Thee Mighty Caesars • Beware The Ides Of March LP (vinyl)
Beware The Ides Of March captures Thee Mighty Caesars at their rawest, with Billy Childish's guitar and vocals driving a stripped-back blast of primitive Garage Rock. Originally released in 1985 and reissued by Damaged Goods, the album combines Childish originals with three carefully chosen covers, retaining the rough-edged energy that became central to the band's sound.
The original material includes the hard-driving It Ain't No Sin, You'll Be Sorry Now, Young Man Afraid Of His Horses and Cyclonic, alongside Little By Little, Give It To Me and This Man's Determined. The covers take in Willie Dixon's You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover, Link Wray's immortal Rumble and Bo Diddley's Road Runner, all given Thee Mighty Caesars' own uncompromising treatment.
With Billy Childish joined by John on bass and Del on drums, Beware The Ides Of March is a concise, no-frills example of the primitive Garage Rock aesthetic that made Thee Mighty Caesars such an important part of the Medway scene.
