Trapdoor Fucking Exit

Trapdoor Fucking Exit
Trapdoor Fucking Exit
Studio album by The Dead C
Released	1990
Recorded	December 1989 – January 1990
Studio	My Pit P.C.; (New Zealand)
Genre	Noise rock, garage punk
Length	63:32
Label	Precious Metal
The Dead C chronology

Trapdoor Fucking Exit is the third studio album by The Dead C, released in 1990 through Precious Metal.^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Legacy

In 1998, The Wire included Trapdoor Fucking Exit in their list of "100 Records That Set the World on Fire (While No One Was Listening)". The staff described the album as "the sound of three newly freed New Zealanders wrestling with the implications of punk-primitive aesthetics in the wake of US/Euro free jazz ground leveling. Two broken guitars and a rapid-firing drummer, playing lead, singlehandedly redefined the concept of garage punk without any considerations of melody, rhythm or fidelity."^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Dead C

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Heaven"	6:40
2.	"Hell Is Now Love"	2:14
3.	"Mighty"	5:37
4.	"Power"	4:30
5.	"Bury"	3:16
6.	"Bury (Refutatio Omnium Haeresium)"	15:39

Side two
No.	Title	Length
7.	"Sky"	2:51
8.	"Bone"	2:36
9.	"Krossed"	6:29
10.	"Calling Slowly"	2:49
11.	"Helen Said This"	10:57

CD issue
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Power"	2:17
13.	"Bone"	1:45
14.	"Mighty"	1:49

Personnel

Adapted from Trapdoor Fucking Exit liner notes.^[4]

The Dead C

Michael Morley – guitar, vocals
Bruce Russell – guitar, drums
Robbie Yeats – drums, guitar

Additional musicians

Chris Heazlewood – additional guitar (3, 4, 7–10)

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
New Zealand	1990	Precious Metal	CS	PM 4
United States	1993	Siltbreeze	CD	SB21

References

^ Raggett, Ned. "The Dead C: Trapdoor Fucking Exit > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
^ Sprague, David (2007). "Dead C". Trouser Press. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
^ "100 Records That Set the World on Fire (While No One Was Listening)". The Wire. No. 175. September 1998.
^ Trapdoor Fucking Exit (booklet). The Dead C. Otago, New Zealand: Precious Metal. 1990.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links

Trapdoor Fucking Exit at Discogs (list of releases)

[allmusic-1] Raggett, Ned. "The Dead C: Trapdoor Fucking Exit > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 1 March 2013.

[trouserpress-2] Sprague, David (2007). "Dead C". Trouser Press. Retrieved 11 March 2016.

[3] "100 Records That Set the World on Fire (While No One Was Listening)". The Wire. No. 175. September 1998.

[linearnotes-4] Trapdoor Fucking Exit (booklet). The Dead C. Otago, New Zealand: Precious Metal. 1990.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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