RIG - BELLY TO THE GROUND

Label: Cruz
Released 1994

This band had a drum machine. Ensue Big Black comparisons. But they're not Big Black! Are they an alternative rock band? Yep! Noisy? Yep! Do they have a drum machine? Yep! Diagnosis - poor man's Big Black. Of course whenever a band reach iconic status then any band that sound a bit like them are going to be lamented. However this album does stand on it's own two feet. Sure they have a drum machine but haven't gone for the guitar sound that Albini & co are reputed for. I would also add into the mix Foetus and a few industrial bands of the era.

DL