ICE STATION ZEBRA

by FIXATION

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1.
I'm driving through the city baby I can't believe what I see A hundred thousand broken faces A broken prophecy I saw ya baby die last night While I watched my TV But I just had to laugh This is the way it's gotta be. I had a premonition baby I wanna drag you in I'd seen it all before I'll tell you how it begins I saw a baby die last night Before my very eyes I guess I just had enough Of all of your lies. I gotta final solution baby I'm gonna drag you in Gonna tear your world apart For something you didn't begin See ya baby cry last night He was a looking to you But you just kept turning away What a terrible thing to do.
2.
CHICKEN SHIT 02:53
Ain't nobody gonna waste my time Nobody tells me what's his and what's mine Break down a window, break down a door Don't wanna listen to you no more Go on by my houses, you tear down the wall If you don't like it, better fuck off home I need her trouble like a hole in the head Get out yer gun and use it instead Wasting your time, telling me what to do Take it or leave it or put it down Get out of the way, don't bring it down Gotta be, gotta be put out in the ground Chickenshit! Chickenshit! Chickenshit Nobody gonna push me around Nobody gonna put words in my mouth Listen to no one, I don't get my mail Told me a fool always ends up in jail
3.
We all think we know what is meant by the people But do we all mean the same thing? Cursed be the social wants that sin against every youth Well, tell me baby Dispersed are the social lies that warp you from the truth No? Yeah! We all think we know what is meant by the lesser degree But do we all care the same way? Is it well to wish you happy having known me to decline On a range of lower feelings and a narrower heart than mine No? Yeah A pointless question Is it what? or why? or when? Not July Who are the people? Who are the people? Spoof really peep hole Hey, you Junko freako! Yeah! If it's a god sent, we'll know You'll read that, you're talking about If it's a torment, you'll know You'll hear that, you're shmocking about If it's hell bent, it'll show you'll wear that, you're rockin' it out if you're celibate, it won't grow You'll bear that and you'll really wanna go rockin it right now You're just a Junko Freako You're just a Junko Freako You're just a fuckin' Junko Freako We all think we know what is meant sexually But do we all love the same way? As a husband is his wife is you are mated with a clown Well, tell me baby And the combinated natures will have weight to drag you down My telly's blown up!
4.
STAR 02:45
Tony went to fight in Belfast Rudi stayed at home to starve I could make it all worthwhile as a rock & roll star Bevan tried to change the nation Sonny wants to turn the world, well he can tell you that he tried I could make a transformation as a rock & roll star [CHORUS (x2)] So inviting - so enticing to play the part I could play the wild mutation as a rock & roll star I could do with the money I'm so wiped out with things as they are I'd send my photograph to my honey - and I'd c'mon like a regular superstar I could fall asleep at night as a rock & roll star I could fall in love all right as a rock & roll star
5.
FIXATION 03:03
Hey man you should be around if you listen to me What do ya mean by staying on your scene, frustration drop the lot Before you go now well what do ya know if you listen to me Hows it been by staying oh so clean, Fixation you say what! If it doesn't really matter if you lock your door when you go out to fulfill your need. There's about twenty pairs of eyes, no there's maybe more and if you could see them they're full of seed. No no no, don't call the law It's their friends, the face you never saw Hell, you'll find Well, you'll find So, how do you think it feels when the laughs on you and there's one thing on your mind? When it returns and you know it's true it's anonymous they will find. No no no, it can't happen to me That's what you think, well, wait and see Hell, you'll find Weii, you'll find Hey man you should be around if you listen to me What do ya mean by staying on your scene, frustration drop the lot Before you go now well what do ya know if you listen to me Hows it been by staying oh so clean, Fixation you say what! Fixation Fixation No no no, don't call the law It's their friends, the face you never saw Hell, you'll find Well, you'll find No no no, it can't happen to me That's what you think, well, wait and see Hell, you'll find Weii, you'll find Fixation Well, you'll find Fixation Well, you'll find Fixation Well, you'll find
