Some excellent doom from Trouble's first album "Psalm 9" way back in the early 1980's. Fierce, head banging, apocalytic doom metal at it's finest. "Come on people let me hear you say/You fucking bastards you're gonna pay..."
Sorry I've been out so long. It's been a hectic week. Anyway a made a few good finds today. The first one is Trouble's self titled album from 1989. Is has been out of print for many, many years, and has suddenly showed up on Amazon.com for 9.99 to download! I was shocked...going prices for this on CD have been pushing $150 as of late. This is my favorite Trouble album, one that I remember fondly. It got me through the angst of my high school years, and it's music really led to my interest in stoner/doom/hippie metal over the years. Trouble are the kings of doom, and a review of this album will be coming shortly. I'm glad to finally get this one on CD...my tape has been out of commission far at least fifteen years.
My next find is a purchase I've been putting off for a long time. It's The Cure's "Disintegration", also from 1989. My favorite Cure album without a doubt. Once again, this is one I had on tape in my teen years and listened to religiously. For some reason, I never re-purchased it on CD until today. This is one I have not heard in it's entirety in about fifteen years as well. You can expect a review for this one as well.
Last, but not least, I haven't forgotten about the review of "Shivers". It's coming this weekend, so stay tuned.
Here's the theme song from John Water's brilliant 1975 campy trash masterpiece "Female Trouble". The song is sung by Divine. I love the sleazy 1970's vibe that this song exudes. This is my favorite John water's flick from the 1970's. A pure, raunchy good time...the movie is filled with dialogue you will want to memorize. And there's Gator, the sleaziest, most hip, hippie alive. When I grow up I want to be like Gator...
All kidding aside, check out the theme song and give this movie a view. There is too much going for this movie to go into right now. Perhaps a full length review should be in order at a later date.
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult's "Confession of a Knife" (1993). This is the first album I ever heard by The Thrill Kill Kult and it remains my favorite. Their sound on this album is a very dark and evil drug induced form of dance music. It is very sinister sounding, laden with references to and fueled by sleazy retro 1960's through early 1980's b-movies, horror and exploitation flicks, and a campy love for the occult. They perfectly mix together evil dance grooves with guitar and keyboard tracks that sound as if they came from the bowels of hell and ingenious, perfectly chosen audio samples taken from nefarious b-movies and other sources that truly set the music ablaze with the flames of Lucifer. A few of my favorite tracks are: "Daisy Chain 4 Satan", a hypnotic and maddening ode to drug abuse, and "The Days of Swine and Roses", an ingenious song with a chorus of "Christian zombie vampires, I am the father, the father of nothing", with a repeated overlayed sample of Edith Massey from John Water's "Female Trouble"( if you haven't seen this movie, check it out now). Possibly the sleaziest song of all on this album is "Waiting for Mommie", a sweaty, perverted disco workout ode to Satan and incest.
All of the songs on "Confessions of a Knife" bleed together seamlessly and cohesively. This disc is designed to be listened to from start to finish in one sitting. If you don't, you will lose certain nuances at the end and beginning of each song. Not every track is perfect, but as a whole "Confessions of a Knife" is a masterpiece, my favorite Thrill Kill Kult album of all time. Give it a listen, it will not disappoint.
NevousNorvus. I first discovered his music in John Water's insane cult film "Female Trouble". The song was "Dig" and it cracks me up in disbelief every time I hear it. Nervous Norvus, starting in 1956 crafted jittery, sometimes annoying but always addictive novelty music with a hepcat attitude and way out there beat lyrics that verge on dada. I love his stuff. His first single was 'Tranfusion", a deranged song about the dangers of reckless driving. He followed with the nonsensical"Dig", the science fiction, beatnik opus "The Fang", and other singles. He kept recording throughout the 1950's. By the time 1960's rolled around, his life sank into mystery. He passed away in 1968 from cirrhosis of the liver.
Here's a sampling of his lyrics, from "The Fang": "I got a be-bop cat, man, a real stingaree And a solid gold keychain down to the knees And real nervous pegs with a crazy crease I'm the Fang "
I have a small handful of his singles that Ive downloaded from the internet here and there. There is a comprehensive CD collection of his works called "Stoneage Woo" on Norton Records that I'm going to have to break down and buy soon. There is a great article on Nervous Norvus you can read here. Hope you get as much of a kick out of his stuff as I do.
