All Black and Hairy explained

All Black And Hairy
Type:	Album
Artist:	Gravedigger V
Cover:	AllBlackAndHairy.jpg
Released:	1984
Genre:	Indie, Lo-fi, Garage
Label:	Voxx Records^[1]
Producer:	Greg Shaw^[2]

All Black and Hairy is the first and only album by American garage rock revival band Gravedigger V, released in 1984 before the band disbanded.^[1]

Critical reception

AllMusic called the album "both perfectly named and perfectly performed -- if it's nothing but a revivalist approach at heart, it's such a damn entertaining one that there's no cause for complaint." Trouser Press called it "groovy, authentic-sounding (credit the production by label owner Greg Shaw) garage punk with convincing ’60s clumsiness and sincerity."^[2] Maximumrocknroll wrote that "the high points here are an amazingly snot-nosed vocalist with sneering ’60s inflections, some strong original songwriting, an appropriately tinny 'mono' production, and an above-average choice of tunes to cover."^[3]

Track listing

Side A

1. All Black And Hairy (Lord Sutch)
2. Tomorrow Is Yesterday (Friedman)
3. No Good Woman
4. Do Like Me
5. Hate
6. She's A Cur (Leighton, Ward)

Side B

1. Searching (Revercomb, Allen)
2. She's Gone (Leighton, Friedman)
3. Night Of The Phantom (Larry And The Blue Notes)
4. Don't Tread On Me (K. Massengill)
5. One Ugly Child (Bright)
6. She Got (Friedman)
7. Stoneage Stomp (Leighton, Friedman)

Personnel

• Tom Ward – vocals, bass
• David Anderson – drums
• John Hanrattie – guitars
• Ted Friedman – lead vocals, lead guitars
• Leighton – vocals
• Gary Stern – engineer
• Greg Shaw – producer

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Gravedigger V | San Diego Reader. www.sandiegoreader.com.
2. Web site: Gravedigger Five . Trouser Press . 6 October 2020.
3. Web site: Reviews. MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL.