The Deep Freeze Mice
The Gates of Lunch
© 1982 Alan Jenkins (728182201823)
Indie post-punk with experimental and psychedelic tendencies.
tracks
- 1 A Red Light for the Greens
- 2 You Might Need Me and this Winchester Curly
- 3 A Ten Legged Beast (or an Eight Legged Beast with Feelers)
- 4 Fishing
- 5 I Lay a Green Egg, It Explodes on Tuesday
- 6 Bottles
- 7 The Gates of Lunch
- 8 Bottles Reprise
- 9 Brain Dead Baby
- 10 Godzilla Loves Me, I'm an Ash Tray
- 11 You're Going Green
- 12 Careful With That Axe
- 13 The Damage
- 14 Polanski's Dog
- 15 The Rat Dance
- 16 Hitler's Knees
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albums you will love
- SOURPUS: Tango... Whiskey.. Alpha... Tango... ?
- VARIOUS ARTISTS: 20 Extraordinary Renditions - The Idiot Bastard Son
- THE DEEP FREEZE MICE: Live in Switzerland
- THE DEEP FREEZE MICE: Hang on Constance, Let Me Hear the News
- THE DEEP FREEZE MICE: Teenage Head in My Refrigerator
- ALAN JENKINS AND THE THURSTON LAVA TUBE: Free Surf Music #3
- THE THURSTON LAVA TUBE: The Thoughtful Sounds Of Bat Smuggling
- THE THURSTON LAVA TUBE: Me Ka Nahuku
- VARIOUS ARTISTS: Lemme Take You To The Beach
- SOURPUS: Be Nice
- THE THURSTON LAVA TUBE: The Pink Elephant With Nipples For Tusks
- VARIOUS ARTISTS: Beyond the Sea
- THE DEEP FREEZE MICE: War, Famine, Death, Pestilence and Miss Timberlake
- THE THURSTON LAVA TUBE: Move over Rover, let Clover take over
- ALAN JENKINS AND THE CREAMS: ie
- THE DEEP FREEZE MICE: Saw a Ranch House Burning Last Night
- THE DEEP FREEZE MICE: My Geraniums are Bulletproof
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notes
The Deep Freeze Mice were a British post-punk DIY band that were active between 1979 and 1989. They were based in Leicester, and consisted of the core members Alan Jenkins (guitars and singing), Sherree Lawrence (organ and other keyboards), and Mick Bunnage (bass guitar). The band had two different drummers over the years: Graham Summers and Pete Gregory.
The band released 10 albums during their existence on their own Cordelia Records label. Their music was odd, often consisting of absurd and surreal lyrics delivered in Alan's deadpan voice accompanied by bouncy pop/progressive rock music. Favoured lyrical concerns included animal rights, conformity, and science fiction.
Alan Jenkins was also a member of The Chrysanthemums in the late 1980's, and joined up with members of Po! and The Ammonites in Jody & The Creams (later as "Alan Jenkins & The Creams") and Ruth's Refrigerator. He has played guitar with The Thurston Lava Tube since 2001.
The Gates of Lunch was their third album, originally released in 1982 and later expanded for a CD re-issue in 1991 - these days it's hard to find and goes for a lot of money on eBay. This version has the same tracks as the 1991 CD and was re-mastered in 2007.