MLS is the sound of true freaks. Spastic thrash fanatics ripping blast beats and bong hits before either were in vogue, dropping funky break downs and Zappa song construction into face melting Bay Area thrash. OK, weed was never out of vogue. "Prostitution," the opening track on their self titled 1988 demo, has more riffs and changes than most entire records...you exhale when the song ends and only then do you realize that you've been holding your breath for more than three minutes. There's the self titled demo from 1991 too (with the same cover art and two of the same tracks), a brighter session that helps them fall more in sonic line with the West Bay Coalition crew they are often associated with - an association solidified when 625 Productions slapped the '91 demo on wax later in the decade. The instrumental "The Pot Song" (which appears on both demos) probably captures MORBID LIFE SOCIETY best - a prog/funk/thrash instrumental that has no business on a normal punk or metal record until they break loose with an insane dose of blast for the last 30 seconds. Maybe MLS fit in everywhere because they didn't fit in anywhere, but listening to these kids bash the shit out of their very existence and just let it all loose is like filling your lungs with history.
There are (confirmed) reports that 625 is planning to drop both of these demos onto a cassette for modern consumption, maybe the other 1988 demo too, so those of us who (justifiably) feel like there is nothing to look forward to...there's hope.
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