THE MORLOCKS were conceived in late August 1984 when bassist Jeff Lucas, guitarist Tom Clarke and drummer Mark Mullen recruited vocalist Leighton Koizumi and guitarist Ted Friedman (both former members of Voxx recording artists The Gravedigger Five) to form a band influenced by raving ’60s punk and psychedelia. The group immediately embarked on an intense and ambitious rehearsal schedule and within weeks they were ready to rant ’n’ rave live on stage. TheMorlocks played their first club gig in September at The Rave-Up in Los Angeles and received two recording offers the same night, and shortly thereafter signed adeal with Midnight Records of New York City. Their debut mini-LP “Emerge” was recorded in December of that year and released in the spring of 1985. The Morlocks subsequently moved to San Francisco where they became one of the city’s top attractions, recording for Epitaph, before eventually calling it quits. Since then they have become one of the most mysterious, respected and legendary of all American garage-punk bands. For many years they were missing from the scene and due to an article in Spin magazine it was even thought that Leighton was dead. But their legendary frontman is still defying all the laws of God and Man and the band is back – with a new record – and with more energy, attitude and showmanship than ever. The a-side is a brilliant new original and the b-side a cover of the Q65 classic.

A: I Don't Do Funerals Anymore (The Morlocks)

B: I Got Nightmares (Baar, Bieler, Roelofs, Vink)