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Rocket From The Crypt - "Born In '69"

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The Jesus Lizard were filthy, irrational degenerates who made a horrible racket and rubbed their junk on all-too-suspecting audiences over the course of ten spittle-and-sweat spattered years from 1989 onwards.In his book Our Band Could Be Your Life, Michael Azerrad describes lead singer David Yow's vocals as sounding like "a kidnap victim trying to howl through the duct tape over his mouth; the

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Has there ever been a more fucking perfect soundtrack for driving down the 101 Freeway in the dead of night?The Gun Club - Sex Beat (MP3, 192kbps, 3.9MB)IInexplicably, I avoided direct contact with Flipper for years. Sure, I knew their name, I could describe the album cover art to you in vague terms, but I had yet to really hear them until last year. They were one of those

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I got a new job. It kicks my ass (but I'm enjoying it). I've not felt like writing in my down-time much, and my attempts at finally squeezing out Installment Three of the Thinking Fellers super-deluxe-bonanza have proved frustrating and fruitless. The more I fretted about it, the less I felt like doing it. It'll come eventually, but I think I need to get back into the rhythm of posting things

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Due to unexpected derailments (i.e.: life/work), our third and final installment of Eat This Grenade's salute to Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 has been delayed. Please stop back by mid-week....until then, just because I want you to be happy, here's one more track from the Fellers' Admonishing The Bishops EP for your enjoyment.Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - Million Dollars (MP3, 192kbps,

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So, I've been sitting here, listening to Mother Of All Saints intently for a while now, staring at the album cover, and wishing that the two lovers caught mid-embrace on it would turn to me and explain what the hell to say about such a weird, murky chunk of 70 minutes and 23 tracks, but as of yet, no luck. It’s such a blurry head-fuck of an album that I’m not even sure those are lovers

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I don't know about you, but every few years, I'll stumble across a band that completely turns my tastes and perceptions regarding music upside-down. I've always been fascinated by the flowchart of how one artist will lead you to another, and which sounds, once they've hit your ears, will send you off in unknown, unexpected directions...one such band for me, many years ago, were San Francisco's

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Who else but Russell Mael could work a sweater, scarf and gloves on a German television rock program so effectively? Appearing on "Music Laden" in 1974, Sparks were Americans (from Los Angeles, California, specifically), who, like Scott Walker, and so many before and since, found success in Europe, while Stateside attention eluded them. Sparks were completely punk rock, before the fact, but

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The Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)(MP3, 192kbps, 5.3MB) Live, from Stockholm '67. Buy.

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Soft Cell and Jim Foetus (aka Jim/J.G. Thirlwell, aka Clint Ruin, as he's referred to here) performing Suicide's "Ghost Rider" on BBC television in 1983. That's all I need to say, really, other than: enjoy.

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Chances are, by now, you've heard Art Brut and their particular brand of scrappy, tongue-thru-cheek R'n'R, but today, I bring you a crackin' live rendition of the title track from their debut album, Bang Bang Rock & Roll. This particular recording is especially notable for a couple of reasons.One, it's from Schuba's Tavern, located in Chicago, which is where I had a tremendously good cheeseburger

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We're back for today's installment of Eat This Grenade! with two great tracks from the consistently-bewitching brain of Mr. Howe Gelb, both in bite-size solo form, and with his band, Giant Sand. Since releasing their first album in 1985, much has been made and mentioned of Giant Sand's Tuscon roots, and while describing their sound as "dusty", "cracked" or "desolate" is all too easy, it's really

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Combining my deep and all-consuming love for both Talking Heads and cover renditions of "96 Tears", here's a clip of the whippersnappers at CBGB's in 1975 (sans Jerry Harrison, who'd not joined the band quite yet) performing the ? and the Mysterians classic:Byrne's vox are surprisingly suited for this song, striking a perfect balance between the tense malice of the original and his unmistakable

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Ask any music nerd in your life. Once a month, the newsstand unpacks the shipment and places the bible out on the rack. It's usually just about a hundred-and-a-half pages, spined quite sturdily, and oftentimes with a free CD affixed to the cover with some sort of horrific, gluey, snot-esque substance that's embarrassingly fun to play with once plucked off.Your new issue of MOJO Magazine is here

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Sad news last evening, as I learned via messageboard that Nikki Sudden (born Adrian Nicholas Godfrey), of the blindingly-fantastic late 70's proto-post-punk band Swell Maps (and later the Jacobites and a solo career) had died in New York City in the early hours of Sunday morning. As of yet, causes are unknown. Sudden was 49.Instantly, I heard the sputtering first notes of Swell Maps' "Let's

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It's no secret. Mark E. Smith is the most difficult boss in the world. The sheer scope of personnel-changes within The Fall is staggering, but luckily, we've been blessed with a few excellent post-Smith creations from survivors over the years, namely the Blue Orchids (formed by ex-Fall members Martin Bramah and Una Baines in 1979) and the Creepers (Marc Riley's band, founded in 1983 after his

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The Summer of 1987 was a bleak time for fans of English guitar pop.The Smiths were suddenly no more, and a nation of bedroom-bound miserables found themselves without a very favorite band. One of the first glittering hopes that arrived in the aftermath were The House of Love. The band formed in Islington in 1986, and released a series of fantastic singles, with their self-titled debut LP finally

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I can trace the initial cause of my tinnitus back to about 1985 pretty easily. I blame two ex-factory workers from Scotland, brothers, surly bastards. They unleashed a big wad of bubblegum wrapped around a nail bomb onto the world and my ears were never quite the same again. This is not a complaint, however.(l-r: William Reid, Jim Reid)Over the years, I've heard dozens of hilarious stories about

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There's something entirely cathartic and wonderful about making a huge racket. Noise just feels good, and some of the sickest, gnarliest distorto-splatter I've heard in the past couple of years was made by none other than San Francisco's beloved Coachwhips.(photo courtesy of Virgil Porter)Led by floppy-fringed madman John Dwyer (whose previous bands include Pink & Brown and Ziegenbock Kopf,

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They came from Glasgow, bespectacled, skinny things with Jerry Hall fixations, a healthy amount of Fall records in their dusty collections and the trebliest, wobbliest guitar sounds heard since the Golden Age of the C86 heyday. Weird kids. Wired kids. They were, Ladies and Gentlemen, the Yummy Fur.Bursting onto the already vital Glasgow pop scene in 1992, the Yummy Fur began life performing

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"Here was a guy all deconstructed, torn down, looking like he'd just crawled out of a drain hole, looking like he was covered in slime, looking like he hadn't slept in years, looking like he hadn't washed in years, and looking like no one gave a fuck about him.And looking like he didn't really give a fuck about you! He was this wonderful, bored, drained, scarred, dirty guy with a torn

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Hey, punks. Welcome to the party. Eat This Grenade! aims to feed your insatiable hunger for new noise. Week after week, ETG! will bring you only the finest in obscuro audio, forgotten favorites and hidden gems in a convienent, pocket-sized MP3 format. Updated regularly for your listening pleasure.This being our first installment, here's a bit of background about my musical history, if you're

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