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Horns of Ammon

by The Linus Pauling Quartet

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1.
Lost It All 06:19
like the clock upon the wall like the shadows in the hall like the vision that I saw I lost it all I lost it all time is slipping sliding by in the days and in the nights who can tell me wrong from right I cannot hide I cannot fight through a window through the fog i see people who've been caught they got something I ain't got they never fought and never lost
2.
Nowhere 03:36
There is nowhere I would rather be than in my car. There is nowhere I would rather be than in my car. With the windows rolled up and the radio turned on, There is nowhere I would rather be than in my car. There is nowhere I would rather be than in a bar. There is nowhere I would rather be than in a bar. With the drunken waiters all around, and everybody's tipping, There is nowhere I would rather be than in a bar. There is nowhere I would rather be than Brazos Bend Park. There is nowhere I would rather be than Brazos Bend Park. With the alligators all around, and everyone's a volunteer, There is nowhere I would rather be than Brazos Bend Park.
3.
Monster 03:34
From beyond the doors of space and time Cold and hungry protoplasmic slime Gnawing at the hole inside my mind Soon to breed and bring more of his kind There's a monster­ living in my head There's a monster­ living in my head There's a monster­ living in my head There's a monster­ living in my head I cannot walk, or even stand Now my limbs move at his command Am I black god, or living man Soon his brood will walk the land Forgot my home, forgot my name He and I are now the same Forgot my home, forgot my name He and I are now the same Forgot my home, forgot my name He and I are now the same There's a monster­ living in my head...
4.
I was disappointed when I saw you making porno in the sink I was disappointed when I saw you making porno in the sink I was disappointed when I saw you making porno in the sink I was disappointed when I saw you making porno in my sink. It's where I wash the dishes. It's where I clean the baby. It's where I rinse the shot glass. I was disappointed when I saw you making porno in the sink. Making porno in the sink is wrong - It's in the Bible. Making porno in the sink is wrong - Just ask your mother. IT'S FILTHY! It's the worst thing you can do to your body. You were doing anal. You were doing midgets. You were doing threesomes. With double penetration... GO! We were disappointed! We were disappointed! We were disappointed! I was disappointed when I saw you making porno in the sink. Straighten up baby. Fly right.
5.
Concubine 05:46
I am a sailor, I sail the seven seas. She could've been a princess if she were royalty. I got wasted Friday night when we were out on leave. Woke up next afternoon and I could not believe. I had a concubine And she is oh so fine. The contract says that she is mine. Until the end of time. She is not an equal, but she is not a slave. She'll give my eulogy when I am in my grave. She makes us chicken; we picnic in the park. I eat the white meat, and she eats the dark. She is my concubine And she is oh so fine. The contract says that she is mine. Until the end of time. I was a sailor, I've spent my life at sea. She could've been a princess if she were royalty. I paid a heavy price but it's worth every cent. And if you had one too then you'd know what I meant. You'd have a concubine And she is oh so fine. The contract says that she is mine. Until the end of time.
6.
7.
HAWG!!! 10:52
Well I get up in the morning and I see her standing there 700 pounds of gleaming chrome just a waitin’ to ride My old lady told me you got to be gone before the dawn I ain’t gonna disagree Yeah, I got to be free Grab my ape hangers shoot off into the sun but a man needs a woman I'm gonna go get me one And I see her standin’ on the corner underneath the streetlight a little girl about 16 and I swoop down like an eagle like an eagle on a little lamb and I say, Hey Baby I said, Hey Baby I want you to do one thing I want you to do one thing yeah, just one thing oh, one thing Jump on the back of my Hawg, pretty baby, jump on the back of my Hawg Jump on the back of my Hawg, pretty baby, jump on the back of my Hawg Jump on the back of my Hawg, pretty baby, jump on the back of my Hawg Jump on the back of my Hawg, pretty baby, jump on the back of my Hawg We head off on down the highway on 1600 CCs of power That girl is making me crazy oooh, yeah She says, what you got for me daddy? I got a whole bag of pills I got some that are red I got some that are blue I got some little yellow ones, motherfucker, I don't know what the fuck they do Ah yeah, well I say baby Oh yeah, before you get down I want you to do one thing I want you to do one thing Whoa, baby, oh yeah, just one thing Jump on the back of my Hawg, pretty baby, come on & jump on my Hawg Jump on the back of my Hawg, pretty baby, come on & jump on my Hawg Jump on the back of my Hawg, pretty baby, come on & jump on my Hawg Jump on the back of my Hawg, pretty baby, come on & jump on my Hawg Let's bring it down boys There's a lot of people out there Who think they know what rock & roll is all about and that's a lie Cause it's not about politics, or hairstyles, or fancy record deals It's about taking drugs, and shhitt.... I don't know what the fuck Yeah, it's about fast cars and fast women it's about marshall stacks and, uh, and uh, hearing loss and rockers and sleaze and eating canned peas and living every day like it's your last But there's one thing missing I can't figure it out baby one thing missing, and I think I know what it is In the long history of rock and roll, I know there's only one thing, only one thing that I need and I think it's your ass, it's your ass, baby, yeah it's your ass on this seat, baby Jump on the back of my Hawg, pretty baby, come on & jump on my Hawg Jump on the back of my Hawg, pretty baby, come on & jump on my Hawg Jump on the back of my Hawg, pretty baby, come on & jump on my Hawg Jump on the back of my Hawg, pretty baby, come on & jump on my Hawg I took that little woman all the way to L.A., with the police on my tail bullets flying in my hair, but baby I just don't care, We scream out into the sunset We got nothing to lose We ate all our pills and drank all our booze so what the hell is left to do, yeah I say baby, yeah, I say baby, I want you to do one thing I want you to do one thing yeah just one thing yeah just one thing Jump on the back of my Hawg, pretty baby, come on & jump on my Hawg Jump on the back of my Hawg, pretty baby, come on & jump on my Hawg

about

Original Press Release:

"Attention, mortal fools. The arrival of the new Linus Pauling Quartet album, Horns of Ammon , is nigh. After a three years of silence, the LP4 has risen from its deep undersea slumber. Already, as part of its three releases in three formats in one solar revolution, 2010 saw the band release a 7" vinyl split single with Austin sister-band ST 37. ST 37 contributed a fearful cover of Helios Creed's "Lactating Purple", while the Linus Pauling Quartet debuted "Monster", which will appear again on the forthcoming album.

The new album may shock fans of All Things Are Light, for, while the band is still frightful when it ramps up the Marshall stacks to full force stoner rock, those fans will have to await the upcoming double LP (tentatively titled Bag of Hammers) in early 2011. Instead, Horns of Ammon is an album of songs primarily dating back to 2003-2005, between C6H8O6 and All Things Are Light. With the exception of the two-chord, eleven-minute, drug-addled, pill-popping-biker-in-a-hail-of-gunfire chimp-rock anthem of “HAWG!!!” (originally released as a limited 13 CD for the Grey Ghost series), the tone here is clearly lighter and more melodic. While the guitars are still prominent, the vast majority of the songs focus more on texture and vocals as the band experimented with other styles and approaches. While the songs never fit into the tone of ATAL, the band always intended to find a home for these songs and thus HOA was born.

The album starts off not with a bang but with the dreamy-toned sigh of "Lost It All" which, drenched in layered guitars, organ and the almost melancholy vocals by Clinton Heider, suggests that this is not the beat-you-over-the-head stoner rock album fans have come to expect. Things become more anthemic with “Nowhere” as Charlie Horshack praises bars and Brazos Bend Park over wah pedal slathered guitars and RAWK guitar leads. “Monster”, the aforementioned single from earlier this year, follows with it’s neo-psychedelic guitar vortex of sound taking listeners on a Lovecraftian tale of alien possession. The LP4’s then moves to the unrepentant pop of “Porno In The Sink” with Charlie Horshack leading the chorus denouncing a roommate’s ill-advised filmmaking. The track is notable for the piano work of guest Keith Reynolds who was raging drunk in the studio. Don’t believe us? Note the erratic nature as the track opens as proof. Horshack follows with vocal duties on the straight up RAWK of “Concubine”, which boasts some excellent backing vocals by Carol Ann Sandin (who also takes over various keyboard and electronic duties on the album) and a lovely guitar solo trade off by Ramon Medina and Clinton Heider. The album then moves back into the quiet jangle of “I’ve Been Down” whose e-bowed guitar leads (Horshack) act as a bookend to the opening track.

For fans who demand that the LP4 turn their shit up, the album closes with the “Bonus” track reissue of “HAWG!!!” which originally appeared as CD #48 in the acclaimed series, Grey Ghost, curated by John Sears in 1997. If 11 minutes of two chords, ridiculous guitar leads, drugs, bikers, underage women, police chases, Otis Redding inspired rave-ups, and proselytizing on the true meaning of rock-and-roll doesn’t satisfy, then look down?. What do you see? Nothing, fool! Your balls have taken the first bus out of town because rock-and-roll is dead to you."

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released October 23, 2010

Horns of Ammon
1 Lost It All
2 Nowhere
3 Monster
4 Porno In The Sink
5 Concubine
6 I've Been Down
7 HAWG!!!



Written and Performed by the LP4:
Stephen Finley – Bass, Backing Vocals
Clinton Heider - Guitar, Vocals
Charlie Horshack - Guitar, Vocals, Saxophone
Larry Liska – Batterie, Backing Vocals
Ramon Medina – Guitar, Backing Vocals
Carol Ann Sandin – Electronics, Keyboards, Backing Vocals

With the assistance of
Keith Reynolds - piano on Porno in The Sink.

Recorded Mixed and Mastered @ Digital Warehaus in Houston, TX

Engineer and Mastered by: Stephen Finley
Assistant Engineers: Micheal Elfarniwarni, Roderick Williams, Andy De Angelo, Lord Hightower.
Mixed by The Linus Pauling Quartet

Cover Art by Christopher Cascio [ www.christophercascio.com ]


For Tony Dale

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“a core point about the Linus Pauling Quartet isn’t merely that they’re a great psych band, but a great band period, able to embrace a lot of styles and moods and work them well.”All Music

"Anthemic, stupid and selflessly unrestrained, the LPQ eventually attain self immolation of sorts during the sprawling chaos."-Ptolemaic Terrascope-UK

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