Screwed Again!
As you may recall some months back I decided to ditch RapidShare and move all the old files to Megaupload in an effort to keep all the files active for all eternity, to be enjoyed by any shmoe who stumbles upon this site in search of free shit and general weirdness. Well, as you may or may not know, the Feds decided to shut down Megaupload the other day and, as a result, a good chunk of the files on this site are no longer available. Oh, well. As I’ve made casual mention in the past, I don’t live in an area that offers high speed internet (aside from wireless broadband) and, as a result, it is a real pain in my ass to be switching files around. I mean, I’ll do it, but I won’t be busting my hump if you catch my drift. Let’s give it some time and see if Megaupload comes back up.
So if Megaupload is kaput, are these Federal Pigs going to refund our money, as I suspect the vast majority of users are reasonably law-abiding folks who aren’t ripping off new movies and music? If not, count me in for the class action suit. And, honestly, doesn’t the government have anything better to do than act as muscle for these worthless corporations? And, on that note, what gives these clowns the foolish notion that they can stop the “piracy”? It ain’t gonna happen, guys, and you know it. Perhaps, if some of these big “entertainment” companies produced product that wasn’t dog shit, I might lose some sleep about them losing money but, in the meantime, I wholeheartedly encourage everyone to suck them dry to the best of his or her ability. Personally, I haven’t set foot in a movie theater in years, could count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I might watch TV in a typical year, and it’s a given that I have no interest in mainstream music, so let the bastards go bankrupt for all I care. If I can do it, so can you!
Agression – “S/T” LP (1985)
Boy, did this year ever suck! And so did last year and the year before that. In fact, this entire millennium has been sucking large phallus so far. But I’m optimistic about 2012 and just forget about all that 2012 end of the world nonsense—especially since we won’t have actually spent 2012 years until the calendar get’s around 2013. Nope, this year is gonna be swell, so we’ll start things on a positive note with the sweet, sweet sounds of Mystic and this scarcely seen release. Not sure if this was their second or third studio effort or even their first, as rumor has it “Don’t Be Mistaken” was a rehearsal session. Whatever the case, this LP takes up where they left off on the “Someone Got Their Head Kicked In” comp, with the band much more unglued than on their first full length and, of course, the sparse, scummy, yet strangely ample recording sound of Mystic Studios always sounds nice. No duds and a couple tracks border on greatness. Good stuff.
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Sockeye / That Cheezy Sensation – “Split EP” (198?, 199?)
I’ll assume most folks have heard of Sockeye. Sometimes funny, sometimes annoying, sometimes unlistenable but generally amusing, these guys put out a slew of stuff over the years of varying degrees of retardation. While, I can’t claim to be a die-hard fan, I have to give the Devil his due on this one, because the four Sockeye tracks on this split are funny as shit. So funny, in fact, I feel a need to post three of them for general consumption. Not sure if there was ever a Sockeye sleeve, as this record was found by a friend of mine about 19 years ago when he was moving into a new place and wound up in my possession due to his lack of a turntable. As for the other band, That Cheezy Sensation, it’s pretty decent jokey hardcore / Punk and worth a listen, actually a major cut above most bands that attempt that shtick, really.
That Cheezy Sensation
SAMPLE TRACKS:
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Shaftman X-Rated LP (197?)
Well, I can’t help but notice a bunch of people downloaded that “Wife Swapping Swingers Orgy” LP I uploaded last time. You people should be ashamed of yourselves. Well, this one was obviously put out by the same company and, while it isn’t quite as degrading to women as the aforesaid mentioned LP, they manage to fill the void by making Black people look like idiots, as well. Also, unlike the other LP, this one attempts to tell a story of sorts, basically coming off as a fourth rate, X-Rated rip off of Shaft. Really dumb stuff here and, if I didn’t know any better, I’d say it was written by a White dude, as the attempts by the readers to speak crude, ghetto, slang sound about as forced and fake as the simulated cock-sucking noises, that sound like a dude with big lips trying to drink a hot cup of soup. I won’t even attempt to summarize the “plot” as it is completely retarded and harebrained. More of this stuff to come and let’s not forget about “Sonny ‘n Sis” and “The Sensuous Black Man”!
