2023-11-22 15:41
When it's all said and done, this is just one big piece with multiple sections and sidetracks, all culled from a single, lengthy session. However, we couldn't be bothered to come up with ano… Read More
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Art Jackson's Atrocity
2023-10-25 17:02
It might seem like we're on a kick, theme-wise, but we're really just still mixing tapes from when we actually WE'RE on a kick. Here's Faux IV, for what it's worth. The fourth in our series… Read More
2023-08-04 03:30
Just imagine a raging claustrophobic forced to endure an agonizing - and seemingly endless - journey from France to Kent beneath the English Channel… via The Chunnel. Now imagine that… Read More
2023-02-28 23:14
"WLFC's Faustian masterpiece."- Uncut"A creative explosion of sound, effects and ideas."- Pitchfork"Far more engaging and inventive than its namesake."- Billboard"An analog feast for needy e… Read More
2022-09-04 22:41
Please don't believe what the corporate music press has been saying about us. It's not true that we're just padding our catalog in the hopes of eventually selling all our rights for hundreds… Read More
2022-06-04 20:03
#7 In Our Ongoing SOUNDSERIESWe've officially resurrected our cornerstone franchise soundseries series... which is - by definition - a series of sounds. Go figure. This one's called soundsse… Read More
2022-02-03 21:27
THE MANIPULATIONATORS BIO: Using a syncopated array of re-interpreted themes, pre-organized interruptions, subtly adjusted variations and unrelenting repetition, THE MANIPULATIONATORS r… Read More
2021-04-21 12:52
This is our fictitious soundtrack for Roger Corman’s A Bucket Of Blood. You're invited to paste on a fake goatee, conspicuously leave a half-open book of Elizabethan poetry layin… Read More
2021-03-10 17:50
True Story. After a tour-ending celebration party that - like Woodstock - was so legendary, more people say they were there than actually were, Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright retired… Read More
2021-03-09 01:38
OUR NEWEST RELEASES ARE ALWAYS INCLUDED! Our catalog is officially out of control. This "complete" USB Flash Drive release first began as 4 Gigs In Kingston, but has exponentially expan… Read More
2020-11-16 23:49
No… you don’t have to stare at the animated cover while you listen to this collection of hypnotic, narcotic, psychotic and, frankly, sub-neurotic musical rhetoric. But, it might… Read More
2020-10-09 01:33
What do criminals, poets and oddballs like Richard Nixon, Jimmy Swaggart, Christian Bale, Francis E. Dec, Jim Carroll, Gil-Scott Heron, Jesse Jackson, Dr. Noah Young and Sweet Valley High ha… Read More
2020-09-04 02:07
#6 In Our Ongoing SOUNDSERIESWe're officially resurrecting our not-all-that-well-received-in-the-first-place SOUNDSERIES series... which is, by definition, a series of sounds. Consider… Read More
2020-06-21 20:37
THE MANIPULATIONATORS BIO: Using a syncopated collection of re-interpreted themes, organized interruptions, subtly adjusted variations and unrelenting repetition, THE MANIPULATIONATORS re-co… Read More
2020-05-27 16:05
What's in a name? Is this psychedelia masquerading as something else altogether? Some might call it a slow-drip water torture. But, whatever you do, don't call it Krautrock... it upsets the… Read More
2020-05-01 17:34
Is this phase two of Hold On A Second, I Gotta Take A Piss? More raw, live, on-the-fly sessions that tend to be short on brevity. Voted #1 by the "Headphone Abusers" Facebook Support Group… Read More
2020-03-21 03:03
Most of this was recorded over the course of a couple of weeks in various places... old school, guerrilla-style, hit-and-run-type sessions that took another couple of weeks to edit. It's got… Read More
2020-03-20 12:50
"This is the tale of one of the great lost experimental jazz/rock albums. According to legend, Gout was bankrolled by Miles Davis in 1974, delivered to Columbia Records and pressed for promo… Read More
2020-03-17 23:51
THE AVANT GUARD… Your Defense Against The Un-AvantfulTherapeutically speaking, the WHITE NOISE SYSTEM might be precisely what you need to cure your numerous ills and ailments. Played… Read More
2019-11-16 16:16
Using a syncopated collection of re-interpreted themes, organized interruptions, subtly adjusted variations and unrelenting repetition, THE MANIPULATIONATORS re-configure a steady stream of… Read More
2019-01-27 15:33
Independently released in 1977, Tribute To Sun Ra was the third and final official album from Art Jackson’s Atrocity. Jackson’s original plan for this LP was to enter the studio… Read More
2018-10-07 15:00
"The Outer Limits" is the advance single from the upcoming reissue release of the 3rd LP by Art Jackson's Atrocity, 1977's Tribute To Sun Ra. This preview is a rare club performance recorded… Read More
2018-05-05 18:57
If we'd been alive in the 70s, and if we'd been influenced by the random, flighty chaos of 1973's The Faust Tapes, we probably would also have been inspired to released this, #80 The Faux Ta… Read More
2018-04-01 15:39
Blatant, brazen, brilliant, catchpenny, chichi, chintzy, coarse, crude, flashy, flaunting, florid, frou-frou, garish, gay, glaring, gross, gussied up, jazzy, kitschy, loud, meretricious, obt… Read More
2018-03-11 00:48
"The Horror" is part of a larger work that was originally commissioned for use in the Ken Burns documentary, The Vietnam War. For the project, we recorded over 7 hours for the soundtrack, bu… Read More
2018-02-10 19:22
In yet another attempt to inflict what we do on the masses, we are (for the first time) officially releasing a compilation of previously-released material to big league, professional, corpor… Read More
2018-02-02 04:39
I WANNA BE YOUR MAN 45"Most people aren’t aware that Lennon & McCartney's 'I Wanna Be Your Man' is actually a re-write of an old blues tune of the same name. 'Blind somebody' recor… Read More
2018-01-28 19:25
Sound experiments. It's arguable whether this stuff is even listenable. If that's the case, you might actually be able to call it "art." Don't bet on it, though. We've released all of this s… Read More
2018-01-10 18:48
The long-lost second LP from Art Jackson's Atrocity. Recorded live in Germany, just months after Gout (the band's 1974 debut album for Columbia Records) was shelved, deemed unsellable by the… Read More
2018-01-09 04:50
Expect some new WLFC material coming up... but until then, we’re offering up this spiffy, galaxy-sized, vacuum-packed box o' space for your smoking jacketed pleasure. 13 overtly cosmic… Read More
2018-01-01 13:20
The original idea was to release a new single every few weeks and then sell our less-than-impressed fanbase some Limited Edition hard copies at inflated collector's prices. We envisioned inc… Read More
2017-09-17 20:23
We first debuted an edited variation of this recording via the multi-artist, web-only project, The Beatles Complete On Ukulele... before posting it ourselves as #53 I Wanna Be Your Man 45. B… Read More
2017-09-04 22:09
In yet another attempt to inflict what we do on the masses, we are (for the first time) officially releasing a compilation of previously-released material to big league, professional, corpor… Read More
2017-05-21 11:45
The long-lost second LP from Art Jackson's Atrocity. Recorded live in Germany, just months after Gout (the band's 1974 debut album for Columbia Records) was shelved, deemed unsellable by the… Read More
2017-04-06 04:43
"#31994" was the opening number whenever Art Jackson's Atrocity performed live during the mid-'70's, following the recording of their first studio album, 1974's Gout. It's a brazen slice of… Read More
2016-04-03 23:37
Now The Truth Can Be Told...We didn't even have a band name when we first went into a 24-track recording studio in Central Florida to record Gout. It's the result of a live, six-hour, totall… Read More
2016-03-30 15:29
Now The Truth Can Be Told...We didn't even have a band name when we first went into a 24-track recording studio in Central Florida to record Gout. It's the result of a live, six-hour, totall… Read More
2016-01-23 15:13
Don't have the time to download over four gigs of music? We'll... have we got a deal for you. Now, for the first time on planet Earth, you can purchase the entire We're Late For Class catalo… Read More
2016-01-23 15:12
2015-02-25 03:37
We had an elaborate story prepared for "The Last Countdown," recalling our days as an opening act, and one night in particular with Screamin' Jay Hawkins. The police were called, but since w… Read More
2015-02-22 15:51
Imagine a superior race of insect beings taking over the Earth. From another world, perhaps, or, more likely, a gruesome result of the atomic experiments of the '40's and '50's. It began wit… Read More
2015-02-22 15:42
Journal, dated 6/13/10: The Kings of Monotony. Diminishing Returns. Drug specific sessions are interesting. A few strangers on this one. Why is everyone chuckling so much? Justification. Not… Read More
2014-09-14 20:46
“Beyond the edge of the world there’s a space where emptiness and substance neatly overlap, where past and future form a continuous, endless loop. And, hovering about, there are… Read More
2014-07-14 00:19
