Future Shock (EP)

Future Shock
EP by The Gordons
Released	1980
Studio	Sausage Studios[1]
Genre	Indie rock
Label	Gordons – GORDON 1
Producer	The Gordons, Simon Alexander
The Gordons chronology

Future Shock is an EP by New Zealand band The Gordons, released in 1980.[1][3][4] In contrast to much of the independent New Zealand rock of the time, the sound of the EP was more noisy and distorted.[5]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

The EP was reissued by Flying Nun Records.[6]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that it "matched progressive punk songwriting and aggression with an uncategorizably deliberate yet extreme wall of flailing sheetmetal guitar."[3]

Track listing

Side A

Future Shock

Side B

Machine Song
Adults And Children

Personnel

Brent McLaughlin (drums)
Alister Parker (guitar, vocals)
John Halvorsen (guitar, vocals)

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References

Jr, James Greene (6 October 2017). "Brave Punk World: The International Rock Underground from Alerta Roja to Z-Off". Rowman & Littlefield – via Google Books.
"Future Shock - Gordons | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
"Gordons". Trouser Press. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
Thompson, Dave (24 July 2000). "Alternative Rock". Hal Leonard Corporation – via Google Books.
Goddard, Michael; Halligan, Benjamin; Spelman, Nicola (18 July 2013). "Resonances: Noise and Contemporary Music". Bloomsbury Publishing USA – via Google Books.
"In Love With Those Times: Flying Nun and the Dunedin Sound - Article - Stylus Magazine". stylusmagazine.com.

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[auto-1] Jr, James Greene (6 October 2017). "Brave Punk World: The International Rock Underground from Alerta Roja to Z-Off". Rowman & Littlefield – via Google Books.

[2] "Future Shock - Gordons | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.

[TP-3] "Gordons". Trouser Press. Retrieved 24 July 2020.

[4] Thompson, Dave (24 July 2000). "Alternative Rock". Hal Leonard Corporation – via Google Books.

[5] Goddard, Michael; Halligan, Benjamin; Spelman, Nicola (18 July 2013). "Resonances: Noise and Contemporary Music". Bloomsbury Publishing USA – via Google Books.

[6] "In Love With Those Times: Flying Nun and the Dunedin Sound - Article - Stylus Magazine". stylusmagazine.com.