VAN GOGH'S EAR

Well over an hour of pure unadulterated weird. I feel like this could have been come conceptual free form rock record had it come from New York City in 1966...but it came from Oklahoma in 1993. From the brain of Dan Riffe (ILLEGITIMATE SONS OF JACKIE O, ANCIENT CHINESE PENIS, BRUTAL GARDENERS, DON'T CARE BEARS and countless others) comes VAN GOGH'S EAR. Strap in.

THE CLEAR ALBUM

THE SKINFLUTES

If you don't know...then you need to know. 

TOUCH ME, I FUCKIN DARE YOU!

OVERPOWERING

Oppressively distorted drum machine crust/grind from Mexico. A true challenge for those of you who can't get enough of the noise...are you up for a challenge?

OVERPOWERING

You know what I'm doing today? I'm on a beach in Puerto Rico. I might go snorkeling. Who schedules a tropical vacation in the middle of tour? NO STATIK, that's who.

IDIOTS RULE

It's getting later and words are getting harder to conjure. You like dirty hardcore punk with super catchy riffs? Then you like IDIOTS RULE, and you will enjoy this 2006 demo.

IDIOTS RULE

HALF OFF

I was in a band once that played a HALF OFF cover. I was the only member of the band who was not familiar with the band when we started (I'm not even sure that I heard the original before I learned "Make Every Minute Count"), but then I was the only member who didn't grow up in California. This demo...just, damn. I want hardcore to sound like this.

SAME OLD STORY

ELFTENBERRY

My guess is that this 1991 demo was meant to rocket some midwestern outfit into the college rock stratosphere. It might have fallen a little short in that department (though, to be honest, the name probably held them back as much as anything else), but this is quality early '90s guitar driven alt rock with more than enough punk and weird to keep it interesting. See early FLAMING LIPS and SOUL ASYLUM for references.

PUPPET CRUNCH

DEFIANCE OF SHIT BASTARDS

Met these dudes on my first trip to Japan in 1996, and then when FUCKFACE returned later that year, we played with them in Tokyo. We figured it was going to be good...but nothing could have prepared us for D.S.B. live. I know it's a rather typical thing to say, but I do not think that any of their releases can touch this demo. Happy New Year.

NO FIGHT. NO GET.

NO STATIK in Baltimore at Barclay House tonight. WARxGAMES, SLEEP DISORDER and OLD LINES will be melting our faces.