This was actually our 5th seance. The first, an attempt to contact Screaming Jay Hawkins, resulted in massive property damage and some outstanding fines and liens that have yet to be satisfi… Read More
2013-12-12 22:49
We've stolen from Faust before. This time we're getting away with it by calling it "a tribute." Goes to show that, with a little word play, you too can skirt tedious legal issues like a pro… Read More
2013-12-12 22:48
Green Day's on Broadway. How much would you have lost on that bet? So... this is from our Clash On Broadway Original Cast Soundtrack, which doesn't actually exist. Truth is, the idea is thin… Read More
2013-12-12 22:48
A lot of people don't know that Lennon/McCartney's "I Wanna Be Your Man" is actually a rewrite of an old blues tune with the same name. Blind somebody recorded it in the early 50s and collec… Read More
2013-12-12 22:47
Metal Machine Music, Parts V & VI were originally part of a longer live session in Mark's basement. The plan was to do two, 16 minute takes and create the missing 3rd LP of Metal Machine… Read More
2013-12-12 22:47
"The Trouser Variations" is a levels check recording. Just when everything is first plugged in and ready to go. Then it all starts. The guitars duel like alien overlords and it's all properl… Read More
2013-12-12 22:46
Cool space pic? Check! Mystical but meaningless title? Check! Needlessly provocative song titles? Let's see... blood, queens, Sun Ra? Check! 16 minutes of semi-spacey, noodling that seems to… Read More
2013-12-12 22:46
Our task is to set your nightmares to the finest music ever offered the public. So, in keeping with that tradition, here are some more stoned excursions, edited for your convenience. Just so… Read More
2013-12-12 22:46
"Episode In Argyle, Parts I & II" is, as the title suggests, two back-to-back takes. You'll hear the end of the first take at the 5:22 mark, when we break out The Art Chord. The Art Chor… Read More
2013-12-12 22:14
We've never mentioned this before, as you'll soon learn why, but Rudy insists he can travel to the future via thought transmissions. Sort of like an out-of-body experience, but out-of-mind… Read More
2013-12-12 22:14
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2013-12-12 22:14
From that fateful day when stinking bits of slime first crawled from the sea and shouted to the cold stars, "I am man," our greatest dread has always been the knowledge of our mortality. But… Read More
2013-12-12 22:14
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like "I feel a bit light headed, maybe you should drive...." And s… Read More
2013-12-12 22:13
Bullying can affect you in many ways. You may lose sleep or feel sick. You may want to skip school. You may even be thinking about suicide. If you are feeling hopeless or helpless or know so… Read More
2013-12-12 22:13
We were going to call it The Year Of The Cat. But, when the news hit the trade magazines, we got a call from Al Stewart's management threatening us with a "whazoo-sized lawsuit." Our mouthpi… Read More
2013-12-12 22:13
Wouldn't it be something if - for all our talk about aliens, other worlds and UFOs, etc. - we had already been invaded by beings from other planets. But they were only able to multiply enoug… Read More
2013-12-12 22:13
So it is written, that in the year of our Lord, 2013, we reconviened to celebrate the 4 year anniversary of "The Premiere And Final Performance Of Jazz From Outer Space" (#35), a ten minute… Read More
2013-09-03 17:37
Reconstructed through highly advanced technologies as a vast space-faring artificial organism, VGER was augmented with a three-dimensional data collection and storing apparatus magnitudes b… Read More
2013-03-17 11:06
The idea was to release a new single every few weeks and let you know when the collectible hard copies, at inflated collector's prices, would be for sale. We envisioned some droll postcards… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Destined to be our first deleted release. This is a psychedelic mash-up using only tracks from The Beatles' experimental solo releases. Every sound you'll hear is The Beatles (or, more accur… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Another 23 minute manifesto of improvisation, made up on the spot, never to be played again. If not for the tape recorders, it would be just like this stuff never happened. You’re invi… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
We primarily record in four places, two of which, for neighborly relations, require a volume controlled, direct-to-board, juiced & triggered drum kit. One of them is The Static Room. You… Read More
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