6.
WE'RE FIXED 04:47
Well what the hell is this stuff man?, it's not a surprise to me I look inside a place behind, a crazy remedy I'll see you again, later today or maybe next week When i'm feeling low it only goes to show I'm not the only freak. We're fixed, man We're fixed We're fixed man (Make it the law)We're fixed We're fixed man (Breaking the law)We're fixed We're fixed man (Make it the law)We're fixed They can't tell ye about, better not ask and no don't shout it. Where can I find some space man, It's not a surprise to me A look inside a place behind, a liability On the other hand a bar of soap, I can't tell you where Just look around some place in town it's despair not scare We're fixed, man We're fixed We're fixed man (Make it the law)We're fixed We're fixed man (Breaking the law)We're fixed We're fixed man (Make it the law)We're fixed Though they can but, you better keep your face shut No I don't dance They can't tell me about, better not ask and no don't shout it. On the subject of hazy days, well well i'll say At the sun well there must be some, especially today Things go wrong, all fucked up, some call it fraud When after all, I said we all knew, Julie's been working for the drug squad. We're fixed, man We're fixed We're fixed man (Make it the law)We're fixed We're fixed man (Breaking the law)We're fixed We're fixed man (Make it the law)We're fixed They can't tell me about, better not ask and no don't shout it. You better just stay in that trance You say you just wanna dance Well, it's a Not much of an alibi Not much of an alibi Get off of my alibi Make off with that alibi Not much of an alibi Not much, those hapless boys are shaking Ooooh! There's nothin' shakin'! On the subject of hazy days, well well i'll say At the sun well there must be some, especially today Things go wrong, all fucked up, some call it fraud When after all, I said we all knew, Julie's been working for the drug squad, that squad, you fraud, you said we love to fix. yeah yeah!
7.
We can do that and we could do this That's what she said and then she gave me a kiss We could do that man, do you hear what I say, I'd love to spend some time with you but I don't wanna pay. I said, we can do this and we can do that I'm gonna plant one on the front, I'm gonna screw one on the back I said we can do this and we can do that I said you better be nice or it's gonna get flat I said we can do this and we can do that Taking all the credit, it can't get better than that We can do that and we can do this Never mind the Bollocks, I'm just taking the piss. We'll take you on a trip where no one really knows the story And we can't turn back now, so watch out man there's one before you. Just picture your life as a greedy punter's table cloth. You better believe it, It's gotta be true They gotta a gun in your head and they're turning the screw. We can do that man, you gotta be nice Someone just told me that they put up the price I said, we can do this and we can do that I'm gonna plant one on the front, I'm gonna screw one on the back I said we can do this and we can do that (And there ain't nothing you can do about it!) I said you better be nice or it's gonna get flat I said we can do this and we can do that Taking all the credit, it can't get better than that We can do this and we can do that Never mind the Bollocks, I'm just taking that flat Well, you don't know where you'll be a year from now well ain't that scary Picking up this and filling out that, not understood, it's all very wary Just change that channel for good ol' clappity clap trap It's a lotta crap!. Take it or leave it man, what you gonna do Everybody's desperate and they're looking to you We can do that and we can do this But I gotta get away coz you're making me fuckin' sick I said, we can do this and we can do that I'm gonna plant one on the front, I'm gonna screw one on the back (Well, you're one sick son of a bitch) I said we can do this and we can do that I said you better be nice or it's gonna get flat (You better believe it!) I said we can do this and we can do that Taking all the credit, it can't get better than that We can do that and we can do this Never mind the Bollocks, I'm just taking the piss. So you get lost along the line you don't really know the story And you have found along the line all those pop up guys so you better hurry Picture yourself last in line what do you see, Schmucks before ya Nothing to know, nothing to say, anywhere to go, only yesterday What about this and what about that, It'll go on and on that's a matter of fact. Tell me about it!

