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b'Chuck Prophet describes his new disc BOBBY FULLER DIED FOR YOUR SINS as \\u201cCalifornia Noir.\\u201d \\xa0\\xa0He says, \\u201cthe state has always represented the Golden Dream, and it\\u2019s the tension between romance and reality that lurks underneath the surface in all noir films and paperbacks, and that connects these songs. \\xa0Doomed love, inconsolable loneliness, rags to riches to rags again, and fast-paced violence are always on the menu on the Left Coast.\\xa0Who is Bobby Fuller? He\\u2019s the star of the ultimate Rock and Roll Babylon feel-bad story. The title track came out of an obsession Prophet shares with co-conspirator klipschutz. Prophet explains, \\u201cOne day we were sitting in my so-called office South of Market listening to LPs, when out of frustration \\u2013I picked up a guitar and shouted, \\u2018I hear that record crackle, the needle skips and jumps!\\u2019 and klipschutz shot back, \\u2018\\u201cBobby Fuller died for your sins!\\xa0One thing led to another, and ten months later he found himself at the legendary Hyde St. Studios in the heart of the Tenderloin \\u201cslaving over a hot two-inch tape machine, cutting tracks with Brad Jones, Paul Q. Kolderie, and Matt Winegar riding herd.\\u201d \\xa0And pumping it all into the echo chamber. No computer in sight and two-inch tape boxes stacked up to the ceiling.\\xa0The Mission Express, Prophet\\u2019s band, which includes his wife Stephanie Finch, provided the backing. \\u201cTalented, difficult people who all played their hearts out. You can hear it,\\u201d he says. And recording at Hyde Street \\u2013 walking distance from his apartment \\u2013 was a homecoming of sorts. \\u201cI did my first session there, in high school no less,\\u201d says Prophet. \\xa0He even dragged out his \\u201964 Stratocaster, a guitar that Jonathan Richman said sounds, \\u201clike gasoline in the sand, like a motorcycle at a hot dog stand.\\u201d'