Thursday, April 15, 2010

We're Not Punks But We Play Them On T.V.

anyone else out there having a shitty life or is it just me? i find that when im in a bad mood or really pissed off at the world, a healthy dose of hardcore punk rock is just what i need to help alleviate stress and put things back into perspective...im going back to my roots on this one...this album came out in 1993 and i must say it is one of my favorite punk rock records of all time...no bullshit...i've probably listened to it a billion times in the past 17 years and regardless of the mood i was in before i hit play, i always feel better afterwards...the lyrics are what make this album stand out for me i think...don't get me wrong, the music is great too but the lyrics are really something i can relate to and identify with...in fact this record has what i've dubbed my own personal theme song, 'I Hate Stupid People'...these guys have a real sense of humor and sometimes its good to be reminded not to take things too seriously....so if you're having a bad day, a bad week, or in my case, a bad life, then go ahead and download this album and let the Quincy Punx do the talking for ya...Eat A Bowl Of Fuck!!!

Sunday, April 11, 2010

The Decapitated Midgets

another album already from these Finnish goregrind berzerkers?! yes its true, a new full length studio album has been released, but there is a catch...ten of the tracks are rerecorded songs from 'Gurgling Olympics' and a few of the other tracks are rerecorded songs from their live record, 'Shithole Live'....with that being said, although you're not getting a lot of brand new material from this band, you are getting one hell of a fucking goregrind album! the production and overall sound quality of this recording is great and im really glad they decided to release these tracks with the proper mixing and mastering...people looking for deep lyrical content in their music won't find it here, as most of the vocals are yells, screams, grunts, gurgles, and growls...but i say fuck it! the music blasts and grooves in all the right places and besides, theres already enough bands out there with a 'message'...so heres my message to you - pick up 'Shit Ceremony' and party til you poop, muthafuckas!
p.s. anyone who knows where this band gets their name from, will win a special useless goregrind trivia award to be handed out on Feb. 31 of next year at the International Grindcore Underground Artists Network Awards (or the I.G.U.A.N.A.'s)...i'll post the answer later, as if you really care

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Spoonful Of Vicodin

i was able to track down a copy of the first pressing of this badass 7 inch by New York powerviolence pill poppers, Spoonful Of Vicodin...this record was produced by the hardest workin, heaviest tokin, bassist in metal, my hero, Danny Lilker...this band plays some pissed off powerviolence with great song titles and funny lyrics that are short and to the point...they get their message across loud and clear and usually under 60 seconds...i especially like 'My Idea Of Anarchy Is Taking A Dump On Company Time' and the hippie bashing anthem, 'You Smell Like A Bag of Rotting Dicks'...i think the first pressing of this album is sold out now but i heard the band is repressing it with a different color cover, so you might wanna get your hands on this kickass slab o' wax...my order came with a patch and two stickers as a bonus so naturally i was pretty stoked...one of the stickers is their logo and the other is the funniest picture of what i believe to be Cab Calloway (the old black dude that sang Minnie The Moocher), with his mouth wide open, about to receive a large spoonful of a white powdery looking substance i can only assume to be crushed up vicodin...hahaha...i got my eye on this band, im lookin forward to hearing some more drug fueled powerviolence from these grindfiends

A Flat Tire On The Fourth Of July

this is a kind of Bukowski inspired diatribe that i wrote based on my own personal experiences and observations...its called


A Flat Tire On The Fourth Of July

its not the major tragic events in life
that drive someone to decide to call it quits and cash in their chips
its the little things
the constant petty annoyances
and daily blunders
the consistent stream of accidents
and mishaps
that slowly eat away at the soul
and poison a persons perspective
like a galactic practical joke called life
and the punchline is
eventually everybody punches out
a flat tire on the fourth of July
gum on the bottom of your shoe
expired tags
the package you ordered never arrives
toothaches, headaches, backaches
no brakes on the way to work
no work
on the way to the poorhouse
a hole in your favorite t shirt
your last guitar string breaks
on the first note
of the first song
and you're the first band on stage
the aggravation builds up inside
and without a way to relieve the tension
the hope for tomorrow dies

Friday, April 9, 2010

My Favorite Black Metal Band Is Living Colour

okay by this point in human evolution i think we all know that black metal is a joke...it had its moment in the sun (or should i say moonlight?) but that time has long since past and anyone whose trying to carry on the retarded tradition of facepaint and frollicking in the forest while fingertapping their fretboards, should in my opinion, be fed to the fishes...despite the lack of credibility as a viable musical genre, black metal is good for one thing, and thats comic relief...whether its a band photo of middle age men in makeup posing like wwe wrestlers, or a video of leather clad losers running around in the snow grimacing like they haven't shit since the Reagan administration, black metal is always there for me when i need a good chuckle...if you haven't heard the recording of this prank call, i highly recommend checking it out...its a black guy calling a white guy about his ad in the paper to start a black metal band...super fucking hilarious!
your records ain't evil Joe, I's evil!

Spineless Fuckers

more grindcore insanity from the Czech Republic...what can i say about this record? to try to describe it in words would be like trying to explain to a blind person what the color red looks like...its just something you have to see or rather, hear for yourself....blasting drums, shredding guitars, sick vocals, and...cello solos? trombones? was that a triangle i heard? yeah, on paper this album sounds like a complete and total trainwreck but once you give this twisted record a spin i think you will be amazed at how they make all those 'strange' and uniquely uncommon sounds fit together to create something entirely original...this is some crazy ass grindcore with a style all its own and i like it

Survival Of The Dead

i've been on a big zombie kick lately so i feel like i gotta mention this awesome new movie by horror legend and hardcore zombie enthusiast George A. Romero...of course everyone is familiar with Night Of The Living Dead, Return of, Dawn of, etc. etc....this is the newest in a long line of kickass zombie horror masterpieces written and directed by the living legend of the undead...check out, Survival Of The Dead
this movie is great, Romero delivers once again...you would think after making so many zombie flicks that he would start to run out of ideas or repeat himself a lot...this is not the case at all...this movie has some of the most creative ways of killing those pesky undead bastards that i've ever seen...i don't wanna spoil anything for anyone so all i gotta say is...fire extinguisher....watch the movie and you'll know what i mean....BRAAAAIIIIINNNNSSSS!!!!!

Zombified Slaughtermachine

heres a band that is relatively unknown, but i have a feeling all that is going to change very soon...ladies and gentlemen, i present to you the new kings of Swedish death metal, ZOMBIFIED!!! this album is ten tracks of pure headbanging, groove laden, filthy, grimey, fist pumping, zombie blasting death metal...the songs are so fucking catchy and brutal, i can't stop listening...and the artwork, my god...its incredible...i've had the cover for this album as my desktop wallpaper for nearly a week now and for me thats a pretty long time to keep the same desktop background...i can't say enough good things about this release...and thanks to a fuck up at the pressing plant, you can get this cd for the ultra low price of $7.00 postage paid in the U.S. the album was pressed onto cd-rs instead of cds, but that doesn't change the quality of the music or the awesomeness of this band...buy it now and surrender yourself to the Slaughtermachine!