leaders of men - 2.25.11 - 89.9 wort - madison,wi

yesterday would've been ian curtis' birthday

so...what better reason to post this business

"and what is this business exactly?"

well...you may recall that once upon a time there was a band called the united sons of toil

and the fellas also had a little side project going on that went by the name of...you guessed it...leaders of men

yes...that's the title of a joy division song

so...as you can probably guess...they played joy division covers

vocalist/guitarist russell hall was bernard sumner

drummer jason jensen was stephen morris

bassist bill borowski was peter hook

and then there was a fella that goes by the name of chris vance...he was ian curtis (uncannily so)

this was something the band had done while promoting the united sons of toil album WHEN THE REVOLUTION COMES,EVERYTHING WILL BE BEAUTIFUL

so...if'n you're of the ilk that likes it when bands become other bands and actually sound so much like the band they're becoming that you start asking yourself if you're actually listening to the band that the band became...

1 - colony
2 - a means to an end
3 - disorder
4 - transmission

DL: leaders of men

p - self-titled

label: caroline records
released: 1995

this is kind of an odd pairing...gibby haynes and johnny depp (and some other guys)

apparently they'd met while mr. depp was filming WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE...and then eventually they were all like "you know what,man? let's jam"

and jam they did

and then they got folks like flea...the sex pistols' steve jones...and andrew weiss (rollins band) to show up here and there

and i think they had a video that was shown on the mtv a time or two (though i may be wrong about that)

the band has the distinct infamous-ity (yeah...it's a word) of playing the viper room the night river phoenix was having a seizure just outside on the sidewalk (he died a few hours later)...and all of this went on whilst the band were in the midst of playing their song "michael stipe" (the song includes a few mentions of river phoenix)

musically...this sounds like just about everything else that was popular andalternative at the time

but you should still snag it up

so go on...do it

DO IT

DL: p

rollins band - 6.3.87 - mississippi nights - st. louis,mo

some guy that sang for black flag once doing something post black flag and not really sounding like black flag

1 - band intro
2 - black and white 
3 - what am i doing here?
4 - burned beyond recognition
5 - lost and found
6 - followed around
7 - there's a man outside
8 - ghost rider (1)
9 - move right in (2)
10 - lonely
11 - hot animal machine 1
12 - what i see (3)
13 - if you're alive
14 - you look at you
15 - mask/hot animal 2
16 - no one
17 - next time
18 - happy trails (4)

1=suicide cover
2=the velvet underground cover
3=black flag cover
4=dale rogers cover

DL: rollins band @mississippi nights

melvins - alive at the fucker club

label: amphetamine reptile
released: 1998

there is no such place as the fucker club...but we've put in some paperwork for there to be

if anything...if may just end up being the name we give the basement at the SGM house

in reality...this took place in melbourne,australia at a place called the corner hotel on august 23,1997

they opened for the cosmic psychos

also...this is probably the most epic version of "boris" you'll ever hear (outside of actually seeing it performed live)
1 - boris
2 - it's shoved
3 - bar-x the rocking m
4 - antioxidote
5 - the bloat
6 - lizzy
7 - mombius hibachi



DL: alive at the fucker club

shellac/fugazi - 5.8.98 - congress theater - chicago,il

indie boner jams '98

shellac: 
1 - my black ass 
2 - billiard player song 
3 - wingwalker 
4 - the watch song 

 fugazi: 
1 - sieve-fisted find 
2 - arpeggiator 
3 - smallpox champion 
4 - give me the cure 
5 - waiting room
6 - rend it 
7 - f/d 
8 - long distance runner 


DL: shellazi

Gravitar - You Must First Learn To Draw The Real

Label: Monotremata
Year: 1999

Two guitarists and a drummer. Opening track is a 10+ minute instrumental excursion into some very noisy "easy listening". Improvisation appears to be encouraged. Feedback as well. Probably have record collections heavy on what is often described as "free jazz". Most likely have some weird prog rock and spacey metal albums in there too. Most likely drew their biggest crowds in towns with prominent art schools...Providence, Rhode Island comes to mind.

The band counted at one time Harold Richardson, guitarist from Negative Approach/Easy Action as a member.

