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Romeo Void Benefactor Release Date: 1982 Label: Wounded Bird Records Those danceable beats, that tough-girl stance -- maybe somebody at Columbia thought the label was getting its own Blondie by buying up 415 Records and its principal asset, Romeo Void. Certainly, Benefactor was a more commercial-sounding effort than their debut album, with the band even agreeing to eviscerate the four-letter word in "Never Say Never," and elsewhere playing up-tempo dance-rock that almost, but not quite, overcame the disaffection of Debora Iyall's lyrics. But Romeo Void still was less a Blondie clone than an heir to X-Ray Spex or the Bush Tetras, playing bass-heavy, minimalist rock behind a pissed-off singer who, unlike Deborah Harry, wasn't kidding. "You don't get it?" asked Iyall. "Rain on you. And the world disappears." William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 Never Say Never Shaw, Zincavage, Iyall, Woods, Bossi, Carter 3:27 2 Wrap It Up Porter, Stewart, Lennox, Hayes 3:16 3 Flashflood Iyall, Bossi, Carter, Zincavage, Woods 4:56 4 Undercover Kept Bossi, Woods, Zincavage, Carter, Iyall 6:10 5 Ventilation Iyall, Zincavage, Carter, Woods, Bossi 3:51 6 Chinatown Bossi, Zincavage, Woods, Iyall, Carter 3:17 7 Orange Iyall, Zincavage, Bossi, Woods, Carter 4:16 8 Shake the Hands of Time Carter, Woods, Iyall, Zincavage, Bossi 3:21 9 S.O.S. Carter, Woods, Iyall, Zincavage, Bossi 5:29 10 Never Say Never [12" Single Version][*] Carter, Iyall, Woods, Zincavage, Bossi 6:06 11 In the Dark [12" Single Version][*] Iyall, Bossi, Woods, Carter, Zincavage 4:27 12 Present Tense [12" Single Version][*] Carter, Zincavage, Woods, Bossi, Iyall 5:48 13 Not Safe [*][Version] Carter, Iyall, Zincavage, Woods, Bossi 3:55 Releases: Year Type Label 2006 CD Wounded Bird Records

Group Members: Jay Derrah Peter Woods Frank Zincavage Benjamin Bossi Larry Carter More >> Similar Artists: The Waitresses Pearl Harbour & the Explosions Martha & the Muffins Translator Polyrock More >>

Influenced By: Blondie Bush Tetras More >> Followers: Boyskout Yeah Yeah Yeahs Run On Brazilian Girls More >>

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