The Red Krayola (or Crayola) are an experimental rock band who formed in Ho… Read Full Bio ↴The Red Krayola (or Crayola) are an experimental rock band who formed in Houston, Harris County, Texas in late 1966. The group was made up of musician and visual artist Mayo Thompson who has remained the group's leader and sole constant for over 50 years, novelist Rick Barthelme who was the son of Donald Barthelme, and bassist Steve Cunningham who joined them at the age of 17. One night's show at a club called "Love" attracted people to the stage, audience members began to walk on up and improvise with whatever they saw fit, this would be the event that would spawn their secondary auxiliary "The Familiar Ugly" who'd follow and improvise amongst them wherever they so pleased.
After playing at local radio station KNUZ's battle of the bands event hosted in the Gulfgate mall, the Red Crayola were subsequently signed to "International Artists" by house producer Lelan Rogers. He suggested they bring their group of 50 friends into the studio to record a "freak-out" album. Roky Erickson of the 13th Floor Elevators would make two instrumental cameos on electric organ and harmonica. The album's title would be coined by Steve Cunningham: The Parable of Arable Land, an album which went on to sell 50,000 copies on its first run and garnered the attention of Jimi Hendrix, John Peel and the Beatles. Thompson described it as "the beginnings of alternative rock" as no advertising nor promotion was done for the record. Their sophomore album "God Bless the Red Krayola and all Who Sail With It" saw drummer Rick Barthelme depart from the band. International Artists provided the release with a quantity of promotion and advertising. The album flopped, selling around 6,000 copies - perhaps due to it's minimalistic sound contrasting with their debuts maximalist noise; Pitchfork wrote "It would take a few decades of post-punk experimentalism before Mayo Thompson's vision would have a truly suitable context". The album would go on to be assessed as a precursor to the Minutemen, Unrest, Bastro and Gastr Del Sol. The Red Krayola's follow-ups never lived up to the success of their debut but always broke new ground and foreshadowed different alternative rock genres.
After playing at local radio station KNUZ's battle of the bands event hosted in the Gulfgate mall, the Red Crayola were subsequently signed to "International Artists" by house producer Lelan Rogers. He suggested they bring their group of 50 friends into the studio to record a "freak-out" album. Roky Erickson of the 13th Floor Elevators would make two instrumental cameos on electric organ and harmonica. The album's title would be coined by Steve Cunningham: The Parable of Arable Land, an album which went on to sell 50,000 copies on its first run and garnered the attention of Jimi Hendrix, John Peel and the Beatles. Thompson described it as "the beginnings of alternative rock" as no advertising nor promotion was done for the record. Their sophomore album "God Bless the Red Krayola and all Who Sail With It" saw drummer Rick Barthelme depart from the band. International Artists provided the release with a quantity of promotion and advertising. The album flopped, selling around 6,000 copies - perhaps due to it's minimalistic sound contrasting with their debuts maximalist noise; Pitchfork wrote "It would take a few decades of post-punk experimentalism before Mayo Thompson's vision would have a truly suitable context". The album would go on to be assessed as a precursor to the Minutemen, Unrest, Bastro and Gastr Del Sol. The Red Krayola's follow-ups never lived up to the success of their debut but always broke new ground and foreshadowed different alternative rock genres.
Transparent Radiation
The Red Krayola Lyrics
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Spacemen 3 Selfless man slip by my side Uttering words about the turni…
Spectrum Selfless man slip by my side Uttering words about the turnin…
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Born in Flames At a new life we took aim We set the vast…
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Sir. Public
The Red Crayola - Transparent Radiation (Demo Version) Lyrics
Selfless maiden slip by my side
Uttering words about a turning tide and
She slowly furnishes my continuous ride
Twirling sanitary bits of hide
Hair quite long and lavender-dyed
Split nostrils hovering open wide
Oh velvet breasts with crimson legs astride
Issuing words about turning tide
And she asks me if I can ever provide
Transparent radiation
My liquid head open to the rain
I waltz through a bushel and a peck of grain and I
Hear in my ear a hurricane and I
Speak to the man about a train
Touch with my hand an aero plane
Eyes wide open on the coast of Maine
Red signs outside which I contain
Corn heavy limbs hoping for to gain some
Sensuality that I- can't explain
Transparent radiation
Tables bearing the fruits of lent
Styrofoam people quite violent
Clear light blowing right out of my tent
Ozone over our continent
Expert men not knowing what they meant
They all eat babies for nourishment
Funny bird with a forehead bent
Slogans tell me that I can rent
Yes they say that I can rent
Transparent radiation
Transparent radiation
Sir. Public
The Red Crayola - Transparent Radiation (Demo Version) Lyrics
Selfless maiden slip by my side
Uttering words about a turning tide and
She slowly furnishes my continuous ride
Twirling sanitary bits of hide
Hair quite long and lavender-dyed
Split nostrils hovering open wide
Oh velvet breasts with crimson legs astride
Issuing words about turning tide
And she asks me if I can ever provide
Transparent radiation
My liquid head open to the rain
I waltz through a bushel and a peck of grain and I
Hear in my ear a hurricane and I
Speak to the man about a train
Touch with my hand an aero plane
Eyes wide open on the coast of Maine
Red signs outside which I contain
Corn heavy limbs hoping for to gain some
Sensuality that I- can't explain
Transparent radiation
Tables bearing the fruits of lent
Styrofoam people quite violent
Clear light blowing right out of my tent
Ozone over our continent
Expert men not knowing what they meant
They all eat babies for nourishment
Funny bird with a forehead bent
Slogans tell me that I can rent
Yes they say that I can rent
Transparent radiation
Transparent radiation
Not Right Music
This is quite the surprise! Live me some rare Red Krayola!
John Marshall
So beautiful
kelechi
They used to open this one with "here's our folk rock number"
Markus
Love the counterpoint between bass and Guitar
kelechi
This version really resembles the Spacemen 3 version
islandgroovies
lovin this
ManuMaker
amazing
randomnology
Thank you a thousand times
Los Acidos
<3