Detroit's "Glitter Trash" carries on old school punk rock tradition and a historical perspective directly inspired from Detroit's famed and legendary protopunk bands "The Stooges' and "The MC5". Cleveland's "Dead Boys", NYC's "The New York Dolls" and London's "Sex Pistols" have also rubbed off on Glitter Trash's sound relying on stripped down instrumentation, minimal or no overdubs, and, in true classical punk tradition rocking small punk venues using a stage roving lead singer (Jenna Talia), guitar slinging Gipson Les Paul Jr. paired with Orange/Marshall combo amps (Homeless), retro '72 Ludwig straight up drum banging (Dirtbag) and '58 Fender bass thumping with Ampeg amps (Dave O.). in "Glitter Trash's" first effort, "Wreckage", a 10 song testament to sex (I Need Sex), despair (Wreckage, Detroit Bender and Panic Button), American politics and society (Wake Up and Liberty), tongue-in-cheek punk fun (Beauty Queen and Adult Superstore), friendship (Punk Love) and even roadside truck stop murders (18 Wheel Murder Machine), the band uses truth as its platform and brutal reality as its calling card. The album was recorded in Ypsilanti, MI USA and Livonia, MI USA over 2010/2011 at Fecal Productions. The band is based and practices in downtown Detroit, Mi USA. If you think music lost its heart along the road to electronic manipulation, then Glitter Trash is just the band you have been waiting for as they have tossed the modern conveniences of voice cleaners, overdubs, electronic hocus-pocus and bullshit in the trash can. Raw and rare, you will hear the heart of music coming back to life in their songs! If you dig the music, the story of the bands members and the path it took for this album to come together is even more incredible and seemingly impossible. I hope you dig our efforts! - Jenna Talia
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