This is a better song than John Lennon even thought about writing after 1969.  If he was as insightful as he thought he was, something like this would have come out instead of fatuous crap like "Imagine".  Great cut, sorry I never heard of these guys.  BTW, it does predate Jonestown and the Swami Bahgram up here in the PNW.  A bit prophetic, eh?

This was one of  the "hip" records senior year at Northern Valley Regional High School, 1976.

Pretty funny song!

 Carl wrote: 

We are just a bunch of go-go dancers...  hope you are having a very nice time right this minute, Carl...

this is a magnificent song from a great album—  this is an incredible band who never hit the big time for some mysterious reason... 

 

From the singing, I thought this might be Ween. Rather good, and from a band I've never heard of; think I'll have to check more out from these guys.

There Ya Go!! Love this stuff!

Have their "Safety in Numbers" LP. Very nice. Nuclear Apathy is the highlight IMHO. I always think of this band at the same time as Pretty Things and their LP "Silk Torpedo." Maybe I shouldn't, but I do.

Saw and met them in Pittsburgh in 1978.  Good show at the then Stanley Theatre.  We played them quite a lot on the late great WYDD freeform radio station in the 70's 

 romeotuma wrote: 
Who is "we"? Just curious, considering.

I was playing this on my guitar earlier today...  we used to cover this...  awesome...
 

Great band! I can't figure out why they never broke big. Great mix between progressive rock, catchy tunes and hooks with witty lyrics. To this day I cannot fing all the original releases reissued on CD.

I HIGHLY recommend the first 4 LPs and Live Sky.

In the best W.C. Fields voice the MC introduces the band.... "Ladies and Gentlemen, this band has come all the way down from an acid trip just to play for you. Please welcome, Crack The Sky"

Everybody in my hotel room loves this song, and this whole album...


 

AMG says this was released in 1976.

 sirdroseph wrote: 


Check this out...  I am getting a rush just remembering this—

Crack the Sky - Nuclear Apathy 

I have never heard of this band, me likey!

 guiguy wrote: 
Cool!  This reminds me of kill bill!  The movie, not the soundtrak.

 Great set Bill; this summer more reggae please!

Maybe we can get some "Robots For Ronnie" or "I Don't Have a Tie to Wear to Your Affair" on RP.

Makes me think of the album Crack the Skye by Mastodon. Couldn't be more different from this, but its good if you're into that sort of thing.

Wow, I have not heard anything from Crack The Sky except for the "Safety In Numbers" album years ago.   This is some tasty stuff made even better by comming on the heals of Tinariwen.

...interesting and likeable, both...

 Captain_D0D00 wrote: 
I had a buddy who loved them. He turned me on to them about the same time I found RP.
He had all their stuff on vinyl, and they and RP sounded great on his '65 Fisher Tube amp he got refurbed from E-bay(hurray for russian tubes!) and he was transferring his collection to mp3s as fast as he could, but for real pleasure we listened to the vinyl

fantastic...  love it...

I was listening, but I was not logged in when this song played...  I just had to come back and say something, because I love this song...  I actually grabbed my guitar when this song played...

 jedzep wrote: 
Yes they did.
Rick Witkowski played with Wild Cherry of "Play that Funky Music" fame.  I think there might be a Beaver Falls connection also.
I have Animal Notes and Crack the Sky on vinyl, there's no mention of any Steubenville or Wheeling connections in the liner notes.

Haven't heard this is ages, still have the vinyl on the shelf somewhere...

Wow! Surprised to see this one! One of 'the best bands you never heard'.   Thanks RP!

This song is soooo good for the ears...