Mike Rep And The Quotas - Hellbender 1975 - 78 LP Jazz from the rhythm and blues

from the rhythm and blues that pre-dated the arrival of ska in the early 1960s through the slower and more spacious rocksteady style that appeared mid-decade and

providing the soundtrack to the rave culture that sprung up in the UK in the 90s

to the recent Thistle Group 7”

Ben Bierman played horns with Johnny Pacheco

Mike Rep And The Quotas - Hellbender 1975 - 78 LP Jazz from the rhythm and bluesA full primal serving of mostly previously unheard MIKE REP AND THE QUOTAS chaos, recorded between '75 and '78, that will no doubt cause future generations to marvel at just how one could be so brutally honest, raw, and wasted yet, live to chronicle it all. Describing the allure of the mid 70s Ohio sound to the uninitiated isn't too difficult. Take the freaked out post 13th Floor Elevators to Velvet Underground to Stooges to RFTT Pere Ubu barbed wire