SAMPLE:
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Poopy NON-ENDORSEMENT!!! – The Formidable Turds “Songs Of Filth And Bigotry” CD (2008)
Well, I guess this still counts as a half-assed endorsement, as bad publicity is better than no publicity at all, I suppose. So why am I even mentioning this piece of shit? Because I like to spread pain. So what do we have here? A bunch of dudes who like to get away from their wives once in a while and blow off steam? Basically, the humor on this thing hovers around the level you might find on a skit on one of those lame morning shows like Howard Stern or Bob and Tom. And who knows? Maybe that’s what these guys were aspiring for! Serious bottom of the barrel, poopy-kaka humor on display here and the only amusing thing about it is bemusement, although I must admit the cover art is pretty classy—too bad the contents don’t deliver! Hey, and I’m even gonna share a couple tracks with you guys—what can it hurt? No one has heard of these clowns and their website is down. Honestly, listening to this CD is like getting a lobotomy through the ear drums.
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Infection – “Legal Limit” LP (1990? 1989?)
I seem to remember buying this around 1990 or so, so I’m guessing it came out around that time. For whatever reason, it was rumored that these guys were a “violent” band and there were problems at their shows, so I picked this up hoping for a thugfest but, instead, got an earful of Metal / HC in the Straight Edge vein that I was good and sick of at that point in time, although this was not a Straight Edge band. Twenty years later, I can say that this sounds a heck of a lot better to my ears. The playing is decent (although it doesn’t hurt to take your palm off the strings once in a while) and the lyrics are actually a cut above and somewhat thoughtful in places. Pretty generic for the most part, but it has its charm and appears to be mostly forgotten for some reason or other. I can’t say as I can list too many other bands from Delaware, either. Lemme see, Nordic Thunder, Stormwatch…..ummmm….. I’m thinking……..
Infection
SAMPLE TRACKS:
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Bloody Mess and the Skabs – “Hung Over And Stoned” CD (1994)
It appears some of you folks liked that first Bloody Mess and the Skabs LP. Well, there’s no shame in that, as ‘tis a fine record, indeed. I bought this on tape when it came out because I couldn’t find it on LP and 17 years later it finally dawns on me that this may have never been released on LP, seeing as I’ve never seen it. So finally I broke down and got it on CD and now you shmoes can reap the benefits. While not quite as great as the first one, there are still some good songs on here, the best of which would be “Cheerleader For Death”, although my personal fave would be “Born To Win (Live To Lose)”, a rant that serves to describe the perpetual state of mind I was enjoying when I first listened to these tunes. Sadly, the band pretty much broke up around the time this was released, but Bloody Mess has continued to play in various bands over the years for, like he says in the interview at the end of the CD, “We’re like a thorn—we won’t go away!”
SAMPLE TRACKS:
We’re like a thorn–we won’t go away!
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Big Boys – “Lullabies Help The Brain Grow” LP (1983)
Well, life isn’t all bad. Despite the fact that I live in a cultural wasteland, I manage to go thrifting every day during my lunch break and somehow manage to score despite the odds. So I’m hunting around the other day, look down and what do I see? Yep, this record. What could be better than getting a $25 record for $1? Why, getting it for free, of course, since the lady rang me up wrong and didn’t charge me for it! And should I feel guilty about ripping off Goodwill? Fuck, no! That place is a total scam if there ever was one. I never really got into these guys, but methinks this band deserves a second look, if this record is an indicator of what they were capable of. Prior to this, my only exposure was “Live At Rauls” and the “Frat Cars” EP, neither of which rocked my world. This is much better, with several good Punk rockin’ tunes, and even the Funk stuff isn’t too bad, although I’ve never cared for Funk. So I guess I’m going to have to keep hanging around the Goodwill until the first two 12”s show up, right?
Big Boys
SAMPLE TRACKS:
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Ded Engine – “S/T” LP (1985)
I found this about a week ago and have been playing it quite a bit. I’ll forgo any attempts at wittiness and simply state that this record rips, laying out some solid Caveman Metal, of which I never seem to tire. Nothing you haven’t heard before, but good stuff.
