A cult classic from the video nasty era (and their first in an ongoing series from the legendary CAM Records in Italy) with Carlo Maria Cordio’s musical score to Joe D’Amato’s notorious ABSURD (aka ROSSO SANGUE). A pseudo-sequel to ANTHROPOPHAGUS, the film reunited D’Amato with George Eastman, star of the previous film, and brought the action from Greece to America where the near-invincible Mikos escapes from a hospital to go on a typically gory killing spree. Using drills, band saws, axes, scissors, and an oven, Mikos terrorises the kids of an American (Italian) family until he gets his inevitable comeuppance courtesy of a drawing compass. Carlo Maria Cordio’s score is centred around a versatile seven-note piano riff that gets an amazing amount of use without ever feeling too stale or repetitive. Cordio augments the riff in interesting and varied ways, sometimes going down the Goblin route with the big and impactful percussion and the funk beats, with a healthy dose of synth, or going for a bit of a chilled out proto-LETHAL WEAPON tune, with noodling electric guitar. Tension is the order of the day much of the time, with synths, an electric keyboard, and a snare drum being Cordio’s weapons. If you love your prog-rock horror music, this will be right up your alley. Just leave the axe at home, no?
Unofficial reissue of the original release on SST Records/ Unicorn Records from 1981 (first Black Flag release with Henry Rollins on vocals). One bonus track is added, a never released version of "Spraypaint", recorded in 1981 as part of the "Damaged" demos. This edition has a xeroxed picture sleeve and includes a large insert with a Black Flag interview taken from Ripper Magazine #3 from 1980. Scratched out matrix numbers.
They have played hundreds of concerts across Europe, US, South Africa and is becoming known as one of the coolest garage rock bands from around here. Well, garage might not be the right term as The Mojomatics heap together hillbilly blues, old country, folk and bluegrass, inject it with the melody of British Invasion pop, and fire it all out with the breakneck energy of the best garage/punk/rock n’ roll.
Norton 398 Jonathan Toubin's New York Night Train offers the world's greatest dance parties - now JT's hand picked two platters worth of dance floor favorites for your own instant party!
A1 Chessmen - The Bird Train A2 Louis (Blues Boy) Jones - With Bobby Scott Orchestra Come On Home A3 Ruby Johnson - What Goes Up Must Come Down A4 What's Happening - Hot Suttered Buns A5 Gene Burks - Monkey Man A6 Lord Luther & The Counts - Tough A7 Al Garris - That's All B1 Ronnie Love - Detroit Michigan B2 The Autographs - Do The Duck B3 Majestics - Treat Me Like You Want To Be Treated B4 Marlynns - The Break B5 Eddie Bridges & His Lowriders - Peek A Boo B6 King Coleman - Down In The Basement B7 Little Bob - I Got Loaded
Because of the strength of the number three single "Oh Sherrie," the rest of Steve Perry's first solo album was somewhat overlooked, even though it managed to put three other songs into the Top 40. Even with Journey's power ballad formula draping every runny lyric and mawkish keyboard stretch, Perry was able to make the album sound relatively steadfast and sincere all the while. "Oh Sherrie" deserves it's chart placing, accentuating Perry's vocal power, especially throughout the explosive chorus. Both "Foolish Heart" and "She's Mine" aren't as strong, but they do provide the same type of romantically florid appeal that made "Open Arms" and "Faithfully" hits for Journey, minus the sturdiness of his former band. "I Believe" is pulled along by a catchy melody and highlighted by Steve Douglas' sax playing, but songs like "Strung Out" and "Running Alone" begin to drown in sugary currents of insipid fluff. Steve Perry does a respectable job in producing the album though, and the overall package comes off rather clean and bright. Street Talk proves that Perry's song writing and vocal prowess is worthy of its acclaim, but the musicianship that accompanies him throughout the album is noticeably weaker than what he is used to.
'Your Sympathy' isn't really a knockout punch, but more a gentle hug from a friend. The unassuming quality of the track is actually what makes it so great. By the time the final seconds of the track fade out, you're ready to press play all over again. Shimmery pop music.
