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Ozone: Milwaukee '87

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Sleazefunk 02:30
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Way Out Patience 03:19
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Shaggy/George Michael's Beard/Amerika 07:52
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Monkey Business 03:16
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Sugar Rain 03:57
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6.
Landon (Malibu Sand) 02:00
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1987, Milwaukee. It was a time of forming bands quickly in a flurry of energy, passion and ideas and often disbanding them just as quickly as they formed - as people moved, got married, took on more demanding jobs, went off to school or as band members just burnt out on each other. Ozone started as me on guitar and vocals, my brother Phil Hanrahan on vocals and Zach Egan on drums. We did a couple of shows like that, but really solidified a sound when we had the good fortune to add the ferocious and versatile bassist Jeff Villwock (who very sadly passed in 2020). He could really make that Rickenbacker talk and he and Zach coalesced to form a formidable rhythm section. I was going through a period of political awakening and was seeing the bared teeth of the American Dream where perhaps I had once seen a smile, and my lyrics reflect this. I wrote the words and music, with Phil contributing lyrics for "George Michael" & "Landon," songs that try to come to grip with the absurdity of mass culture in the 80s. Phil's muscular, commanding lead vocals power those and all other songs in the set, except "Sugar Rain." I was finding my voice as a songwriter and the kick of singing loudly and honestly in unison with my brother about what we were witnessing felt good. Indeed, the agitprop lyrics, "There was a killing in that house last year / some ex-worker freaked out after too much beer / the pressure to compete and achieve / has dug more graves than you'd believe," remain relevant, while the frenetic and melodic music of Ozone still offers some inspiration, I believe. -- DH, Chicago, 2023

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released July 8, 2023

Dan Hanrahan vocals and guitar/Phil Hanrahan lead vocals/Zach Egan drums/Jeff Villwock bass * All songs by Dan Hanrahan, except "George Michael's Beard" and "Landon," music by DH and lyrics by Phil Hanrahan
Album cover photo of Jeff Villwock by Zach Egan

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Dan Hanrahan Chicago, Illinois

Musician and writer Dan Hanrahan has a long history in out-there folk circles. He specializes in surrealist ballads laced with glam and Brecht. Hanrahan has shared the stage with Gordon Gano and received plaudits from Eugene Chadbourne and Shimmy Disc’s Kramer and has opened shows for They Might Be Giants and Throwing Muses. ... more

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