The Last (band)

The band was initially inspired by the nascent CBGB's scene as well as the first Modern Lovers album. Its sound was a mix of garage rock, surf rock, folk rock and psychedelic rock. The first settled line-up included Vitus Mataré (keyboards, flute), the Nolte brothers, and Jack Reynolds (drums). as well as the South Bay punk bands such as Black Flag and the Descendents. Joe reformed the band in 1988 with Mike Nolte along with new members Luke Lohnes (guitar, vocals), Larry P. Manke (bass guitar), and Dave Nazworthy (of Chemical People) (drums). In 1980, THE LAST recorded the album on their own to control the process as much as possible, but what they came out of the studio with was completely sonically wrong, receiving zero offers from record companies (interestingly, the original copy of the album has been going for over $800 on Discogs). So how exactly did THE LAST bring LOOK AGAIN back to life? As Vitus Mataré explains: “Those same master tapes have been carefully baked and transferred by John Strother at Penguin Recording in Los Angeles. Jonny Bell at Jazzcats Studio in Long Beach worked with the damaged files to restore the signals and performances that Joe and I knew were somewhere on those reels. There are no new overdubs and zero digital trickery. Guitar and organ tracks were sent to the same model amplifiers Joe and I used live back in the day and re-recorded. These are the original performances given a proper mix. == Discography ==

Albums • L.A. Explosion! (Bomp!) (1979) • Painting Smiles on a Dead Man (Lolita/Backlash) (1985) • Confession (SST) (1988) • Awakening (SST) (1989) • Gin & Innuendoes (SST) (1996) • Danger (End Sounds) (2013) • Look Again (House Arrest/Backlash) (recorded 1980, remixed and remastered, released November 2020) Singles • "She Don't Know Why I'm Here" / "Bombing Of London" (Backlash) (1977) • "Every Summer Day" / "Hitler's Brother" (Backlash) (1978) • "L.A. Explosion" / "Hitler's Brother" (Backlash) (1978) • "Every Summer Day" / "Slavedriver" (Bomp!) (1979) • "This Kind of Feeling" / "Slavedriver", "We're In Control" 12" 45 (Line) (1979) • "Up in the Air" / "Wrong Turn", "Leper Colony" WarfRat Grammophon (October 1982) • Fade to Black 12" 45 EP (Bomp!) (1982) Compilation appearances • Waves Vol. 1 (Line) (1979) – "We're In Control" • Who Put The Bomp? 2XLP (London/Bomp!) • ''Yesterday's Sound Today'' (Line) (1979) – "That Kind Of Feeling", "She Don't Know I'm Here" • Experiments In Destiny (Bomp!) (1980) – "She Don't Know I'm Here" • WarfRat Tales (WarfRat Grammophon) (1983) – "Try To Rise", "Brand New Day" • The Radio Tokyo Tapes (Ear Movie) (1983) – "It Had To Be You" • The Rebel Kind (Sounds Interesting) (1983) – "What Is In There?" • The Best Of Louie, Louie (Rhino) (1983) – "Louie, Louie" • Testube Cassettezine B Vol. 4 #3 cass. (Testube) (1983) – "Try To Rise" • The Best Of The Tokyo Radio Tapes (Chameleon) (1987) – "It Had To Be You" • Duck And Cover (SST) (1990) – "Baby It's You" • SST Acoustic (SST) (1991) – "Awakening" • ''That's Line 6'' (Line) (1991) – "She Don't Know Why I'm Here" • ''We're Desperate: The L.A. Scene (1976-79)'' (1993) (Rhino) – "She Don't Know Why I'm Here" • Destination Bomp! (Bomp!) (1994) – "She Don't Know Why I'm Here" • The Roots Of Powerpop! (Bomp!) (1996) – "Every Summer Day" [as Last] • Listen And Learn With Vibro-Phonic (Vibro-Phonic) (1994) – "Every Summer Day" • ''Joe's Blue Plate Special Wol. 14 & 15: Olivia Tremor Control/Chuck D'' (Joe's Grille) (2000) – "Perfect World" • Of Hands And Hearts: Music For The Tsunami Disaster Fund 2XCD (Integrity) (2005) – "I Know (demo)" • Children Of Nuggets-Original Artyfacts From The Second Psychedelic Era 1976-1996 4XCD box (Rhino) (2005) – "She Don't Know Why I'm Here (Single Version) • He Put The Bomp! In The Bomp (Vivid Sound/Bomp!) (2007) – "Pablo Picasso" == References ==