teenage time killers - greatest hits vol. 1

label: rise records
released: 2015

you remember dave grohl getting a bunch of his pals together and forming a project called probot? this is like that....but better (though dave grohl shows up on this as well playing the bass).

this was something put together by corrosion of conformity drummer reed mullin and my riun guitarist mick murphy.

you may have heard of some of the folks that show up here and there on the album....
greg anderson
brian baker
jello biafra
randy blythe
neil fallon
pete stahl
lee ving
mike ix williams

if'n you're wanting to know who shows up where

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corrosion of conformity - 1.5.85 - wilson center - washington,d.c.

R.I.P. reed mullin

1 - eye for an eye
2 - kiss of death
3 - prayer
4 - positive outlook
5 - intervention
6 - animosity
7 - indifferent
8 - tell me
9 - mad world
10 - what?
11 - holier
12 - the green manalishi (with the two prong crown)*

*=fleetwood mac cover

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The Afghan Whigs - Unbreakable: A Retrospective 1990-2006

Label: Elektra / Rhino
Year: 2007

Having someone release a compendium of greatest hits to honor your band is nothing to sneeze at, huh? But then again, The Afghan Whigs were never a band to sneeze at. Or on. Or even around (what, are you allergic?). When everyone else was playing quiet/loud/quiet/loud distorted grunge rock, The Afghan Wigs were twisting dark RnB tales of confusion, vengeance, and lust into some of the most off-kilter elegance there ever has been. True originals.

For this compilation you get:
One song off of their first lp for Sub Pop, "Up In It".
Four songs off their last lp before disbanded and eventually rebanding, "1965".
Three songs off the underrated "Congregation" album.
Four songs off the noir masterpiece lp which sent them into alterna-stardom, "Gentlemen"
One song off their soul/country covers ep "Uptown Avenue"
Three song off the "misunderstood" follow up to their commercial nadir, the "Black Love" lp.
And a couple unreleased songs, just for good measure.

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midget - a total abandonment of better understanding

released: 1998
label: au go go

well what do we have here?
by the sounds of it there's some hot water music in there.
by the sounds of it there's some superchunk in there.
by the sounds of it there's some soundgarden in there.
by the sounds of it there's some chum in there.

"is it soup yet?"

i don't know.
bring your bowl over here and let's find out.

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giddy motors - make it pop

released: 2002
label: fatcat records

every so often a band comes along and just gives you what you want....

[x] al johnson-like vocal hysterics 
[x] random guitar parts from the pixies
[x] the off kilter timing of the dazzling killmen
[x] a smidge of that birthday party sound
[x] some of that idles energy
[x] that jesus lizard bass sound*
[x] a smidge of that shellac sound*

[*=that couldn't be helped as steve albini was all up in the recording of this album. todd trainer even lends his voice to the song "whirled by curses"]

i don't think that i really need to say anything more about this as you should've already had your shirt off and begun pinching your nerps halfway through this review. you might want to stop though. they're never going to be able to heal if you keep doing it. also....how many more times do you think people are going to believe that your vacuum cleaner attacked you?

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https://www.mediafire.com/file/dj3elyabpp2b8d6/Giddy_Motors_-_Make_It_Pop.zip/file

Desalvo - Mood Poisoner

Label: Rock Action
Year: 2009

Very agitated and noisy, frenetic, gross, and loud, but surprisingly....Scottish. Maybe the record label should have prepared me for that possibility, but if I'm being honest I'd of wagered these volume mongers were from a major metropolis in the good ole U.S. and A. Maybe I'm being some sort of reverse xenophobe, but a band coming at you with the song title "Cock Swastika" seems uniquely American. Like, are Europeans somehow more sophisticated than that?

Well, regardless of my geographical and cultural prejudices, I can assure you that this record will fuck you up no matter it's country of origin. It's pure grade seething nastiness that chugs and screeches and lurches and kicks up a hell of a funnel cloud as a result. Fucking gnarly, this one.

Seems like maybe the band has reactivated this year after hiatus? Maybe?

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corrosion of conformity - demos and comp tracks

released: 2019
label: ?

before they became pals with metallica (both personal and soundwise...though C.O.C. did it first...put down the rocks) they were some folks from raleigh,nc that liked to lay down some sludge tinged punk rock that would eventually fall in with the "crossover" scene (punk mixed with thrash).

what am i doing?
i don't need to school you on some C.O.C. history.
my apologies.

so.
moving right along.....

DEMOS (1988)
1 - fingers with teeth
2 - teacher
3 - the line of fire
4 - loss of breath
RAT MUSIC FOR RAT PEOPLE: VOL. III (1987)
5 - bound
COMPLETE DEATH (1986)
6 - loss for words
CLEANSE THE BACTERIA (1985)
7 - kiss of death
EMPTY SKULLS (1984)
8 - poison planet
9 - eye for an eye
WHY ARE WE HERE? (1983)
10 - too cool
NO CORE (1982)
11 - skinny's in
12 - big problems
13 - citizen
14 - rather see you dead
15 - sheltered life
16 - life's cycle
17 - mad world
18 - redneck
19 - center of the world
20 - accepted pariah
21 - friend in d.c.
22 - college town
23 - social disease
24 - this is hardcore
25 - race riot
26 - no core

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crotchduster - big fat box of shit

released: 2000
label: willowtip

i was going to start this out with saying something like "what you think you'll be getting from a band called crotchduster is exactly what you'll be getting".

or

have you ever found yourself wondering what it would sound like if'n gwar and mr. bungle were to ever collaborate on an album?

or

the bloodhound gang's asshole of an older brother that drives a primer gray trans-am and doesn't own any t-shirts that have sleeves but continues to only wear that one slayer t-shirt.

know what i mean?

you get your daily fix of showtunes and power metal and black metal and death metal and dirty south hip hop and disco and circus music and sketch comedy....most times in the same song.

and it's all done by one person.
his name is jason suecof.
he's the guitarist for a band called capharnum.

if you're down with bands like the above mentioned gwar and mr. bungle and/or electro quarterstaff and/or sleepytime gorilla museum and/or austrian death machine (mr. suecof has been part of this band a time or two) and/or old school candiria and/or agoraphobic nosebleed and/or anal cunt and/or genghis tron.....

boba fett boba fett vader and boba fett.

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chat pile - this dungeon earth

released: 2019
label: self-released

this is made up of 4 fellers from oklahoma city,ok.
and they don't exactly seem ok.
they sound like they got themselves some problems.

"this is some weird dark nihilistic stuff." -some guy

this is what would happen if the jesus lizard were to accept that drink kiss it goodye offered them.

would you accept a drink from kiss it goodbye?
probably not.
and why not?
because you learned your lesson at summer camp.
some folks just like to live dangerously.
chat pile are some of those folks.

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protonic reversal with conan neutron - steve albini

not only does conan neutron play music with his secret friends....
he also likes to talk to people.
this time around he talks to the urban legend that is steve albini.
if you'd like to find out about who else he's spoken to: go hereyou can also find him on spotify.
and who knows....perhaps one day he'll show up im your town wanting to borrow some sugar.

this took place on 4.9.14

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