DL

Milemarker - Anaesthetic

Label: Jade Tree
Year: 2001

Keyboards are a sticky wicket in the post-hardcore game. A band like The VSS used them to channel the original post-punker noise and add a sheen of disquieting macabre. A band like Murder City Devils used them to give a jolt of 60's soul wild to their bar rock. A band like Arab On Radar used them as another layer of chaotic noise to further distort their attack. Lesser bands used them as window dressing, after thoughts that could just as easily have been left out of the original composition.
Milemarker didn't rely on them, so much as use them as a second guitar tone, but for their call-and-response type male/female vocals it works. On the less aggressive songs, songs like "Food"...eh, doesn't work out so well. But maybe that's not the keyboard's fault. When it all clicks, Milemarker make some of the best, catchy, post hardcore, and when it doesn't click, they make fairly bland synth pop. Luckily it clicks more than not.

Members from Hellbender, Canadian Rifle, Challenger, Sleepytime Trio, Auxes, Hurl, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and others.

Remember when Jade Tree was Axtion Packed Records, and Tim Owen used the money from advance orders of the Even Score 7" to buy an Acura? Those were simpler times.

DL

v/a - erase yer head #7

label: pandemonium records
released: 1998

this has some bands on it that you like

therefore...you want this

1 - kepone - holler
2 - ed hall - cop roulette
3 - headbutt - drop dead gorgeous
4 - beamtrap - the b in doubt is a silent letter

DL: erase yer head #7

helmet - strap it on

label: amphetamine reptile
released: 1990

you know helmet

you like helmet

and you probably think the song "rude" sounds like early clutch

well...i do

though i can understand you not wanting to think like me

but seriously..."rude" sounds like early clutch

"where are you going with all of this?"

nowhere in particular

but by you reading all of this...i've successfully been able to steal the last soda from out of your refrigerator


you went to check...didn't you?

like i'd be in your house

as for your neighbor's house....

DL: strap it on

pageninetynine - the discography

"punk rock should mean freedom. liking and accepting anything that you like. playing whatever you want, as sloppy as you want. as long as it’s good and it has passion." -kurt cobain

 that quote is used at the beginning of the very first pg99 song i'd ever heard...and it couldn't describe them any better

the song is "in love with an apparition" (but it was mislabeled as "your face is a rape scene"...a title the band took a lot of flack for)

i got into them after they'd already broken up (1998-2003) through the wonderland that was mp3.com (remember that site?...when i'd read about it getting bought out and being turned into something "better" i pillaged it for all it's worth...it was the only record store that i could make it to at the time...the town i was living in was pretty small...and the idea of "punk rock" was wearing baggy pants and listening to my chemical romance while falling off of your skateboard...i was an anomaly in those parts)

but i'm getting off track...YOU DAMN KIDS GET OFF MY LAWN! TELL ME WHEN MY SOUPS DONE! MY STORIES ARE ON!

i once had a dvd that i'd ordered that had live performances of circle takes the square...pageninetynine (and if i remember correctly...city of caterpillar and majority rule)...and the stuff that was filmed for the pg99 part looked as if it had taken place in a closet...the band (which went from anywhere between 6-14 members) crammed into a corner surrounded by what looked like fifty people...and it just looked so sweaty and intense (as all good things should be)

and they'd been tagged as "screamo"...but they were so much more than that

and i dig the way they'd title their albums as documents...as a way to remember an event...and that's just what these guys were and their singer's (chris taylor) artwork makes a pretty bad ass tattoo

well...enough with the words...you'd think that i was dating the entire band

they have links to such bands as city of caterpillar (bassist kevin longendyke/bassist brandon evans/drummer johnny ward)...malady (vocalist chris taylor/bass player kevin longendyke/drummer johnny ward/guitarist johnathan moore)...mannequin (vocalist chris taylor/guitarist mike taylor)...pygmy lush (vocalist chris taylor/drummer johnny ward/guitarist mike taylor)...haram (guitarist mike taylor/bassist kevin longendyke)...and hissing choir (vocalist chris taylor plays bass)

and now....the music

(i should mention that the splits only have the pg.99 tracks)

DL: document #1
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an added bonus...because we here at the SGM dig you folks....

it's the pageninetynine reunion that took place during best friend's day in richmond,va back in 2011...they play DOCUMENT #8 in it's entirety

1 - in love with an apparition
2 - your face is a rape scene
3 - life in a box
4 - we left as skeletons
5 - punk rock in the wrong hands
6 - ballad of circling vultures
7 - hollowed out chest of a dead horse
8 - lonesome waltz of leonard cohen
9 - the list

DL: pageninetynine @best friend's day