Prologue
May the Weasel-train keep rolling all night long...
Chapter 1
Meet Christopher Walter, an intelligent kid from suburban Illinois. He loves classic rock. But, damn, he has a voracious appetite for music. So he starts learning about his favorite bands at, where else, the library? He learns about punk and subsequently no-wave. He's smitten. He changes his name to Weasel. He starts playing the drums. He moves to Chicago for school and jazz acclaim.
Chapter 2
Weasel starts a band with idol free jazz heavyweight Hal Russell. He calls it The Flying Luttenbachers recalling Hal's real last name. The territory explored could easily be called free jazz, but with definite rock influences. Hal and Weasel split up.
Chapter 3
TFL lives on essentially as Mr. Walter, with a sporadically rotating cast of players. Many/most of these players go on to become standard-bearers for the American avant-garde. The band's style changes drastically, dashing hither and yon on the entire avant-garde spectrum. Free glam is birthed and quickly dies. The powers that be in Chicago piss WW off, and he beats a path to the California Bay Area. He seems happy.
Epilogue
Mind you, this is the epilogue for the story as it stands. But, as it stands, the epilogue is TFL's newest album, The Void. This is to say that this album sounds exactly like the person that lived the aforementioned life made it. This is Weasel's love letter to no-wave, written in the hand of a Zeppelin junkie. No saxophone bleats here (err, James White didn't exist?). At once grandiose and jarring, I think this might be an older, happier WW's favorite creation.
1. The Void Introduction
2. The Void, Pt. 1
3. The Void, Pt. 2
4. The Void, Pt. 3
5. The Void, Pt. 4
6. The Void, Pt. 5
7. The Void, Pt. 6
8. The Void, Pt. 7
9. Sword of Atheism
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