Ded Engine
SAMPLE TRACKS:
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Speed Metal Hell – Various Artists LP (1985)
I believe I promised this to someone a ways back. What kills me about this record is the overall quality of the music and the fact that we totally took this stuff for granted back in those days, thinking it would never end or get BETTER. Clearly this was not the case! 12 tracks and not a dud in the bunch.
Rear Cover / Track List
SAMPLE TRACKS:
Executioneer – Victims Of Evil
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X Rated Wife Swapping Swingers Orgy LP (196?)
Yes, I do understand that this is lowbrow, bottom of the food chain claptrap—I’m not a complete idiot. Yet. So with that out of the way, let me proceed to endorse and extol the virtues of this fine LP. What virtues, you ask? Well, this record is funny as shit for one thing! Seriously, there isn’t a spot on this entire record where you can’t throw the needle down and be totally amused—there isn’t a dull moment to be found. Also, it serves to answer the age-old question of what washed-up radio personalities from the 1950’s did when they were hard up for cash in the late 1960’s. Perhaps, they deliberately used these kinds of voices since the characters are supposed to be middle-aged, which leads me to wonder what kind of weirdo jerked off to this stuff, as the mental picture I get out of this is not pretty! Another point of interest is that, despite its age, the quality of filth described is quite ahead of its time: ass-to-mouth, forced anal, bleeding buttholes, lesbo action and yer mama’s pussy. This thing has it all! Highly recommended!!
SAMPLE:
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Poopy Bad Bar Band And Lousy Punk Record Fest Part 1: Throbbing Masses – “The Way We Were” 7″ (19??)
Does anyone else out there get burned out on music? As I shovel down my breakfast in the morning before racing out the door, I look at a wall full of records and it dawns on me how rarely I spin them and how little I care. A phase, perhaps, but I cannot tell a lie, as none of my records are really rocking my world right now, although I’ve been downloading some great stuff. At any rate, seeing as I have a blog to run and I’m completely uninspired, I figure I might as well tap into some records I have been on a fence with or flat out don’t like at all, but figure I might as well share them due to obscurity—and the chance to be a dick and make snide comments! Ha!
I remember a while back reading a comment on some other site where some guy goes, “That’s a bunch of bar band crap—you should get the guy from Glorify The Turd to do it!” Ouch! Owwwwwwwwch! Words hurt, buddy!! So you think some of this stuff is bad, do you? Well, stick tight, ‘cuz you ain’t heard nothin’, yet! Honestly, I wish I had about a thousand of these records from the old days so I could have a blog called “It Was From 1978 And It Sucked Balls”. Or something like that.
So let us begin this sordid series with Throbbing Masses. I’ve never heard of them, there’s no date on the record, and there’s nothing on the web. It does, however, have that late 70’s New York City Art Rock stink to it, so that would have to be my guess, although it could have just as easily come out in the 80’s or 90’s. The A-Side is a cover song of origins I won’t bother to look up because I don’t care—I’m sure you’ve heard it. The flip is a total waste of studio time and vinyl. I mean I’m all about the novelty records, but this isn’t really a novelty record by my definition and, instead of using the track to showcase their dubious “talents”, the guys decide to fill it with nonsense that any jerk could have come up with in his sleep. The tracks are below. Enjoy!
Rear Cover
THE TRACKS:
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Poopy Bad Bar Band And Lousy Punk Record Fest Part 2: Policeband – “Stereo / Mono” 7″ (1979)
Well, this is another record that reeks of NYC Art Rock stink and, sure enough, it’s from New York. Actually, I wouldn’t be surprised if a few folks out there choose to defend this one, but I’ve had this record forever and the Poopy thumb has remained consistently down. In fact, it’s pretty much crashing through the floor! I suppose some might argue that it is early industrial or experimental or what-have-you. Well, say it at your own blog. Take my rip and have my blessings! There are some folks out there who eat this stuff up. I spit it out.
There are actually separate tracks on this thing, but I didn’t break them down. It’s not necessary.
