- Guilty Until Proven Insane
Infobox Album
Name =Guilty Until Proven Insane
Type = Album
Artist =Skyhooks
Released = April, 1978
Recorded =
Genre =Glam Rock
Length = 38:38
Label =Mushroom Records
Producer = Eddie Leonetti
Reviews =
Last album = "Straight in a Gay Gay World "
(1976)
This album = "Guilty Until Proven Insane"
(1978)
Next album = "Hot for the Orient "
(1980)
Misc ="Guilty Until Proven Insane" is a
Glam Rock album released bySkyhooks in 1978. It was the the first album that did not feature guitarist Red Symons, but Bob Spencer, who also later was a member in rock group "The Angels".Released as a 12" vinyl LP and a rare red vinyl LP, later released on CD in 1997.It is the first album to include an
uncensored version of "Why Dontcha All Get *ucked" recorded in a studio, as opposed to live andcensored .It is also the last album vocalist Graeme "Shirley" Strachan made with Skyhooks before reuniting with them for the recording sessions featured onThe Lost Album .The song Women In Uniform was covered 3 years later in 1981 by the
NWOBHM groupIron Maiden .The hits of the album were Women in Uniform, Meglomania,BBBBBB Boogie and Why Dontcha all get *ucked. Women In Uniform and Meglomania also featured as film clips. In recent years, numbers of copies of Guilty Until Proven Insane (along with 'Hot for the Orient') have dwindled largely, to the extent that this album is now considered a rarity and collecter's item, on both LP and CD.
The album's name comes from a line in "Twisted Innocence", which states 'if we are guilty until proven insane...'.
Track listing
All tracks by Greg Macainsh, except where noted.
# "Women in Uniform" - 4:21
# "Life in the Modern World" - 3:23
# "Trouble With the Computer" - 4:53
# "BBBBBB Boogie" - 3:00 (Imants "Freddie" Strauks)
# "Twisted Innocence" - 3:46
# "Hotel Hell" - 4:46
# "Point in the Distance" - 6:23
# "Meglomania" - 4:07
# "Why Dontcha All Get *ucked" - 3:59A Single featured as a "Guilty Until Proven Insane" song was Party To End All Parties, Which was a hit and a film clip. It was the first Skyhooks clip to feature Bob Spencer.
Personnel
*Graeme "Shirley" Strachan - Lead Vocals
*Bob Spencer - Guitar, Backing Vocals
*Bob "Bongo" Starkie - Guitar
*Greg Macainsh - Bass, Narration (8)
*Imants "Freddy" Strauks - Drums, Percussion, Backing VocalsAdditional Personnel
*Joe Camilleri (Courtesy OZ Records), Wilbur Wilde - Saxes On 'Hotel Hell'
*Tony Ansell - Piano On 'Why Dontcha All Get *ucked', Organ On 'Meglomania'
*Eddie 'Spag' Leonetti - Organ On 'Twisted Innocence', String Machine On 'Point In The Distance'
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