Here we are, the final entry in this Thing that started out as me writing a piece about each record in my album collection. It’s taken 1 year, 9 months and 5 days And I haven’t really covered all of them because I haven’t started on the compilations. I may take a short break while I sort out some stuff on this web site and then begin on an “Occasional Albums Thing”, but let’s finish this off first…

The Zulus by 1989 had signed with Slash Records and produced their first full length album. It was produced by a post Hüsker Dü, pre Sugar Bob Mould, giving it a much fuller sound than their self produced debut. It was only released in the US, Canada and Australia so I’m guessing the cassette copy I used to own was acquired while on tour in the US. There is some crossover with that first mini album as the songs “Kings In The Queen City” and “Gotta Have Faith” also both appear on this album in re-recorded versions. Other highlights would be “I Love This Life” and (again) track 1 side 1 “Never Again”.

This record didn’t sell much more than their first and The Zulus split in 1992. Drummer Malcolm Travis joined Bob Mould in Sugar and guitarist Rich Gilbert played with such New England heavyweights as Frank Black (& The Catholics) and Tanya Donnelly.

In 1993, while I was on tour with The Wonder Stuff I was chatting with tour support band the Gigolo Aunts guitarist Phil Hurley about this and that. The Gigolo’s were from Boston and Phil was amazed I knew who The Zulu’s were and told me that he was friends with Rich Gilbert. He put us in touch and Rich sent me a CD of his then new band the Concussion Ensemble (an all instrumental outfit featuring 4 drummers !) and we’re still connected via the wonders of Social Media. You never do know what an impacted Wisdom tooth could lead to.

Kings In The Queen City - https://youtu.be/IoFp0F7AaZk?si=Eysnfk7t_srd5UYm

And that’s it…well actually not quite as I suggested at the top…I’ve had a couple of new things arrive that I’ll share with you soon, after I've updated the Blogging page on the site and continue (maybe not so frequently) with something else…watch this space…