Rear Cover
THE TRACKS:
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Poopy Bad Bar Band And Lousy Punk Record Fest Part 3: Total Passover – “Shalom Motherfucker” 7″ (1991)
I assume the band’s name refers to the Jewish Holiday but it is, in fact, what I should have done instead of pulling it out spending money on this thing! On the other hand, this is a fairly odd record, and I have a hard time trying to fathom what these guys were about. Let’s see, does Jewish, Confederate, homosexual, Kosher, Grunge sum it up? The A-Side has that up-down crescendo thing that a lot of Alternative bands were doing in the early 90’s, no thanks to Nirvana. Too bad I always hated that sound! They do, however, make ample use of the word “penis”, and that almost saves the song! The flip is more Punk-sounding and a little better, but nothing to rave about. All and all, this whole thing is kind of confusing but they were from Iowa, so perhaps it was something in the potatoes. Oh, wait, that’s Idaho!
Rear Cover
THE TRACKS:
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Poopy Bad Bar Band And Lousy Punk Record Fest Part 4: Ulterior Motive – “Monday Morning Blues / (Under) Suspicion” 7″ (1987)
So let us make our way to the back of the bar. Who’s playing? Ulterior Motive? Never heard of them, but I assume some citizens of Somerville, MA have. These guys dress like rockers, but I seem to remember Metal being a little heavier than this in 1987. Make that a lot heavier. The flip is actually fairly decent in the low-fi bar band sound that I actually happen to like, but “Monday Morning Blues” feels like someone shoved a corkscrew in my ear. As a side note, I can’t help but notice that they give all their love and thanks to GOD on the back of the jacket. Well, you’re quite welcome, but it doesn’t make it sound any better!
Rear Cover
THE TRACKS:
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Poopy Bad Bar Band And Lousy Punk Record Fest Part 5: Barry Knoedl – “Baby Don’t Give Up / I Just Want To Make You Happy” 7″ (1978)
Wow, what’s this? 1978? Ok. DEATH? Lookin’ good! KILL 002? Well, it just makes me wonder what KILL 001 was! Yep, it sure looks like we have a winner with this baby, worth every penny of my $1.00. So let me just throw the needle down on this puppy here……..oops! Oh, wait! Maybe I need to turn the speakers away so I don’t blast the paint off the walls with its sheer rock intensity……..nah! Fuck it; I’ll just play the thing! So I throw the needle down and……and….FUCK! WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT?!?! Oh, I guess I should have figured out the label was called “DEATH” and the name of the artist was actually some guy named “Barry Knoedl” ! Silly fuckin’ me! It happens to the best of us, I guess! Well, I won’t even try to describe the music on this one, but let me just say that the guy who designed the label art has a sick sense of humor!
THE TRACKS:
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Poopy Bad Bar Band And Lousy Punk Record Fest Part 6: Killer Wasp – “Rich Kids / Pain In My Heart” 7″ (1980)
As label mates with the infinitely awesome The Now, I figured this would have to be pretty good with a song title like “Rich Kids”, as every Punk band that ever tackled the subject managed to do something pretty entertaining with it. Well, too bad these guys weren’t a Punk band! The flipside, “Pain In My Heart” is a little better, looking like it might be a Class of 1976 pre-Punker, but it never really gets out of first gear. The Poopy thumb is down. Only a serious Punk history geek would find this record relevant.
THE TRACKS:
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Poopy Bad Bar Band And Lousy Punk Record Fest Part 7: Michael Blaise And Cheater – “Scoring Power / It’s A Lie” 7″ (1978)
I kind of have to admit I actually like this record a bit and it seems to get a little better with repeated plays. All the same, it suffers the taint of late 70’s NYC artsy crapola and I suspect, if I were to examine the back of the old 1970’s Punk Rock Bandwagon, I’d still see the skid marks from where these guys landed. This record is pretty much on the fence as far as my delicate taste goes, with one leg firmly planted in the shit pit. The Poopy thumb wavers.
