| Includes a 32-page booklet written by Index drummer Jim Valice, chronicling the band's rock and roll journey. The booklet features rare photographs, lyrics, and stories, all printed on FSC-certified, 100% post-consumer recycled paper that is chlorine-free and manufactured using biogas energy.
In the mid-1960s, Detroit, Michigan, was a booming industrial city on the brink of major social upheaval. The inner city's rich ethnic diversity created a volatile mix that, amid rising tensions, threatened to erupt into civil unrest. Simultaneously, a growing sense of disillusionment spread across the nation as Americans grappled with the grim realities of a questionable war unfolding in the rice paddies of Vietnam. This turbulent backdrop set a dark and uncertain tone for the future.
Yet within Detroit's metropolitan sprawl, there were pockets of affluence and stability-none more so than the Grosse Pointes, where prosperity remained intact. It was in these suburban enclaves, just outside the urban epicenter, that Index was formed.
For decades, Index's music has been revered by collectors and connoisseurs alike-and with good reason. It's strange, atmospheric, and unmistakably homegrown in the best possible way. Their sound is steeped in distortion and reverb, with fuzzy guitars, hypnotic riffs, and heavy rhythms. Beneath the cascading echoes lies a raw, post-punk edge-snotty and disaffected-wrapped in a haze of psychedelic fuzz. Bleak, droning, and often atonal, Index's recordings capture the darker side of late-1960s rock, foreshadowing the soundscapes that would later inspire post-punk and indie icons like Joy Division and The Fall. |