Electroscope formed spontaneously in 1996 while testing an old Ferrograph reel-to-reel. John and Gayle like what they heard and, finding the word Electroscope in a randomly opened copy of Everyday Electronics from the '70s, the band was born.
In 1992, Charred Remains AKA Man Is The Bastard agreed to do a 7" release with German label Ecocentric Records and delivered "Backwards Species," a seven-song "skull powder-keg" of exploratory, progressive aggression that is still heralded today as one of M.I.T.B.'s most memorable sound offerings. Packed with complex, dual bass guitars, frying pan six-string axe work, incredibly diverse drumming, and loyal, heartfelt lyrics/vocals, the record was nearly gone immediately after its release. It has now been re-issued under "skull authority" by Deep Six Records in all its awareness-based glory.
The worst & most misleading music review ever: As if they were straight out of Oakland or San Francisco (but actually from Las Vegas) this power trio belts out old East Bay tunes. Comparable to the likes of AMERICAN STEEL, JAWBREAKER, CRIMPSHRINE, or OPERATION IVY these down to earth folks play their hearts out on these 5 songs. Contains the sort of sincerity that only Aaron Cometbus can contain today. Sometimes it takes a band like this to remind you why you got into punk in the first place.
Tinny practice recording by Shepherds, kind of sounding like a newer Meneguar track on a loose instrumental tear, building up anxiety and some mild psychedelic dust. Missed out on their album and would really like to hear it. This is a nice one but the compressed dynamics of the track make it less than essential. Ignatz goes out on a bent folk binge then starts playing with the levels. Bedroom (or perhaps hostel) loneliness made public, on the abstract, clinical side. Last in the series and I’m wondering if I have the same ears as I used to, because hardly anything stuck in this year’s subscription. Of course it might not be me.
Stress Ape was a band from Chicago, IL Hardscrabble Amateurs was a limited-run cassette label focused on contemporary electronics and the margins of rock music.
The record is composed of a 2-color picture disk image 7" vinyl/plastic disk packaged in an attractive, die-cut sleeve designed to invoke a package of Oscar Mayer brand bacon. The die-cut windows on the packages backside invite you to "shop for the good one" just like you would actual bacon. The Buzzmuscle "Assembler" single was chosen to be a part of the Mixing Messages exhibition, an overview of contemporary graphic design. This show was produced by the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, which is the Smithsonian Institution 's National Design Museum in New York City. The record became a part of their permanent collection, joining other National Treasures such as the Apollo 11 spacecraft, the original copy of the Constitution, and the moon rocks. Its "National Treasure" status means that in 400 years, anthropology students with access to the Smithsonian archives may be inspired by it to devote a bunch of time exploring the Art of The Corporate Era, constructing rambling theses on the "juxtapositions of late 20th Century art and commerce" and the "cult of consumerism." Perhaps most importantly, as creators of National Treasure, the designers are completely exempt from Federal Income Tax for the duration of their lives.
What kind of band was Buzzmuscle? "We were an aggressive rock band who didn't sound like anybody in particular, but were compared to The Volcano Suns more than once. Other than the fact that I can't really sing, I don't see the comparison. We wrote our own music, and except for cover versions of "Eat Lead" by Breaking Circus, did not stray from that repertoire. We all came from a fairly punk rock background; Dave Schleitwiler's previous band was the Brookfield, IL hardcore band Bhopal Stiffs. Brian Gay was an original member of one of the original American hardcore bands, Government Issue, and was in later Chicago bands such as Savage Beliefs and The Watchmen. My previous band was the Chicago surf/hardcore Defoliants and Greg Dunlap, while not from a band previously, was directly responsible for the punk rock scene in DeKalb, IL during his tenure as a student at Northern Illinois University, putting on many shows. We pursued our music as an outlet for our creativity, and because playing tough, loud angry music is never a mistake."
This is basically the demos I raved about finally issued on vinyl. To review, Homostupids are a trio from Cleveland, contain Nine Shocks front man Lean Steve on vox/ bass, the guy who played guitar for McShitzz at Horriblefest (and who has been in a bunch of other bands, and is actually from Buffalo, from what I'm told) on guitar, and, uh, a drummer. It's like cavemen plying really fast and mad hardcore-ish punk-noise shit. Aggro and a little bit sludgy. Future primitive.