Rear Cover
THE TRACKS:
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Poopy Bad Bar Band And Lousy Punk Record Fest Part 8: Trash – “Priorities / Look” 7″ (1977)
I’m pretty sure I saw this record on one of those Killed By Death comps—like one of the shitty ones that tried to pass off Art-Rock and New Wave bands as Punk. Whatever. I suppose a few indiscriminate fans of Class of ’77 Punk might want to defend this one, as it is pretty much paint-by-numbers Punk from that era and somewhat catchy. And, no, you aren’t hallucinating, these guys really got signed to Polydor, although I have no idea how! My initial reaction was that they were a fake Punk band, but supposedly they were the real deal, although I’d probably like this more if it was fake!
Rear Cover
THE TRACKS:
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Bloody Mess & The Scabs – “6th Grade Field Trip” LP (1990)
OK, I lied and I’m done with the crapola records for now. Here’s one good record I keep meaning to give a shout out to, as I feel it never quite got the credit it deserved. As most of us remember, this band was affiliated with GG Allin and, as a result, I think a lot of people wrote them off as GG clones or hangers-on. Well, that may or may not be true, as I can’t say as I’m all that intimate with what transpired in that scene. I will attest, however, that their live shows blew most bands out of the water and, musically speaking, this record is about as gritty as it gets, with a crude but catchy US Punk sound that was nothing like the GG Allin material. Lyrically, there is no comparison to Mr. Allin, either, and I have to say Mr. Mess really shines on a few of these songs, with the type of blunt, honest tirades and commentary that any true Punker can relate to. “My Own Worst Enemy”, “Mammogram Days”, and “Quicksand” are some of the standouts but, as a whole, the record comes off as very honest, delivered with a Sam Kinison howl! Really good Punk rock schlock all the way around on this one and I suspect that if he hadn’t been involved with GG, more people would be putting this LP on a pedestal. The second LP contains several good songs, as well, and is worth a listen.
SAMPLE TRACKS:
Think Of Punk Rock When You Shit…
Mammogram Days
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Mammogram Days
Bloody Mess
Robert Connelly – “The Complacent Americans” 7″ (1961)
This guy just needs to chill. I mean, how bad can getting blown up by a nuclear missile be? I do, however, find it interesting that this whole dialogue is rattled off after he was killed in the blast—perhaps that’s one of the side effects of radiation the government doesn’t want to tell us about? The flipside isn’t nearly as fun, offering some Cold War-era advice on how to prepare for a nuclear assault. You can hear it on the download.
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Teeny Tar R.I.P. / Elmer City Rambling Dogs Re-up
If you follow the comments at all, you may have noticed it was announced that Teeny Tar of The Elmer City Rambling Dogs has departed from this earthly realm and gone to the big dog pound in the sky. It happens. And it will happen to YOU. Per request, I did a higher quality rip of the LP and added it to the original post.
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Various Artists – “3D EP” 7″ (1986)
I believe I told someone I’d have new posts up by midnight tonight and I try to be a man of my word. Well, here ‘tis, the elusive 3D EP that no one seems to have heard of and is nowhere to be found, although not for lack of trying, mind you. I spent about a year and a half looking for this record until one of the guys who released it was kind enough to send me a copy, along with a few other obscurities, so let’s have a hand for Mr. Bo Reusch, bass player for Bag Of Tricks, among other Wichita bands, for kicking this down for our enjoyment.
Well, one would think some guy from Kansas should be posting this on the web, as I have no memory of any of these bands. On the other hand, maybe it’s better that I do it, as I might be sparing you the tired old story of “we were bored, fucked up kids, there was nothing to do, there were no clubs, yada, yada, yada, etc., etc……”. How many times do we need to hear it and how many books and movies with pointless anecdotes and self-serving “memories” of the old “scene” need to be written or produced? I, quite frankly, am sick of it. Even the Hippies aren’t that wrapped up in the past! Well, hopefully, you all had your scene and your shithole shack to see bands in like these kids did and, hopefully, it was fun. Life goes on.
Oh, yeah, the music. This is a compilation of Wichita, Kansas bands, circa 1985-86, that were regulars at a short-lived Punk hang out called the 3D Klub. The recordings were made on a four-track, set up outside the shack, but the sound is pretty good. This is a nice document of a bygone scene featuring one of my favorite purveyors of juvenile ridiculousness and musical expertise: Roach Egg Invasion. The other bands are as follows: Klyde Konnor, Wise Guys, Bag Of Tricks, Butt Clinch & The Glove Fist, Sick Society, and 11 Eleven.
