Sunday, January 8, 2012

Bitch Magnet - Ben Hur



Label: Glitterhouse
Year: 1990

Essential. This is one of those records that you can start tracing a lot of your favorite bands back to. Anybody in the genres of post hardcore, math rock, noise rock, or basically any of the loud/quiet/loud stuff on this blog, owes quite a debt of gratitude to Bitch Magnet. Not to mention the name Bitch Magnet, that was a tough one to explain to the often overly sensitive flowers who would be around bands like this one.
Also of personal note: Bitch Magnet qualify as a "North Carolina band" (although originally from Ohio), which allows them entry into my own vaunted Top Ten List Of North Carolina Bands, that I keep meticulously updated. They are no doubt, very proud.

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3 comments:

  1. I remember seeing this record and alot of my peers diggin' on it....I missed the boat. Guess I'll check it out 22 years later, thanks.

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  2. Yeah, I'm way late to this party. Good looking out though, from what little I've heard so far, this should be a great listen. Thanks again, the site is good times indeed!

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  3. this and their other two records just got reissued, super cheap triple cd with tons of bonus stuff....

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