'Walls of white noise and feedback laid over speed-fueled, dumb-ass rhythm. The harmonic equivalent of bare-knuckle fighting. Sonic Porn. We set ourselves in a circle in the studio, turned down the lights and attempted to blow each other off the face of the Earth." So said Richard Strange, singer and guitarist of Doctors of Madness, describing the recording of his band's 1976 debut "Late Night Movies, All Night Brainstorms."
Strange will soon attempt such a raw sonic powwow when he teams up with Japanese band Sister Paul for a tour kicking off at Shimokitazawa's Club Shelter.
It's billed as a Doctors of Madness tour, but Strange is the sole original member, flying over with ex-Pogues' violinist David Coulter. Sister Paul provide the back-up glam-punk rhythmic assault.