3D EP
SAMPLE TRACKS:
Roach Egg Invasion – Run & Hide
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Dewey And The Big Dogs – “All Alone / No One Can Tell” 7″ (1984)
Another Wichita, KS contribution by Bo Reusch and I honestly don’t know what to say about this one, except that it found its way to the right place! Perhaps, if this came out in 1980 or so it might have earned a spot on one of those Power Pearl comps or something, but 1984? It’s a tough call, but one thing that isn’t a tough call is the fact that, despite all the retro synth crap that has been foisted on us in recent years, the keyboard sound on this record NEVER became “cool” again! At least not yet! Score one for room-clearing power, score two for the dated bopiness and goofiness of the songs themselves, and score three for the fact that the guys could actually play. A fun record to be sure, but is it good? The answer is blowing in the Kansas winds………..
THE TRACKS:
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Bag Of Tricks – “Batman / Young Lust” 7″ (1986)
Onward we go with our Wichita, KS expose and another Bo Reusch contribution. This is the second Bag Of Tricks 7” and my favorite of the two he sent me. Decent Punk that sounds like the year it came out: 1986. For some reason, I feel like I should have some memory of these guys, as they put out a lot of songs, but I’m drawing a complete blank. Obviously, this is old, as they are singing about the fun Batman from the 1960’s, before his name was dragged in the mud by those crap movies that Hollywood put out later.
THE TRACKS:
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2Car Family – “August Sunset / Alone I’m Down” 7″ (1988)
We’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto. Oh, wait, we are! Here’s one from my own pile ‘o poop, only these guys hailed from Lawrence, KS. I know I got this at one of their shows around 1988 or 1989 and have vague memories of a skinhead vocalist and a female drummer, with a set that was pretty much in the same vein as the two songs on this record. I probably hadn’t played this in over 20 years prior to this post and, like a lot of stuff I’ve been rediscovering from that era, it sounds a lot better than I remember it. As I recall, it was the lyrics that put me off this thing—they’re almost pre-Emo! A bit of a Wash DC post-punk vibe to it, as well. The flip, “Alone I’m Down” would have to be my pick.
Rear Cover
THE TRACKS:
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Discords – “Spank It!” CD (1999)
So now that I’ve done my duty of posting a few records for the US Punk historians out there, let’s get down to the real meat and potatoes of this blog, shall we? Get a look at the band pics below. Now, take another look and reflect that this is how ALL musicians should look, PERIOD! So why do a lot of those skinhead bands like to put those cutesy little Viking and Bootboy cartoons on the covers of their records? I have no I idea, but it looks fucking stupid. It also does a great disservice to this masterpiece because, at first glance, I would be inclined to think it was one of those beer-swillin’ skinhead records, while this is actually some top-knotch old-school Punk / Goon rock, put out by an old Montreal, Quebec Punk outfit whose only other release came out in 1982. There are some really great songs on this thing and, I ain’t gonna lie, the title track has been stuck in my head for weeks!! While the CD appears to have been recorded in 1999, it doesn’t sound it and has that sweet, old-school juvenile delinquent smart-assery and nastiness from theirs and my own generation that has been lacking from other goon bands ever since—probably because they wrote a lot of the songs when they were kids. Some really fun stuff here and this baby will be sitting at the top of the Poopy charts for months to come.
Strangely enough, the obscure reference to the Notre Dame de Grace neighborhood is not totally lost on me. I lived up the street from it, in a run-down duplex on Avenue Marcil back in the mid 1970’s and have some childhood memories of that part of town. I recall an old part of an old city and they always seemed to be tearing up the streets for busted water mains. My place was actually quite spacious and pretty cool, but was in bad shape and literally smelled like shit when it got hot out. Honestly, compared to some of the other dives I’ve been stuck in, that city was The Ritz! Heck, at this point just about anything up in Hoserville looks nice compared to the shithole the States has become!
