Altered Zones

Psyched on Yoga Records' re-release of long-lost Bobb Trimble album with a group of boys with the average age of 15 called The Crippled Dog Band, but allegedly he trashed all 500 original copies in an office park dumpster back in 1983. After decades cult following, the fellow Bay Stater Trimble (yes, the official demonyn for Massachusetts is "Bay Stater"), had a couple of his haunting takes on psychedelic rock and folk re-issued by Secretly Canadian in 2007. As we can see in live videos of the band performing in their homestate, the Crippled Dog Band material is heavier and more pop oriented, but still as psychedelic as the earlier albums. "Live Wire" is a searing slice of rock and roll with a shout-along chorus and samples of trains. --Ian Paul Roger Nelson, Friendship Bracelet

MP3: Bobb Trimble: "Live Wire"

The Crippled Dog Band is out now on Yoga Records on vinyl record, cassette tape, compact disc, and digital download; get tickets to see Bobb live tonight in Boston at Great Scott, more details here