Jason's Party!

Our friend Jason was having a party at his parent's house while they were out of town and Thumbknuckle was supposed to play. Our bass player Pat, got called to work that night at the last minute, so Kyle, Philip and I decided to go ahead and work up a set to play and I would play bass. We were going to learn a few songs, but wound up only learning Sex Bomb by Flipper. Philip brought his four track.

For some reason, William started out playing guitar while Kyle talked/shouted into the mic Then Tracy joined in to do vocals for the best part of the set William wanted to tune before we played, so I intentionally started turning the tuning keys on the guitar at random and de-tuned the bass right before we started playing Later on, Kyle got the guitar back and William sang Then Tracy finished up our set, singing on the cover You can hear Jason ask us to stop at the end of the tape.

We played for several hours after that, but it didn't get recorded. I remember this Steve Vai wannabe showed up to play scales on a Big Amp and Sweet Ibanez Guitar while I sang about people in the room in a Steve Ignorant voice.

We kept going until the string on The Bass broke. I never paid Pat for that string.

Sorry Pat.

Jason wound up getting kicked out of his house right after that because someone spilled kool-aid all over the carpet.

Sorry Jason.

Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=D46RQNF3

Grahzny Bratchnies 2004 CD

Essential document from this great, great, great punk rock band from Florence, SC. I got this from Jordan, the drummer, back in 2005. I'm not sure when they made it or what it was called. I wish I could afford to make a 7 inch of this. Sadly, Jordan died a few years ago, so these guys will never play another show. One of my favorites, ever. I really wish I would have known about these guys sooner and seen them more than I did. A couple of the dudes went on to form Population Control, another killer band.

Songs:

1. Defiance
2. Who Gave You the Right?
3. Religion
4. Outsiders
5. Vice

Get it here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FINYGVJ9

final climb

sad news: Meth Mountain broke up.

glad news: I asked them and they sent me the link to their last EP.

I have to admit that it doesn't grab me quite the same way the previous tape, cd and record did. It's still really good. There's also a killer cover of my favorite Nirvana song.

You should listen to it: http://www.mediafire.com/?jygtvz2rzqj

cult ritual lp

I'm putting up the self-titled LP by Cult Ritual up here, because I think this thing is out of print. It's a shame, because it's really fucking good. I like the weird hardcore shit the best, but the record labels that put it out usually do a small run. And they run out I'm not going to go into too much detail describing it, if you want that shit, google it and you'll find a bunch of long, drawn-out descriptions I'll summarize: It's weird and has a lot of noisy bits and some really pretty parts I like it.

If you can find a copy for a decent price, get one. Don't spend a shit ton of money! That's stupid. The band will never see a dime and some asshole will make a killing. Instead, download here

Yes, I also like Sex Vid. I'm not sure, but I think they broke up.

after the bombs

So, I'm listening to this really killer 12" by Canadian band After the Bombs. It's a 45 rpm and I started out at 33 by mistake, but it still sounded really badass. I knew the band from a couple 7 inches and the vocals just didn't sound right. Anyway I fixed it and I gotta say that I love this epic crust/metal shit and they're REALLY FUCKING GOOD AT IT. That said, the cover art is really terrible. The art on the inside of the gatefold is way cooler and should have been on the outside. Don't hold it against them. If you can still find it, get it right away.

pretty much my new favorite band

I think this blog will become a tribute to Charlotte's Meth Mountain, my favorite new band. I'm not in love with them, but I love them.

They have their CDEP up for download here: http://www.mediafire.com/?miwzqzyy2jh

You should listen to it.

I wonder why North Carolina has so many cool bands, but South Carolina has so few.