Oh, yeah, I should also add that dickheads are already selling this out-of-print CD for $50 and up. Fuck that and track down a cheap copy while you can—there aren’t many left. I included their 1982 EP with the download, as well, and suffice to say, it rips!
BAND PICS!!!!
SAMPLE TRACKS:
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Poopy Endorsement: Dr. Heathen Scum “Masterpiece” CD (2011)
Here is yet another endorsement for one of the last great shit rockers left on the planet: Dr. Heathen Scum, bass player for The Mentors and Musical God. If you’ve been following this blog, this man and his band’s exploits need no introduction, nor does my rabid and unapologetic loyalty require explanation. If you’re like me, you’ve probably bought a few of his solo projects already and, if you’re like me, probably give them an average to above average rating. They’re decent schlock and have their charm, but fail to live up to Mentors level scumbummery. This one, however, is different and the music is actually pretty catchy, very well recorded with killer production, and the lyrics ain’t too bad, either–relatively speaking! As far as Dr. Scum’s solo output goes, I’d have to say the title of this disc lives up to the name and is by far the best thing he’s ever done. And what else can I say? The guy is probably in his late 40’s or early 50’s! What the hell will you be doing when you’re that age? What the hell are you doing now? You should be so blessed as to maintain a set of balls like Mr. Broy has done, and the lyrics on some of these songs reflect that of an old guy who is more alive than many people not even half his age. So what does it sound like? Well, there are twelve songs on the thing. I figure it should take you about twelve seconds for you to figure it out!
SNIPPET:
El Duce – “The Man, The Myth, The Legend” Cassette (1991)
Somehow or other, this blog has managed to last almost two years and, since I don’t trust myself to get organized and post on the actual anniversary, we’ll commemorate the occasion by putting up a recording that I actually like a lot (and you will, too!): the first El Duce solo effort! Unlike the other tapes, this one has actually been reissued a couple times and I think I even saw it on LP once. Well, no matter, because I know most of you clowns never heard of it and wouldn’t trouble yourselves to track it down even if you had. Thus, it is my pleasure to shine the light of Mr. Hoke’s wit, wisdom and vocal styling into your otherwise dull and pointless lives. As far as the songs go, “Slutfucking Man” is the top rocker by far, a great track that should have been on one of the Metal Blade releases, showing the band at their best. My personal favorite, however, would have to be “White Trash Man”, followed closely by “Hershey Highway”, a true anthem for the ages where El Duce applies his might as the greatest dirty limerick writer of all time, concocting more synonyms for the human anal track than any song in recorded history!
SAMPLE TRACKS:
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V/A – “Black Brittle Frisbee” LP (1987)
I found this LP a couple weeks ago. It is a compilation of Indianapolis alternative and Punk bands from the dark, not too interesting year of 1987, however, it features three tracks by Sloppy Seconds, a band I saw numerous times back in the day and liked quite a bit, recorded live in the studio. So what’s to say about poor, old India-no-place? The old gripe of “my town sucks, there’s nothing to do, there’s no shows, etc, etc…..” is as old as time. However, from what I can tell, India-no-place is one of those towns that might actually deserve it! It’s one of those cities that decided to grow OUT instead of UP, a sprawling mess of post WWII, one-floor homes that are now falling apart, and no sidewalks on many of the streets, including main arteries passing through the heart of the city. I don’t know how things were in 1987 but crime is getting to be a problem and just about everything in the lower two thirds of the city appears to be deteriorating into slums, with the exception of the actually nice downtown area, Meridian Street, and a handful of other neighborhoods. Even the area outside the infamous race track is a dump! It’s one of those places you find something NOT to like about every time you go there! With that in mind, it is little surprise to me that some decent bands have managed to come out of that town. What the fuck else is there to do? At any rate, the majority of the tracks on here are what I call “Post Punk”, although I hate that particular term. They are superior examples of the genre, however, and you might recognize one of the Datura Seeds tracks from the LP that came out a couple years later. I posted the Sloppy Seconds tracks below, as their music is much more in tune with the spirit of general dumbassitude I try to foster here.
SAMPLE TRACKS:
Sloppy Seconds – I Don’t Want To Take You Home
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