about

The year was nineteen ninety six. The Prime Minister was John Major, everybody was raving about the film ''Trainspotting'' and digging ''What's the story morning glory'' by Oasis. Brit pop was also pretty much in full swing. In the UK Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales get divorced and Mad Cow Disease hits Britain ( BSE ) causing the mass slaughter of Herds of Cows and new laws to stop beef being sold on the bone. A severe Meningitas Epidemic occurs in West Africa. In technology DVD's are Launched in Japan and the number of users on the Internet exceed 10 million This is also the year Ebay and Ask Jeeves is started and the first ever cloning of a mammal Dolly the sheep.
The physical landscape of Meadow Place Road, Edinburgh looked completely different in the early/mid 1990's. Nowadays it holds ground for the Corstorphine retail Park and Tesco Extra.
Ice Station Zebra Studio was once located on the very spot where the American Golf shop now stands. In fact that whole area was the site of an old bus garage and countless lock ups. Once you had finished a rehearsal or a session you would take a pint or three at The Swiss Cottage Pub situated right next door. Unfortunately the whole lot has now been bulldozed.The only place that looks almost remotely the same is the local cop shop.
On May 9 1996, Fixation paid something like, four hundred pounds to record seven tracks for a demo recording. The local punk group ''Sad Society'' (est 1984) had recorded their album ''The best thing since hand relief'' the previous year in July/August.
www.discogs.com/Sad-Society-The-Best-Thing-Since-Hand-Relief/release/3795708
We were all consistent pot smokers and if I can remember correctly, at that time there was a bit of a drought. There was, however, a lot of LSD and mushrooms going about.
Having recorded, mixed and mastered the tracks (under the influence of those chemicals) everything sounded amazing from inside the studio. It was only until the finished product was handed to us on cassette format, we had realised that the penny had dropped.
The sound was lackluster, muggy, sparse and too bassy.
Having not heard any of those tracks for at least 18 years, I decided that I would finish the job and make the tracks more presentable. Or at least as presentable that I could possibly make them.

People! I hereby proudly present, ''Ice Station Zebra'' by Fixation.
Enjoy!

Pirate Radio Flash
June 2020

credits

released July 3, 2020

Fixation
Chaz, Drums
Dougie Lamb, Bass Guitar
Flash, Vocals/Guitar
Shade, Guitar/Vocals

Tony McAdam, Keyboards

Recorded at Ice Station Studios, Edinburgh
Mixed, edited, produced, engineered and mastered by
Tony McAdam 1996 and M Flash Cummings 2020
Additional edits and overdubs by M Flash Cummings
Pirateradioflash Records 2020

All songs written by Fixation (Chaz, Dougie, Flash, Shade)
except
Chicken Shit written by John Cale
Illegal records 1977
Star written by David Bowie
RCA Records 1972
We do not own the rights or the copy write for the two above mentioned
Fixation written by M Flash Cummings
Pirateradioflash 1995

Sound effects and samples from Freesound.org
Special thanks to

Rudmer Rotteveel, Mr Prof Dr Dickweed, Matrixxx, Anagar, Nnus, Drew Kelly, Digest Content, Static Pony, Inspector J, HKMTRHAH, Cocoabeachproductions, Vlearkisto, Craig Smith, Vedas, Airborne80, Mickmon, Aarongbuk, Shawnyboy, Mary Millington/Suzette Sangalo/Twitter,
The Tap o Lauriston, Sad Society, The Saddle Tramps
all the Cats at 52 Craigmount Brae, Edinburgh from the 1995/96 days, Brian Mowat, Stuart (Pago) Hildersley, Fraz Rossetti, Kev Greenan, Jamie from the Ferry Rd rehearsal rooms (Chamber Studios) and anybody else that was around and supported us

Photography by Chaz
Album Art by Chaz and M Flash Cummings

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