No Surprise 06 Bye Bye Baby