wool - box set

released 1994


this sounds like the queens of the stone age's SELF-TITLED album making babies with nirvana's NEVERMIND

and if you aren't privy to this band...

this is where the stahl brothers (franz and peter) of the d.c. band scream ended up after their drummer left to join some band called nirvana (actually...you'd think he was playing on this album...though it's chris bratton...drummer in such bands as drive like jehu/inside out/chain of strength) and bass player skeeter thompson just wandering off (taking his place was ex-concrete blonde bassist al bloch)

dave grohl and queens of the stone age get to be mentioned here again: once the band split up back in 1996...franz stahl went onto join dave grohl in the foo fighters...and peter stahl went onto front the doomy/stonery band goatsnake

so hopefully i've proven helpful in providing some words that will make you want to give this a go (if you haven't already done that)

and if it hasn't...well...geez man...what's the deal?...perhaps you need to find some new pants that'll fit that stick in your ass a little better

DL: box set

unsane - this plan 7"

released 2001

you like unsane

we like unsane

so...maybe we should go out for some coffee sometime?

and afterwards...i could show you my favorite truck stop bathroom...there's a stall that has a hole in the wall...and the words "mystery meat" written above it in black marker...i'm assuming it's some sort of game...but i have yet to play because there's always such a long line

but we'll talk about that later

this was something the band had released in the land down under to coincide with a tour

you get a song from the OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD album ("this plan")

and you get a flipper cover ("ha,ha,ha")

so...i'll just leave my card for you on the dresser...you give me a call...it's gonna be awesome

DL: this plan 7"

hex machine - omen mas

released 2009

you ever find yourself wondering what it would sound like if today is the day's steve austin fronted the melvins?

and if you're one of those nerds that likes to smell records...you should go here,nerd

DL: omen mas

Sicbay - The Firelit S'coughs

Label: Obtuse Mule
Year: 2001

The best Sicbay album? Maybe, you tell me. I think it's a contender, as it's the most varied of their full lengths, it takes you from their noise rock roots through to their eventual English post-punk stylings, and makes a few stops in between.

Can't really go wrong with Sicbay no mater what they're playing though, so your best bet is to simply sit back and let them do the driving.

DL

V/A - Louisville Babylon

Label: Analog Distillery
Year: 1994

Not surprisingly, based on the title, this is a compilation of Louisville bands covering their favorite Misfits songs, to varying degrees of success, and with varying degrees of fidelity.
I will say this; as much as I love a lot of the music that has come out of Louisville, I can't help but bristle at the sorta self-congratulatory aura that was built up (internally mind you) in the mid-Nineties around the hardcore scene (I'm looking at you Scott Richter), when anything coming out of that place was documented to the hilt. It took the concept of scene pride and made it tough to digest, even when there were really good bands, and the city does have a rich history of music, especially for a town it's size. But, for every Endpoint, there was an Enkindel, you know? Like, it wasn't all that great, so maybe let's downplay the hype a bit, that's all.
So, this was originally released on cassette, 500 copies, the bands are:
Sunspring
Crunchy Cereal
Endpoint
Plunge
Cherub Scourge
Content Zero
Crain
Leafpile
Deadline
Da' Yodelin' Taxidermist
Hula Hoop
Falling Forward
Slate
LG&E
84 Lumber
Slo-Pok
Rodan
Hedge
Gravelblind
Gyotaku

Also, no Kinghorse? Would it have killed you to get Kinghorse on this thing?

DL

helmet - some random crap

this was something i came across while looking through some files on my computer

it's a collection of random stuff culled from some compilations and whatnot

enjoy

1 - army of me
2 - lord of this world
3 - complete
4 - custard pie
5 - street crab (live)
6 - impressionable
7 - symptom of the universe
8 - sinatra
9 - turned out (live)
10 - rude
11 - you borrowed (live)
12 - gigantor

1=bjork cover from the MUSIC FOR OUR MOTHER OCEAN compilation (1996)

2=black sabbath cover from the VOLUME ELEVEN: READING SPECIAL compilation (1994)

3=from the JOHNNY MNEMONIC soundtrack (1995)

4=led zeppelin cover w/david yow on vocals from the ENCOMIUM: A TRIBUTE TO LED ZEPPELIN compilation (1995)

5=from the METALLURGY compilation (1995)

6=from the DOPE-GUNS 'N FUCKING IN THE STREETS: VOL.5 compilation (1990)

7=black sabbath cover from THE JERKY BOYS soundtrack (1995)

8=from the AMPHETAMINE REPTILE PEEL SESSIONS compilation (1992)

9=from the JABBERJAW: GOOD TO THE LAST DROP compilation (1994)

10=from the AMPHETAMINE REPTILE PEEL SESSIONS compilation (1992)

11=from the IN DEFENSE OF ANIMALS compilation (1993)

12=from the SATURDAY MORNING: CARTOONS' GREATEST HITS compilation (1995)

DL: random helmet crap

melvins - 9.13.91 - lounge ax - chicago,il

now...i'm an illinois native...but i'd never attended a show there before it closed back in 2000...mainly because i was just some stupid kid that didn't know any better (we've all been there)...and from the impressive line up of bands that had passed through...it could've been mtv's 120 minutes as a building back in the day

the word "institution" always seems to get thrown in reviews and whatnot

and whenever someone talks about the place...they kind of just stare off into nothing with a smile and a glazed look in their eyes

and you know...if it was good enough to be included in the movie HIGH FIDELITY...that must mean something

oh...and some band called the melvins played there

1 - charmicarmicat
2 - it's shoved
3 - antioxidote
4 - oven
5 - euthenasia
6 - if i had an exorcism
7 - boris
8 - wispy
9 - eye flys
10 - adolescent wet dream*
11 - cow
12 - vile
13 - hog leg

*=pussy galore cover

DL: melvins @lounge ax

witchypoo - 4.13.91 - tinuviel's phoenix house - olympia,wa

i suppose this could be considered a "grunge supergroup"

what you get here is slim moon (founder of the kill rock stars record label) on vocals...kurt cobain (duh) on guitar...dave grohl (seriously?) on drums...and joe preston (oh come on!) on bass

1 - intro
2 - (i saw you) shine*
3 - the bars**
4 - three nights**
5 - unknown
6 - jam
7 - unknown
8 - unknown

*=flipper cover
**=black flag cover

DL: witchypoo @tinuviel's party house

poison idea - pajama party

released 1992

do you like poison idea?

do you like cover songs?

this is poison idea playing cover songs.

consider your mind blown.

1 - kick out jams (mc5)
2 - vietnamese baby (new york dolls)
3 - we got the beat (go-go's)
4 - motorhead (motorhead)
5 - endless sleep (jody reynolds)
6 - lawdy miss clawdy (little richard)
7 - jailhouse rock (elvis)
8 - flamethrower love (dead boys)
9 - new rose (the damned)
10 - doctor,doctor (the who)
11 - up front (the wipers)
12 - harder they come (jimmy cliff)

DL: pajama party

STAR PIMP - DOCUDRAMA

1996, Kill Rock Stars

Star Pimp's second and last full-length record, following up on 1993's Seraphim 280z. with more of the goodness they inflicted on whatever open ears that happened to be within range.

Star Pimp - Docudrama