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Posted by
Eric Reanimator June 30, 2007 -
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Just by way of introduction a little info, and some music chatter...
I've been a music fan since my teen years, first discovering punk, metal, alternative, and alt country via the soundtrack to a movie called Dudes (a punk western). Over the years I have followed all sorts of music and been a fan of different bands. I've gone to shows that were amazing, in huge arenas and in living rooms. in the late 1990's I co-owned and ran Reanimator Records, a mainly horror punk label, because I had a little cash and wasn't finding anyone who was putting out horror punk.
I have given up making lists of my fave records or movies, I just can't up them in any order, really who can say that the Nuggets comp really is better than Waylon Jennings Honky Tonk Heroes? they are both great albums, but in different ways and for different moods.... that said recently the newest issue of Ugly Things issued the challenge to name records released between 1983 and 1997 that don't suck. The reason for 1997 to be the cut off was that Mike Stax correctly pointed out that you really need 10 years to figure out if something is great, to see if it stands the test of time.. for me there are two records that come directly to mind... and they are...
Somebody Down There Likes Me by The Forbidden Dimension. It's a killer blast of garagey horror punk, with elements of BOC, Rockabilly, Country & Western, and Link Wray style instro's. The tunes are like little audio comic books, in the style of 70's horror comics, telling stories of haunted houses, murder, damnation, looking for love, and all of that good stuff. I also have to point out the amazing art work of lead singer Jackson Phibes aka TomB, it's amazing stuff, and I am not sure why guys like Shag and Coop get so much attention and he seems to get none...
Dust by The Screaming Trees.
How fitting is it that at the end of the grunge era the one band, who I think was the first of the Seattle bands to get signed, release a swirling psych country infused masterwork and few take notice. I am sure that you can find this record in your local discount bin, and it's well worth checking out. Of all the records from that era it's the one I still listen to the most today, it's just got so much going on, a bit of chimey Byrdisan pop, soaring guitar work, and the great vocals of Mark Lanegan.
anyway, more later... if you want to check out a year of my writing about music, pop on over to my mog page the link should be over on the left side of my front page...
