DEADFOOD - 1998 - ME TIME

As M@ has stated and we've both hinted at this greatly odd band blows minds with effortless execution; truly unique, bizarre, and fun all within the same breath. This their first outing (that i possess) of impressive oddity a most definite statement of mission to be as strangely engaging as human conception will allow. Mixing the worlds of ska, psychedelia, metal, country, blues, lounge, i.d.m./electronic/techno, soundtrack sample soundscaping, and just about everything under the blaze of thermonuclear fusion.

To relay a direct experience of the mental tapestry they throw upon the mindscape of the exotically intoxicated brain: a rollercoaster of cartoon clowns soaring through, around, and about a rainbow cloud vapor backdrop while morphing amongst the other creatures of colorfully shitting animated nature resembling the inner workings of ecstatic madness in the thoughts of a crazed individual enjoying their bout with schizophrenic delusion and perception; a mischievious grin taking hold of the willing victim resembling that of the clowns painted visages, other polychromatic circus beasts, performers blowing indigo fire turning into cotton candy which is the mane of the lion with the taming clown's head between its smiling teeth; at a further distance becomes the rubber nose of countless waving clowns within tilt-a-whirls and ferris wheels of thoughts unhinged yet floating serenely in their abandon. To state it more simply imagine the gatefold of the self-titled Mr. Bungle album crossed with Beavis' Rob/White Zombie desert peyote trip of Beavis & Butthead: Do America.


Needless to say I do think extremely high of this band and everything they and their members have done which i've had the fortune to hear. Here's a list of everything Deadfood related i either own or have managed to find in mp3:
Deadfood-Me Time
Deadfood-Weird Feelings
Deadfood-Spill The Milk
Deadfood-Anger Meats
Deadfood-Self-Titled Promo
Deadfood & Irritate-Split 7 inch
Fetus Eaters-Mediocore
Fetus Eaters-Softcore
Fetus Eaters-Vomitcore ep(?)
Fetus Eaters-splits with Irritate, Brainchoke, and Sanitys Dawn
Watch Me Burn-Demo
Watch Me Burn-Self Titled
Watch Me Burn-The Wolf That Ate The Sun ep
Watch Me Burn-At The Stake
Chewable Cyst-No Country Will Escape America
A.D.D. H!tman-May I Have Your Attention
HFATTM-Raquel Felch
Murder Construct-Self Titled

Trying to hunt down as much of their various outputs each a great step into experimental/generally wacky/brutally awesome terrain. Give it a shot you may just become a bit strangely intrigued and disturbingly obsessed.....

http://www.mediafire.com/?w6h7lfjptxy5b1q

To find contact info and other discog knowledge go to:
http://www.fetusk.org/aural-resume.html

(whom i myself need to contact in the name of permission)

5/5 (wish i had the ability to weave, knit, crochet, or latch hook together such fine yarns of madness into such a hearty, tasty, and flavorful stew...no need for crackers there's nuts built right in)

Crass- Penis Envy (1981)

Being introduced to Crass as a young teenager, and loving them instantly, I have a very designated spot in my heart for Crass. As a youth who was into punk rock-the music, the attitude, the hygiene, I was instantly hooked by Crass' social/political lyrics as well as the angst behind all of the songs/albums that I heard.  Penis Envy was the 2nd album of theirs that I was introduced to, but out of all of their releases, this is by far my favorite.  Maybe it's the topics- pro equality and anti-sexism- but either way, this is still an album that I keep in a constant rotation of album that I listen to; all these years later.

Crass was the pioneers of the anarcho-crust type punk movement and even though they were an early 80's punk band, their lyrics and style are timeless.  Penis Envy, with mainly female vocals that cover lyrics based on society's sexism and gender bias, is a great 10 track album that comes in around the 30 minute mark.  Classic Eve Libertine and Joy De Vivre vocals recount female struggles within a male dominated society, with your classic punk sounds of the early 80's and its accompanied analog recording quality. (which is the best in my opinion for the punk sound.)  If you know Crass, you know their style of punk, British Anarcho vocals with distorted guitar and the popping bass that will always lead to your foot tapping; along with their usual style, there are great lead-in's/outs that accompany some of the tracks that enhance the sound that is being pushed across the table.

I can't say enough good things about this band, every album is great, but I decided to go ahead and review my favorite of them all.  I have the cd and lp version of this album, and the great thing about the lp version, is the huge fold out poster that is the backside of the cover art.  Get this, or any Crass album and you'll understand what I'm talking about.

Official score 4.5/5

Dystopia- The Aftermath (2008)

I can remember hearing these guys for the 1st time, many years ago and instantly falling in love them.  I was mainly driven by aggressive music, with social-political lyrics and was blown away by everything that I could get my hands on by Dystopia.  Many years later, and many more bands discovered that are in the "same vein" I still think that Dystopia is a league of their own. 

The Aftermath is Dystopia latest (final?) release and it has many many aspect of the crust sound that transcends that genre into a hybrid "progressive crust" genre.(if that even exists)  The Aftermath is basically a comp. of songs that they had previously released and then on unreleased track.  13 tracks with a running time of nearly 45 minutes long, this is a great album to have, if you're only going to own 1 of them, but after listening you will want everything they've done.  A perfect mix of metal meets crust punk sporadically infused with sound samples that push their political/social lyrics to a higher level of thinking and audio attack.  Both low end and high end growling crust punk/metal style vocals add a great twist to the metal edged crust punk tempos that are followed up with great drumming that hits on the fast side and the off beat side! 

A great album, a great example of crust punk and an even better example of who punks/metal heads can create beautiful music that has a wonderful message.  Get this, buy it, download it, steal it- do whatever you have to do to get this.

Official score- 4.25/5