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Danger Zone

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Danger Zone 02:31
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Comateens "Danger Zone" c/w "Elizabeth's Lover"

Back in the 1970s, women in punk bands were far outnumbered by their male counterparts, and women who wrote punk songs were even more rare. Ramona Jan formed Comateens in 1978 with Nick Dembling. She wrote, played guitar and sang on the 2 songs included on this exciting new, deluxe reissue, which includes liner notes by both Nick and Ramona. Nick sings lead on Danger Zone, Ramona on Elizabeth’s lover (which was recorded at the same time as Danger Zone, but not previously released). She left the band shortly after the release of the Comateens single to found the more New Wave-oriented Dizzy & The Romilars (think Waitresses, B-52s, etc.), who recorded and released their own version of Elizabeth’s Lover. In between, Ramona produced the much-loved and sought-after, “Drive My Car” EP by NastyFacts (Jimboco 1981/2022 Left For Dead reissue). If you like first wave punk, pop punk and alternative music made in a time when genres were still fluid and the rules had yet to be written, you’re going to love this record!

"Comateens weave a web of clean, tight Telecaster scrubbing and wheezy synths—the sound of Pure Pop, 1979." --Tim Stegall / Ugly Things (Nov. 2023)

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released November 21, 2023

Danger Zone & Elizabeth's Lover written by Ramona Jan
Ramona Jan Music / Administered by Jimboco Music (BMI)

Ramona Jan: Guitar & Vocals (lead on Elizabeth's Lover)
Nick Dembling: Bass & Vocals (lead on Danger Zone)
Lyn T. Byrd: Synthesizer & Vocals
Harry Viderci: Drums & Vocals
Produced by: Comateens

Recorded September 24, 1979
Engineered by Harvey J. Goldberg and Dan Wershba at MediaSound, NYC

Originally Mastered by Ray Janos at Columbia Records
Remastered by Jack Control / Enormous Door
Originally released October 1979 by Comateens on their own TeenMaster Label

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The Comateens were one of NYC’s earliest synth-punk bands, along with Suicide and Kraftwerk one of the few live bands to perform with a drum machine. Ramona Jan and Nick "North" Dembling (aka Nick O. Teen) formed the band in 1978, bonding over their shared love of merely playing music together and the punk rock scene taking shape in downtown NYC. ... more

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