INTRODUCIN THE UNREAL GROUP - THE WAY WE SEE IT
was released in Europe in May but the lyrics & the guys hair-dos were too much for the American audience (lyric sample: your torso/is my morse-code from the song Beep-Bip-Bip-Bip-Beep).In November they released
their follow-up
LETS GO DANCING TO THE UNREAL GROUP - ROCK AND ROLL, THE WAY
WE SEE IT commonly known as just the ROCK AND ROLL
album. Incl.Ive Gotta Rock Rock Dog.
Later the same year they
released their first fiasco album
ONE STEP FOR MANKIND - THE WAY WE SEE IT
According to later interviews the band didnt have the time to write the
material they needed and had to record tunes written by others, ex. Kenny Greütz
& Mein Faterland Slim, while touring South America. It sold 1,500 copies
worldwide. Incl.Walking On The Sunshine.
In September the group surprised
the world by releasing the album
UNMASKED - THE WAY WE SEE IT on the cover of wich they appeared
in masks. It was later said that the masks symbolised their grief of, their
brother & mentor, Toadals move to Micronesia to work on a rubber plantation.
Incl.Peek-A-Boo Babe, To-The-Loo Mayb.
The decision was made to
record the next album
BONGO BONGO - THE WAY WE SEE ITin
Micronesia with brother Toadal as the producer. The record features Johhny,
Mackie & Otto while Tony decided to quit the group and go live in the Hollywood
Hills with Charles Manson but unfor-tunatly couldnt find him. Incl.Conga
Galore.
1966 also saw the release
of The Unreal Groups backing singers The UnRealettes tribute album to
their employers
THE UNREALETTES - THE WAY WE SEE IT . An album full of lovingly
recorded Unreal songs. Incl.Mama Made Me Zee Zee Rider.
UNREAL FOR REAL, Tonys freaky soloalbum from `67 depicts his frustration of not finding Manson in L.A. and at the same time taking various substances together with the members of The Beach Boys. Incl.Shot Away Today Here In L.A..
However, after the summer of love the brothers finally succeded in talking the stray brother Tony into returning to the group ranks. The resulting album was a compromise in that they let Tony produce it. The title was L.S.D. - THE WAY WE SEE IT and featured the artwork of J.R.R. Tolkien & Timothy Leary. Incl.Subterranean Overground Baby.
In´68 they all bought
Harley Davidsons and travelled to Detroit to record the hard rockin
EASY RIDIN - THE WAY WE SE IT. And they certainly were back
in good rockin form.
Incl.Groovin Moovin & Pumpin Gas.
Although the differences in the group seemed to be all solved Johnny, Mackie & Tony finally let Otto off for a year to fulfill his political ambitions instigating the Chicago riots. The following album is an Unreal Group album in all but the name. JOHNNY,MACKIE & TONY is a classic though the high-pitch whines of Otto is sorely missed . Incl.We Missed Woodstock This Year (But We Sure As Hell Wont Next).
1970 UNLEASHED - THE WAY WE SEE IT, the come-back of the original line-up is rightly considered a milestone in rock history. Not only for its explicit album cover art but also for being the first rock music (if not any kind of music) quadruppel-album. Each record is dedicated to each members sexual weaknesses. Although its enormous length (nearly 100 minutes) it hasnt got one single dull moment and is still today regarded as an orgasmic experience. Incl.Otto Tells All About His Experiences.
1971
The one who really got hooked on the sex-God-image was Johnny who in
`71 released SEX MACHINE - LIVE AT THE APOLLO, recorded live at
the
Apollo in Harlem before an entirely Chinese-speaking audience. This
record is jokingly referred to by the other members of the group as
Johnnys soultrip.
Incl.Spotlight On Sammy Davis.
1972
1973
1974
This year the group decided to do an experiment, to record an foreign
language album. PROVSKIVA - THE WAY WE SEE IT is sung entirely in
Swedish, a language Tony picked up during his acid-trip days and
subsequently learned the rest of the group over the years. Naturally the
album didnt get far in the Billboard but reached no.5 in the swedish
charts. Mackie was cited at the time ...our next album will be in
Hungarian....
