I'm in a FB group called temporary fandoms where we all listen to a full catalogue, an album a day. I'm curating C$C for a group in a week and stumbled across this while researching. Thanks - really enjoyed this. Maybe join the group if you read this in time! Cheers.
I also discovered this band vicariously through Devy. As a bassist they blew my mind—kind of like some experimental stuff John Paul Jones did back in the day. I love the weird Avant Garde cabaret feel the lyrics have at times and the weird, erratic compositions that sound like if Primus was taking a stab at being a sludge metal band and Les Claypool was an embittered alcoholic gripping his last thread of sanity with white knuckles. Angry, misanthropic showtunes. lol This is what a migraine headache (or maybe a hangover) sounds like.
If you haven't, definitely check out their Suck City EP. The title track (track 3) is especially noteworthy but "We Shall Be Changed" is great and has Lords of Acid vibes. All the lyrics are a sample of a televangelist (still trying to find out which one but no joy from Who Sampled Who). NEwayZ, nice to see someone talking about these guys, and fairly recently! Horns up, my dude, and rock on. 🤘
Hey, cool that you landed on this feature, and thank you for your kind words. I'm glad there are like-minded souls out there when it comes to this band, haha! Love your description of them, especially "misanthropic showtunes", that's a hell of a catchphrase.
And yeah, Suck City is awesome! I didn't pick it for this because I thought the regular discography + the first EP was enough to get an overall picture of their career (this feature wasn't thought of as an exhaustive listing of releases), but you are right, the fire and brimstone vibe of that EP is fantastic.
Have you tried asking them on their facebook page about the sample? They're very active and they usually reply to people. I'd like to know too! :)
Y'know, to do that never even occurred to me because I deleted my FB in 2015. lol It's nice to know they're active, though—or someone is on their behalf. I knew Tod A. ran away to the Asian South Pacific and was living in a hut on an island for quite a while. But the music definitely indicates he longed to divorce from society. But maybe he just needed to get the hell outt NYC?! It was awful there in the late 80s-early 90s.
I'm in a FB group called temporary fandoms where we all listen to a full catalogue, an album a day. I'm curating C$C for a group in a week and stumbled across this while researching. Thanks - really enjoyed this. Maybe join the group if you read this in time! Cheers.
Oh, that sounds really cool! I'll try to find the group. Glad this has been useful to you!
I also discovered this band vicariously through Devy. As a bassist they blew my mind—kind of like some experimental stuff John Paul Jones did back in the day. I love the weird Avant Garde cabaret feel the lyrics have at times and the weird, erratic compositions that sound like if Primus was taking a stab at being a sludge metal band and Les Claypool was an embittered alcoholic gripping his last thread of sanity with white knuckles. Angry, misanthropic showtunes. lol This is what a migraine headache (or maybe a hangover) sounds like.
If you haven't, definitely check out their Suck City EP. The title track (track 3) is especially noteworthy but "We Shall Be Changed" is great and has Lords of Acid vibes. All the lyrics are a sample of a televangelist (still trying to find out which one but no joy from Who Sampled Who). NEwayZ, nice to see someone talking about these guys, and fairly recently! Horns up, my dude, and rock on. 🤘
Hey, cool that you landed on this feature, and thank you for your kind words. I'm glad there are like-minded souls out there when it comes to this band, haha! Love your description of them, especially "misanthropic showtunes", that's a hell of a catchphrase.
And yeah, Suck City is awesome! I didn't pick it for this because I thought the regular discography + the first EP was enough to get an overall picture of their career (this feature wasn't thought of as an exhaustive listing of releases), but you are right, the fire and brimstone vibe of that EP is fantastic.
Have you tried asking them on their facebook page about the sample? They're very active and they usually reply to people. I'd like to know too! :)
Y'know, to do that never even occurred to me because I deleted my FB in 2015. lol It's nice to know they're active, though—or someone is on their behalf. I knew Tod A. ran away to the Asian South Pacific and was living in a hut on an island for quite a while. But the music definitely indicates he longed to divorce from society. But maybe he just needed to get the hell outt NYC?! It was awful there in the late 80s-early 90s.