Category Archives: Covers

Rock Section Stories: Insight into the ‘Department Store of the Soul’

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Department Store of the Soul: Rock Section and Other Stories Kindle Edition

by Robert William Courtney (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition

The Legend of Rock Section is the mythic thread woven through The Department Store of the Soul, part alter ego, part spiritual archetype, part cosmic prank. Born from a psychic séance where the spirit of Jim Morrison allegedly dictated a song—“Rock Section”—to a group of young seekers, he emerged not just as a band name or song title, but as an encoded identity. A one-man revolution hidden in plain sight. A psychic download. A mystery school in a guitar riff.

Rock Section is the eternal outsider, forged in a cauldron of broken dreams, creative betrayal, and buried power. He disappears when wounded, retreats into myth, then resurfaces years later when the stars realign—namely, during the spiritual liberation of 2020, when time stopped and everything false burned away. He lives at the intersection of shamanism, glam punk, psychic rebellion, and esoteric truth.

He is the man who can walk through fire because he remembers he is the fire. The silent witness at your most transformative moment. The spirit that never dies, just reincarnates through melody, word, and spark. He is the part of you that refuses to give in to mediocrity. And when you’re ready to return to the truth of who you are, he’s already there—waiting with a leather jacket, a battered notebook, and the next verse of your life’s song.

Rock Section isn’t just a legend. He’s a code in your soul, waiting to be activated.

New Album ’31’

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“An album getting more interest these days, as it was always meant to be, with the original cover and missing tracks. One of a few missing links between the One Million Fuzztone Guitars of the 1980s and the 2020s. Check out the article on Exposed Vocals and interview with the ‘Force behind the Fuzz’, Robert Courtney, here:

exposedvocals.com/one-million-fuzztone-guitars-skin-patrol-a-psychedelic-garage-rock-resurrection-worth-the-wait/

exposedvocals.com/exposed-vocals-interview-the-resurrection-of-one-million-fuzztone-guitars-with-robert-courtney/ ”

I Wanna Punk Rock (With You)

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We always loved Lou Reed’s ‘Banging On My Drum’ and this is my homage to such inspired minimalism. A Step Forward box set a few years back established ‘Punk Rock’ in my mind as a verb, so I ran with it.

lyrics

I Wanna Punk Rock with you, Baby
I Wanna Punk Rock with you, Baby
I Wanna Punk Rock with you, maybe
I Wanna Punk Rock with you,

I said yeah, yeah, yeah
Do it like you want to do
I said yeah, yeah, yeah
I’ll do it like you want me to

Stream it here: https://linktr.ee/omftgsp

What’s this about? Excuse Me While I Borrow Your Head

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‘Excuse Me While I Borrow Your Head’ is about a Russian Mind Control Experiment that claimed to be able to turn anyone into a genius or play a musical instrument that they had never touched. I’ve done it a few times, a very strange experience, whether it’s worked I’ll leave up to you!

Try it yourself, below……

https://raikov.com/unlock/a/starsfellfromthesky

Excuse Me While I Borrow Your Head – The latest track by Robert Courtney, One Million Fuzztone Guitars & Skin Patrol

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One of my favorite songs, about Magick and Mind Control, was recorded on a defunct DAW on an ancient Acer computer that fell apart when trying to mix it last year, and now it’s been rescued in Cubase 12 Pro and finally released into the world.

“I like EMWIBYourHead – real nasty drum noises on it may push it further. Treasure Trove”. AR

“Nice! Leaning a little into Arctic Monkeys territory with the vibe (a good thing, in my book). You’re welcome to use the photo”. SH

“Robert Courtney stands firm and solid in his own niche of post-everything cultural excellence with a truck-full of uplifting little gems” AQ

lyrics

Excuse Me While I Borrow Your Head

I wanna know how you feel
When you do the things you do
I wanna know if it’s real
To have the love flow through
I wanna know what it feels like
In your skin
So if you don’t mind
I’ll just slip right in

It’s’ calling me
Some things are better left unsaid
So excuse me while I
Borrow your head

I got a JuJu, baby
Wrapped in black velvet
I got the knife of destiny
And a starry sky helmet
I’ve got a secret stash
Of incense from Madras
And a potent elixir
Made from Jesus’ tears

I wanna know what it feels like
In your skin
So if you don’t mind
I’ll just slip on in
Now I’m too polite to ask, but
I’ve got just one more task
So excuse me while I
Borrow your mask

credits

released February 24, 2023
Music & Lyrics: Robert Courtney
All instruments and vocals: Robert Courtney
Sleeve photography: Steve Harvey & design: Robert Courtney

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Landslide, the latest single by One Million Fuzztone Guitars is out now!

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Landslide (the first version of Everything’s Happening): A high-energy uplifting rock anthem with a story: “Some time ago I had a dream vision that I was in Chislehurst Caves (a 60’s rock venue in Kent that I had no knowledge of at the time but later went to), watching Led Zeppelin play the song that later became the first One Million Fuzztone Guitars single ‘Annuese’ Next on was The Doors, Jim Morrison walked across to me at the side of the stage, leaned down, and said, “make sure you write this down”, and once they had finished ‘Everything’s Happening’, I did, and here it is, though I must admit our version sounds more like the Sex Pistols than the Doors.”

See all the links to listen to Landslide (Everything’s Happening), below.

https://linktr.ee/omftgsp

Jim’s In Town, classic One Million Fuzztone Guitars from 1982

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Originally written for Skin Patrol and recorded by early One Million Fuzztone Guitars in 1982 (once Chris had joined as it needed a keyboard). The follow up to ‘Rock Section’. A celebration of the return of Jim Morrison, who had not actually died, but had faked his own death and now lived a Howard Hughes stye life in the wealthy part of Nottingham. Every day we would see him make the journey from The Park to Rock City and back, some days he would be ‘cleaned up’ but would soon revert to his ‘gentleman of the road’ look. It was rumored that he (Boris) was very wealthy and that this was all a pretense as a barrier to anyone finding out who he really was (see a reference in Julian Cope’s ‘One Three One’). Another Fuzztone’s classic from the ‘Rise and Fall of the Sound of Music’ sessions. Strangely missing from the Cherry Red Master tape? Here is the remastered version with a suitably 80’s cover with a photograph taken at the session.

“That’s mad – the playful jingle, the distorted vocals and the violent cymbal crashes – but I like it!” AQ

Girl (Back of ’69)

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Remastered from the original tape, one of a few different 12-String demo versions of Back of ’69 for One Million Fuzztone Guitars which was eventually re-recorded and appeared on the ‘Everything’s Happening’ album.

Now available on all streaming services.