Incl.Borta När Bil Också Gråt.
1975
The Unreal Group had been refused too many times trying to write music
for films, so in 1975 they compiled all their film-music and released it
as ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK RECORDINGS - THE WAY WE SEE IT.
Incl.Friday Days Beaver (reprise).
1976
1977
Never the ones to jump bandwagons the group decided anyway to cash in on
the punk movement. I mean, we were referred to as the grand-fathers of
punk long before the fathers of punk were even playing Bar-Mitzwahs
Otto said at the time. FUCK YOU TOO...& YOU TOO -THE WAY WE FUCKIN
SEE
IT is the ultimate punk-album. Its soooo punk its almost
not said
Melody Maker at its release. For this one the boys used their punk
stage names on the self made cover; Snotty (Johnny), Potty (Mackie),
Dyrty (Tony) & Arthur (Otto).
Incl.Ottos Been Sick All Over Grandmas Persian Rug, Again.
1978
1979
1980
In 1980 the group moved to New York and started collaborating with the
Apples top-artistes at Andy Warhols old lodgings The Factory. The
resulting album ART - THE WAY WE SEE IT is an astonishing example
of
art noveaux and piss painting. Robert Raushenberg made the now world
famous cover; a plastic bag containing the urine of all four members of
the group, coloured to the different nuances of the boys astrological
signs, and of course an LP of, although not very easy listening,
classical music sounds.
Incl.Preparations For An Example Of Said Standards Pt.III.
1981
1982
Otto was always considered the restless soul of the group. So while the
others sat back on their ranches in East Colorado Otto made his way to
L.A. where he recorded his first solo album with the help of the citys
best known studio mucisians. The resulting album simply entitled OTTO
let the audience in on Ottos musical visions of the time and is
regarded as the ultimate west-coast classic.
Incl.If You Want My Love, I Might Consider Giving You Half Of It.
1983
The smoothness and commercial success of Ottos solo album quickly
inspired the rest of the guys to start writing again. Mackie had hanged
out with various members of Motörhead drinking lager and snorting speed
and therefore insisted on recording a metal album. METALMORFOSIS - THE
WAY WE SEE IT is dark, hard and heavy. So heavy, in fact, that most
peoples pick-ups couldnt stand the pressure from the grooves
of the
album and consequently skid off the turntable in sheer horror. This
album therefore is regarded as the most bought/least heard album of all
time. Since it hasnt been released on CD as yet not many people know
what it sounds like.
Probably incl.Brutus Putus Fatus Morgana.
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
ABBA - THE WAY WE SEE IT a cheap, in Unreal Group meassures,
buy-in/sell-out from a band by now so lost in Spanish brandy that they
even considered renaming themself Les Hermanos Unreal.
Incl.The Summer Of `69.
1989
1990
ON THE ROAD - LIVE - THE WAY WE SEE IT captured the 1989 - `90 tours
in a bravado way. Containing all the hits and even Tonys motorcycle
solo in Easy Ridin. It put The Unreal Group back on the american
charts this year.
Incl.Never Gonna Let You Down w.special guest Rick Astley.
1991
1992
With no new material to release the record company put out the greatest
hits collection GOLD - THE WAY WE SEE IT along with the 8-CD
retrospective ARCHIVEOLOGY - THE WAY THE RECORD COMPANY SEES IT
to
much avail. The single CD sold 16,000,000 copys world wide.
The boxed set contained out-takes, b-sides, demos, live recordings,
lesser known album tracks and inter-groupal discussions recorded,
unbeknownst to the group, by Otto throughout the years. Of course the
band refused to relese any of the material from the legendary
Metalmorfosis session on any of these compilations.
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
UNKOMMON, NOT VERY UNIK, WOKALIZING - ZE WAY WE SEE IT must be
regarded as a modern day classic. Recorded in Cologne (Köln), Germany
during 1999 and 2000 its The Unreal Groups millenium tribute and
incorporates modern day technology as well as vintage sounds not heard
since the groups mid-60s output.
Incl.Wolfgang, du bißt vörückt.