MP3: 39 Clocks – “PLO”
OtherMusic calls them “one of the finest rock and roll bands Germany ever spawned,” but you’ve probably never heard of them. 39 Clocks were a duo (or a trio if you count the drum machine) who operated between the German music and art worlds (they were once thrown out of a show because “their sounds had disturbed Joseph Beuys) in the late ’70’s and early ’80s. The recent Zoned collection from DeStijl cull Clocks’ material from 1981-1987 (interestingly, in reverse chronological order). It’s worth checking out, particularly if you dig the VU-ey chug of a song like “PLO.”