TANKOTA 4 - The Discipline Of Earth

The final (at least for now) Tankota album,recorded sometime in the 90's.The line-up on this one is: Ed - guitars,koto,cheese grater,brush,wrench / Joel - guitars,pen,mallet,transistor / Philbert Ze Chocolat Clown - percussion,koto,guitar,flute,kazoo. More subdued than earlier releases,but still noisy in it's own right.Thinking man's music,here folks.Something you can throw on while on a drive,or during the shit/shave/shower ritual,or even while jogging!Doesn't really harsh on your mellow,man.Good band while they lasted,an off-shoot,or outgrowth,if you will,of the much larger guitar orchestra,The Apocalyptic Centurions.Need a re-group,boys!
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https://archive.org/download/Tankota4-TheDisciplineOfEarth/616Tankota-4-TheDisciplineOfEarth.zip 

TANKOTA 3 - bacon cavern

The band of guitarists,who broke away from the Apocalyptic Centurions,to become their own entity. This time round,Vance and I are joined by Joel ,and on rudimentary percussion,(a first for Tankota) is Kathy of the world renowned band ,Wigbarn.The feelings on this are mostly ambient noise,bacon sizzling,pots and pans being jostled,feedback frenzy.There is a 5 section Overture to be found here,as well.This band could change your life,or their strings.

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TANKOTA 2-sheeps and goats

We're not talking sheeps and goats literally here,but we might as well be.4 guitar instrumentals,by the duo of me and Vance.Lost the track list,it's somewhere around the vault,so i can't pinpoint an actual date,but this is the 2nd release from Tankota.One track is extra long,very ambient,with interruptions of grating noise.enjoy whilst waiting for the next one.
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APOCALYPTIC CENTURIONS-LIVE! AT THE DRAFT HOUSE-THE 2ND COMING-SAMHAIN OF THE CENTURY-10-31-92

this is the long lost companion piece,the remainder of the trilogy of live shows from the guitar orchestra you all know and love.here's the line-up:me,joel,nathan,steve,and a quartet of seans:sommers,fleck,woodcock,and mcardle.a great show,lots of fans,there's 2 tracks of audience chatter,and you can hear conversations,and if you are a local,you probably know who's talkin!duped from the video,as there was no audio recording made,or it's lost somewhere.screen shot of the famous tape-head move.

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http://www.mediafire.com/?w22ndbztdhy

APOCALYPTIC CENTURIONS

This is the first recording ever of the Apocalyptic Centurions.The band was me,Joel Rizzo,Chipmunk,Shane Carwile,and for some unknown reason,Nicholas Dunphee.Some things on here soon changed with the advent of the coming of the reign of the Apocalyptic Centurions.For one,there are some keyboards,a no-no in the greatest guitar orchestra of all time.Second,there are some vocals,next, actual formed songs,finally ,the appearance of Dunphee.When the live shows began,all this went into the trash,so we could be a fully instrumental,all guitar orchestra (with an ever-shifting line-up of guys with guitars ,eager to sign up for the cause!),and of course drums.Chipmunk and I both sing a little,mostly instrumental,with a foreshadowing of the trademark Centurions sound,of guitar noise and feedback,kinda Branca-like in parts.The only studio recording,made in the spacious living room of the old Cat Machine house.And it all began with the picture above,I saw it in Joel's room and said something like,"witness the rise of the almighty Apocalyptic Centurions!"and a new band was spawned!

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TANKOTA

This band is an off-shoot of the Apocalyptic Centurions.a guitar orchestra pared down to 2 sometimes 3 guitars,later tapes may have more.This is the first tape from Oct. 1992.Tankota is an anagram of a statement on the back of the first Boston album,"There Are No Keyboards On This Album",and there are no keyboards on this album either!All the sounds you hear were produced by guitars,sometimes effected.The 1st track here is Joel,Vance,and me,titled "Trinidad(Boston jr.)"which is a reference to a great 70's movie"Desperate Lives",about at risk kids getting in trouble,and Trinidad is their keyword for herb.The "boston jr."part of the title is because of where I got the name of this fascinating ensemble.The 2nd track is just me and Vance,and is longer by half.Lots more to come from Tankota,See if you can get thru this first!!
https://archive.org/download/TANKOTA/208Tankota.zip 

APOCALYPTIC CENTURIONS-the 1st coming

1 song in 3 movements "diseases of astonishment"a)spit fire kitten,b)shit from china,c)godbotherer,which gets cut off on this recording but i'm sure it's all on video.

live at the draft house 2/8/92 billy,ed,joel,vance ,tony,chipmunk on guitars.tony(warm up beats),shane,and sean on percussion.a good time was had by all.all shows are on video i need to find out how to put them up on here.don't try this at home.more musical than later outings which just turn into sheer noise.still mind-blowing tho.the guitar orchestra lives.G O D click here:http://www.mediafire.com/file/cmznqfmiymy/apocalyptic centurions-1st coming-diseases of astonishment.zip