Dragons

  • Dragons
  • Parfums de la Révolution (Fr. Blitzkrieg) 1982 

A piece of punk exotica: three underground musicians from mainland China recorded in secret by a visiting Frenchman. (Done, thankfully, before the brief 1985 tour there by Wham!) Using only vocals, electric guitar, rudimentary drums and Chinese violin, the trio attempts “Anarchy in the UK” and “Get off My Cloud” with truly bizarre results; the remaining seven tracks are originals in a more traditional Oriental vein. A fascinating transliteration of rock from a country not generally considered in terms of modern music.

[Ira Robbins]