The Treasures of Long Gone John

(Dead Link Fixed)
 is a feature-length documentary film by Gregg Gibbs that chronicles the eccentric art and musical obsessions of indie record producer and self-described "anti-mogul", Long Gone John. The product of a troubled childhood, John found success through the establishment of the record label, Sympathy for the Record Industry. During the past seventeen years he has single-handedly released over 750 records by over 550 bands and helped launch the careers of Hole, The Dwarves, The White Stripes, Rocket from the Crypt, and The Willowz, among many others.

Along the way, he has compulsively amassed a vast collection of art and pop ephemera, in addition to starting the Necessaries Toy Foundation. The film explores the work of several of the artists he collects and collaborates with, including: Todd Schorr, Mark Ryden, Camille Rose Garcia and Robert Williams. The film also features a wall-to-wall soundtrack of over 40 bands with artwork by 20 artists, including original animation and time lapse photography. The Treasures of Long Gone John is an enticing trip through the independent record industry and the Los Angeles "lowbrow" art scene. 

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melvins - the bulls & the bees

label: scion a/v
released: 2012

this was recently left on the front porch of the SGM offices...and honestly...i don't know what to make of it...i mean...what kind of band names themselves after the act of getting your underpants pulled up the crack of your backside?...and the band's sound...i don't know how to put it...too mainstream sounding...destined for a car commercial...this just sounds like someone trying too hard to be both black sabbath and led zeppelin...it just doesn't work...and i've seen pictures of the band's vocalist/guitarist...is he trying to be that sideshow bob guy?...come on now...i don't see this band having that much of a future...get this at your own risk.

DL: the bulls and the bees

possible new t-shirt design

sludgeplow - turned earth

label: none
released 1993

i was first turned onto this trio via the radio with their song "domination" back in 1992 when it was played on the radio...and it would always seems to pop into my head from time to time...so one day i googled the band's name...and that put me in touch with the band's guitarist...he then put me in contact with the band's vocalist...and from there...i was sent some sludgeplow stuff...and now i'm sharing it with you...so...if stuff like some early soundgarden...some melvins...some keelhaul and the like do it for you.

DL: turned earth

88 fingers louie - up your ass

label: hopeless
released: 1997

this is the sort of thing that went on down in basements and vfw halls back in the 1990's around the midwest...i was originally turned onto this album by a skater friend of mine...we were sitting in his room...he was playing random jams...i was flipping through some zines...and this sample from TOM AND JERRY came from out of the speakers...and then some death metal...and that perked my ears up...and then it ended...and then it was some punk...i thought he'd been playing some random mix tape he'd thrown together (ah,remember mixtapes...good times)...turns out it was the same band...anyway...that's storytime for now...grampa drank some nyQuil about an hour ago...and he's seeing things...also...you get an agnostic front cover and a circle jerks cover and a gorilla biscuits cover...the white mouse will not explode.

DL: up your ass

crank sanatra - 2005 demo

label: none
released: 2005

perhaps you recall seeing the names milquelizard and uncle touchy mentioned around the SGM...well...the band shares (well...shared as they're no longer together) members with them (namely vocalist justin lewis and guitarist chris moree)...and if you dig the uncle touchy...you can dig the crank sanatra (as out of the three...those 2 sound the most alike...just add a saxomaphone)...and now you'll have some new jams to listen to while you sit across the street from the high school in your van waiting for your girlfriend...narcissitic ritualistic sexorcism.

DL: 2005 demo

mike watt - ball-hog or tugboat?

label: columbia
released: 1995

you know who mike watt is....and you know who dave grohl is....and you know who the beastie boys are....and you know who sonic youth are....and you know who hank rollins is....and what do all of those folks have in common?....this album....and if'n you don't know who any of those folks are...just go on ahead and crawl back into that pit in the basement you've been in for the last 30 years.

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life sex & death - the silent majority

label: warner brothers
released: 1992

....some of you may be saying to yourself "hey...this doesn't belong here,man!"....some of you may be saying to yourself "who is this? and why does the album cover make me feel funny in my pants?"....some of you may remember seeing this bands videos for the songs "school's for fools" and "tank" on BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD back in the day (which is how i was originally turned onto them)....the band originally started out as one of those hair metal bands...but then morphed into something that crossed the likes of cheap trick and early alice in chains and a little bit o' early van halen..."ipecac...why this? why here?"...tell you what...you give this a listen (namely the songs "jawohl asshole" and "tank")...and if you're still not sold...i'll eat the brown stuff in the back of the refrigerator....come on...don't be a fuckin' shit ass...you want this and you know it....

DL: the silent majority

V/A - Shiny Grey Monotone Radio - Show 3

Label: n/a
Year: 2012

Number three in the potentially infinite Shiny Grey Monotone Radio series, and a particularly "rocking" installment, if I do say so myself (and I did. Just now.). The opening track by Burning Brides is just one of those perfect songs that keeps building intensity and makes you want to knock out that last couple of repetitions on the chest press...c'mon dude...dig deep! From there, you'll feel the burn, a deep, satisfying burn. Celebrate with a smoothie, or a low calorie beer, you've earned it.
The bands are:
Burning Brides
Skullfuzz
Chopper
Hey Colossus
Cavity
Mama Tick
Creeps On Candy
Pissed Jeans
Universal Order Of Armageddon
El Buzzard
Godheadsilo
Bluetip
Loose Fur
The Duke Spirit
Mannequin
Black Helicopter
Todd
Non Compos Mentis
Green Magnet School
Die Kreuzen

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Dead - Thundaaaah

Label: We Clear Rooms
Year: 2011

Australian. Drum and bass two piece. Also involved in bands: Inappropriate Tough Guy Behavior, Fire Witch, and Fangs Of...
Lightning Bolt x Vaz.
They probably don't realize how many other bands are called "Dead", since they live in the Southern Hemisphere, and I'm pretty sure news flows backwards there, or something.

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