Weird CDs I found in the back of my closet...
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Weird CDs I found in the back of my closet...
While searching for my old copy of "Fear of Music" last night, I rediscovered a large cache of strange CDs I bought during my college years (aka my Blue period ). The most bizarre stuff I own is mostly early eighties industrial. It's probably some of the least accessible music ever made. Why in the world did I ever buy:
Laibach: Laibach. their debut, really strange orchestral/Teutonic/industrial stuff. I don't know why I kept buying Wax Trax! records back in the day
Missing Foundation: Go Into Exile: more bizarre industrial, just random bursts of static and noise and some guy screaming about the homeless.
Royal Trux: Twin Infinitives: not (really) industrial, but a very strange record, incredibly dense, uh... sound. Not really listenable at all.
Pigface: Gub: sort of an industrial/metal supergroup with guys from Ministry, Revolting Cocks and Trent Reznor on vocals. More accessible that some of the stuff above but barely.
...there's lots more where that came from. I apparently spent tons of cash on this crap.
Ever wonder what the hell you were thinking when you re-find an album you bought?
Laibach: Laibach. their debut, really strange orchestral/Teutonic/industrial stuff. I don't know why I kept buying Wax Trax! records back in the day
Missing Foundation: Go Into Exile: more bizarre industrial, just random bursts of static and noise and some guy screaming about the homeless.
Royal Trux: Twin Infinitives: not (really) industrial, but a very strange record, incredibly dense, uh... sound. Not really listenable at all.
Pigface: Gub: sort of an industrial/metal supergroup with guys from Ministry, Revolting Cocks and Trent Reznor on vocals. More accessible that some of the stuff above but barely.
...there's lots more where that came from. I apparently spent tons of cash on this crap.
Ever wonder what the hell you were thinking when you re-find an album you bought?
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Laibach.
Sorry, but that just strikes me as funny.
Sorry, but that just strikes me as funny.
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A friend of mine had this TV show back in college where she would show music videos. Mostly college radio-type songs and up-and-coming or never-will-up-and-come artists. No Doubt was one of them, and I distinctly remember telling her, "These guys suck. They'll never make it."
Anyway, Laibach's "Life is Life" was one of the videos. It was like a video representation of the Jagermeister label.
Anyway, Laibach's "Life is Life" was one of the videos. It was like a video representation of the Jagermeister label.
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I've seen Pigface before. I left feeling dirty afterwards In the early 90's I used to scour pawn shops and some CD stores looking in the cutout-type bins. I'd always pick up some $2.00 discs if they looked interesting. Most of those are now boxed in my attic. But some of them ended up fetching big bucks on Ebay.
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Anyway, Laibach's "Life is Life" was one of the videos. It was like a video representation of the Jagermeister label.
[deep monotone voice]Life.... Life is life[/deep monotone voice]
Deep stuff
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Originally Posted by Gunshy
I used to own a Royal Trux CD and they are exactly as you described! Holy mother of shredded bleeding eardrums To each their own...
-Gunshy
-Gunshy
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Originally Posted by Hiro11
More:
Throbbing Grisle: CD1: WTF
Throbbing Grisle: CD1: WTF
Which Throbbing Gristle album? I'm more of a Psychic TV fan, but hey, it's nice to experience some of their earlier stuff.
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Originally Posted by Hiro11
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Throbbing Grisle: CD1: WTF?
Swans: Teeth: huh?
Bongwater: Double Bummer (actually, this one's a ringer, I still like it...)
Throbbing Grisle: CD1: WTF?
Swans: Teeth: huh?
Bongwater: Double Bummer (actually, this one's a ringer, I still like it...)
So, I guess you're not in the market for TG's 25CD box set of live concerts, huh? Seriously; I bought it. After 25 hours of non-stop industrrial noise, an aspirin be required.
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Originally Posted by saoirse
Which Throbbing Gristle album? I'm more of a Psychic TV fan, but hey, it's nice to experience some of their earlier stuff.
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I thought for sure you'd say something I have but you didn't.
The funny thing is that the name Throbbing Gristle popped into my head when I saw the thread title.
A friend always thought that was the strangest name.
The funny thing is that the name Throbbing Gristle popped into my head when I saw the thread title.
A friend always thought that was the strangest name.
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I'm thinking maybe I should come up and steal some of your unwanted CDs.
I recently bought and listened to the 50 CD Merzbow set, so I'm in shape for just about anything...
I recently bought and listened to the 50 CD Merzbow set, so I'm in shape for just about anything...
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Have you run across any Foetus/Clint Ruin/Jim Thirlwell CDs yet.
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Originally Posted by Poink
I recently bought and listened to the 50 CD Merzbow set, so I'm in shape for just about anything...
You, uh, noticed that discs 7 and 8 have switched labels already, right? Wouldn't want you listeing to the set in the wrong order.
(Or did they correct that in later pressings?)
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Yeah, I caught that.
I wasn't really sure whether it was the discs that were mispressed, or just an error in the book, so I just went by the disc #'s printed on the backside of the inner ring. They're the "Collection Era" discs, so the material is pretty scattered chronologically to begin with.
I wasn't really sure whether it was the discs that were mispressed, or just an error in the book, so I just went by the disc #'s printed on the backside of the inner ring. They're the "Collection Era" discs, so the material is pretty scattered chronologically to begin with.
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The only Psychic TV album I got was a single track, and was pretty much just GPO blabbering on for an hour. Not really enjoyable.
Pigface was a blast to see live. I had a great time.
Pigface was a blast to see live. I had a great time.
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Originally Posted by mndtrp
The only Psychic TV album I got was a single track, and was pretty much just GPO blabbering on for an hour. Not really enjoyable.
You should try and grab a copy of 'Live In Bregenz' (it's currently in print (reissue) from Voiceprint) - more rock, less talk.