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Label: D-Tox
Year: 1992
I'mma be honest y'all, this record ain't all good. There are GOOD parts, but there some steaming piles of dogshit you gotta avoid first. I am sharing it here for two reasons:
1. As a proud son of the tarheel state, the fucking REAL Carolina, not that "South Carolina" bullshit, I am obligated to have owned and committed to memory this record.
2. There are a couple real gems hidden in the bowels of this monster, so if you're adventurous enough, you will be rewarded.
The bands:
Robert Delany - ok, not a band...sue me.
Well Nigh Forgotten - yikes, these dudes were terrible, I remember walking out of a bunch of their shitty shows.
Picasso Trigger - a great band, although not greatly represented here.
Blue-Green Gods - no bueno
Matt Malloy- huh?
Slowchange Madagascar - cruddy college rock, back when that meant you were resigned to the college town ghetto scene.
Polvo - now we're getting somewhere...excellent as usual.
Geezer Lake - such a good band that nobody outside of Greensboro, NC ever heard of. Not their best song, but good.
Orifice - nice, weird, droning good stuff. I can't remember who or what these dudes were, but me likes.
Vanilla Trainwreck - they tried real hard to be a big alternative rock band, but instead they were a small sucky no-name band.
Toxic Popsicle - despite the idiotic name, no, they are not a third rate mid-80's thrash band...worse...an alterna-funk band.
Boil - would have been way better with decent production, and the elimination of the funky drums
Shiny Beast - fucking godhead! this band should have been huge, and I mean that for real.
Camper Van Chadbourne - fucking tedious.
Eighthundred - shoegazing Smashing Pumpkins?
Superchunk - never heard of 'em.
Erectus Monotone - a better band than this song would lead you to believe...believe me.
Bicycle Face - they used to play a lot of shows, but somehow I never saw them. I consider myself lucky.
DL
Well, it's a good thing you're not selling these puppies door-to-door! By the sounds of things here, you have to slog your way through a shedload of shit to get a sip of champagne.
ReplyDeleteWhen you hear band names like 'Slowchange Madagascar' and 'Vanilla Trainwreck' you just know EXACTLY what they're going to sound like, and a little bit of sick comes up into your mouth just thinking about it.
Shiny Beast though - they were one of those heard-of-but-never-actually-heard bands for me so I did some looking and DL'd some of their stuff (along with Regraped, another heard-of band) and I'm real glad I did. Great bands, both.
When I was married me and the ex lived in Morehead City,NC for awhile.It was like a cultural void.Here's a funny story.I travelled 750 miles away from New Jersey and the first band I ever saw down there was a Misfits cover band.They thought we were gods cuz we were from Jersey.Didn't have the nerve to tell 'em that most people from here can't stand them.Too bad Picasso Trigger had broken up by the time we moved there,they would've been cool to catch live.Oh well at least they have good waves down there.
ReplyDelete...never heard of superchunk? seriously? is my sarcasm detector broke or what
ReplyDelete*broken, obviously
ReplyDeleteYour sarcasm detector ain't even plugged in.
ReplyDeleteyou don't even have a sarcasm detector.
ReplyDeleteHey post some Picasso Trigger!
ReplyDeleteTo Anonymous looking for Picasso Trigger: You can download "Fire In The Hole" and "Bipolar Cowboy" directly from mediafire.Built On A Weak Spot blog posted the "Plutonium" EP awhile ago.And the "T'aint" EP is available from itunes for only 4 bucks.
ReplyDeletelooking for shiny beast download!
ReplyDeletePicasso Trigger known for being the absolute fucktards that got Guided By Voices banned from Emo's in Austin. I wonder where GbV ended up?
ReplyDeleteErectus Monotone! I thought i was the only one who remembered them. I had a boyfriend back in the day that put a few Erectus tracks on a mixtape (yes, a TAPE, not a CD) for me and I was sold. Unfortunately, over the years and a move to Athens, I lost it. Do you have any more Erectus Monotone stuff laying around that you may be able to post? Because it would be awesome if you did.
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