Edgar Breau and Simply Saucer... More than a band... Pure Vision... The world's first Taste of Complete Perspective...
Nazi Apocalypse is my favorite song by this band. It was written in 1973 and recorded in 1974 placing this band ABSOLUTELY LIGHT YEARS beyond their peers. There was no one else in the world making music even remotely like this at the time.
Edgar's vocal stylings are reminiscent of Lou Reed and his band's music is what I would call punk, and much more advanced than any other proto-punk I've heard from the time period. They were more punk than the Stooges and the MC5, more punk than anything I've heard from HoZac's archival series ie. Fury etc.
Simply Saucer's influence is tremendous but chances are if you're not from Canada, you've probably never heard them. It's unsurprising that a band this peerless and ahead of the wave that came after them never found commercial success abroad or really even at home. They had a successful single in Canada with Bullet Proof Nothing but quickly dissolved as they discovered their pursuits sadly had no future.
Perhaps given the right management or maybe if they were from LA, things could've been different. They are touring sporadically again and Edgar just released a solo record.
A few months ago, I reached out to Edgar on Facebook and asked him for lyrics to Nazi Apocalypse. He finally got back to me and here they are, proving again that it never hurts to ask! Don't be afraid to reach out to your heroes. They're probably more attainable than you think.
Here are the lyrics- courtesy of Edgar. Pretty fucking cool, huh???
Nazi Apocalypse
I know you kiss just like a blitzkreig gone amiss
You say I'm wrong
It's bye bye honey baby so long
I, I, I , I , I'm cyanide over you
I, I , I , I , I'm cyanide over you
Nazi Apocalypse
Adolph and his henchman in their crypts
Eva, Eva Braun
says bye bye honey baby so long
I, I, I, I, I'm cyanide over you
I, I, I, I, I'm cyanide over you
You should have listened to your mama
Remember what she said
You better mend your evil ways boy, lest you wind up worse than dead
They're gonna take you away from your home
They're gonna take you away from your home
They're gonna take you all or not at all
They're gonna take you all or not at all
Oh take me please
I'm cyanide over you
