Martin Rev - See Me Ridin'Orig released 1996. Martin Rev's fourth solo album See Me Ridin' was released on the New York label Reachout International Records (ROIR) in 1996. Received by the critics with amazement, it proved to be a watershed moment in his career. Journalist Neil Cooper wrote at the time: "When I first heard Rev's new record, I was taken aback. Was he serious? Was this some inside joke? He had to be kidding or was he mentally over the top!" Its reception echoed

living hand-to-mouth in a YMCA hostel with two like-minded individuals: Mark Lindsey Buckingham and Stephen John Kalinich

‘On The Shore’

Renner explored music as a complement to visual language: many of the dream-like instrumental passages presented across Few Traces were originally implemented as sound elements for exhibitions of his paintings

an infectious and exotic Martin Denny cover

Ethan Ives (guitar) and Seth Dalby (bass)

‰ÛÏHe didn‰۪t compromise as an artist

They were one of the most important influences on punk - indeed Malcolm McClaren managed them briefly - and spawned Johnny Thunders' Heartbreakers who supported the Pistols on the Anarchy tour

And other songs

Does it matter when the music’s this good

Seminal 1982 album that propelled the Cool Ruler to world fame

ran it past a couple of friends

The album receiving almost unanimous acclaim upon its release