Four Hour Fogger - Dollars For Red Books

Label: Bakos Amp Works (or maybe I'm wrong)

Year: 1999

More "metal" than the average post here, but I reckon if you listen closely you can decipher why I decided it was worthy of a listen. This here's got the elements of grindcore, hardcore, noise rock, southern sludge, and metal. Sort of like Mama Tick meets Zeni Geva meets Buzzov*en meets someone else I can't think of right now....who was I thinking off? Shit. This is going to really bother me now....

The band is mostly known as "the band Brent and Troy were in before Mastodon" and while I suppose that's fair, I think Four Hour Fogger deserves to be heard on the merits of being simply a hot band, and not "pre-this" or "pre-that".

Unfortunately for me, they formed this band during the tale end of my first residence in the great state of Georgia, and I only managed to catch them live once, at the Little Blue Reggae Hut (rip) opening for Buzzov*en. I got their 7" before I left the state, but alas, that was all of Four Hour Fogger for me. By the time I returned to Georgia for residency number two, they already had Mastodon going in full swing, so I never got the chance to see them again. Not that Mastodon is a bad conciliation prize or anything, they've proved plenty entertaining in their own right, but Four Hour Fogger was a weird amalgamation of styles that really was interesting. I dig it a lot.

DL

so...today mrs. ipecac came home with something she found IN A FUCKING PAWN SHOP

and it cost a grand total of $3.19

pigment vehicle - murder's only foreplay when you're hot for revenge

released 1998

this is what would happen if nomeansno and don caballero were to come together (right now) and record an album

DL: murder's only foreplay when you're hot for revenge

Elvis '77 - Bands Ruin

Label: Unreleased

Year: 1998

Tonight I was out and about on my usual after-dinner-pre-tuck-the-kids-in power walk (yeah, that's right, a power walk...what's up?) through the neighborhood when I almost was stopped in my tracks by the distinct odor of chimney smoke. Now, please realize that I live in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where yes, it has been 90+ degrees every goddamn day since, oh, April, and where we have had a rapid and pleasant cooling trend the last 48 hours. But, it was still a balmy 71 degrees Fahrenheit at the time of this olfactory assault, hardly the type of weather that would, or should inspire one to cozy up by a fire and warm their stocking feet. Right? Shit, I was wearing shorts and short sleeves (even in an intermittent drizzle mind you).

What kind of animal lights a fire in their home in these conditions?! Had I gone crazy?

No, no I had not. There it was, the ribbon of gray smoke wafting from the brick stacks atop my neighbors' home. These people are out of their goddamn minds having a fire on this day! The temperature drops twenty degrees and all rationale and human sensibilities go out the fucking window?! What topsy-turvy world am I living in?!

Shit just wasn't right, I tell you.

But what was right, was my choice of soundtrack, this record right here. Elvis '77. These NY boys recorded this album to be released on Mans Ruin Records, even had Wharton Tiers master the thing (you know, the dude who did Helmet, Quicksand, Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth and shit). Well, wouldn't you know it, Frank Kozik runs Mans Ruin into the ground before Elvis '77 sees the light of day, and the band never really recovers. Unfortunately, this great album lay dormant for many, many years until the inter-web gave it a second life. Enough so, that I think the band is (sorta) giving it a second go.

They sound like a almost 50/50 mix of Unsane and JJ Paradise Players Club, which is a 100 mix of awesome. Enjoy this one next time you need some low impact cardio, strap on your ankle weights, get a good grip on your purple foam-coated barbells, and get to steppin'!

DL

harvey milk - 10.27.06 - drunken unicorn - atlanta,ga

the band's name has been bandied about on this blog...but there hasn't been an actual album

this isn't exactly and album...but it is

this is their SPECIAL WISHES album played in it's entirety live

and if you're not already familiar with the band...think some melvins...some jucifer...some early black sabbath...

and this is the part of the show where you go on ahead and click on the red DL

1 - i got a love
2 - war
3 - crush them all
4 - instrumental
5 - once in awhile
6 - love swing
7 - the end
8 - old glory
9 - mother's day

DL: harvey milk@drunken unicorn

gunna vahm - man hands for rump lust

released 2006

you can listen to this and think of the band fight amp (who they did a split with back in 2005)...which will then make you think of unsane...and then you'll think of dial...and then you'll think of scul hazzards...and then you'll think of the jesus lizard...

so hopefully by reading the words above you'll know what i'm trying to get at

DL: man hands for rump lust

Mayyors - Megan's LOLZ 7"

Label: Self Released

Year: 2008

From the request line, here's some Mayyors, who turn out to be a favorite of mine as well. This band knows how to take an old punk song and smother it in blown-out noise, giving it a whole new life. I hate to use the word "exciting" cause it sounds so innocent, but in this case it fits, Mayyors are an exciting band. Or, they were an exciting, as they are currently just a glimmer in your rearview mirror.

The Megan's LOLZ 7" was limited to 300, soooooo....here you go.

DL

AmRep Revisited: An Oral History of the World’s Premier Noise-Rock Record Label

thomas hazelmyer would like to suggest that you read the article linked below

get hazed

Bric-A-Brac, Whatnot, and This That and The Other

I was reading the comments from the previous post, and one thing was made perfectly clear, Ipecac does in fact have an unhealthy hard-on for The Jesus Lizard. Certainly, this falls under the "whatever floats your boat" category, but it can be alarming to those of us on the outside looking in on the mans life.

We love you Ipecac, and we're here to help you.

The other thing made clear from the previous post is that it's time once again for our quarterly call for ideas from the rabble. Our "what do you want to hear" round table discussion, if you will.

How about, I'll start...

Anybody got any good live recordings from the following:

Hot Snakes

Burning Brides

Unwound

Part Chimp

If you do, please let me know in the comments, and we can make a proper posting of it here on the site.

Ok, that is all. Let the suggestion-hurling begin!

freedom fighters - my scientist friends

released 1997

described as "two guitars and a friendly guy on drums" in the amrep catalog...after listening to this...i'm gonna have to agree

i had seen that this was asked about over in the forum section...i too was curious...so i turned to amazon.com once again...and it landed in my hands the other day

and after listening...i'd have to say it doesn't have all that much in common with the other amrep bands...but yet it does...sounding like some helmet...some cows...some cosmic psychos...some chokebore...

but the band could've just as easily fit in with the dischord and sub pop (well...back then anyway) roster

this was the band's only album

what you get here is some good old fashioned garage punk rock...and you know you can always use some more of that

DL: my scientist friends