What's your opinion on Hammerhead, the band?
Not the shark.

Saw them a bunch back in the day and they were always great. They even managed to successfully replace guitarist/singer Paul with another fellow. Jeff was such an underrated drummer and his band (with the other Paul) Vaz was cool too.

NC NC NC

Hearing Hammerhead the first time, I thought, "WOW, this is great, and hey, I could do this!" Helped set me on the right path.

NC

Definite NC from me. My kind of heavy. Into The Vortex was a huge record for me as a pissed off 20 year old, and I feel like it has aged very well. I loved watching Jeff Mooridian play the drums. I loved his disco style hi-hat beats.

NC. As far as textbook, time-period "noise-rock" bands go, they were one of the most convincing and intense with strong songwriting as well. That said, they also struck me as the type of band that were practically *raised* on Amphetamine Reptile-type music and very little else; this makes them different and more one-dimensional/less exciting than the bands from the 80's who influenced them. I feel the same way about Cherubs, Distorted Pony, Dazzling Killmen and other bands along those lines from the same era that I used to listen to but rarely revisit.

jakethesnake wrote: Tue Nov 30, 2021 2:45 am this makes them different and more one-dimensional/less exciting ... Dazzling Killmen

I dunno if you could call the Killmen one dimensional... they def had a vaster musical volcab compared to most Am Rep / Trance Syndicate bands, IMO... only thing that strong musically was those early Today Is The Day records...

On topic.

Hammerhead: OK, not great, not bad... just very in debt to the musical / atmospheric conventions of the time on about 75% of their material - the remaining 25% is very very good though - memorable hooks, misanthropic lyrics, a real furious, nihilistic abandon...

I think 10 (or so) killer songs is just enough to get a NC.

Vg band

A bit unidimensional, buy still cool.

Tracks like "Brest" are the shit.

I prefer Vaz, though

Hell yeah.

Cherished AmRep 7"

This is one of the bands I was at the right place and right time for in the 90s. I still have Killer and Vortex in a pile of CDs somewhere. MN represent.

Really like this band. Only heard Vortex for years and then finally listened to the other two. I saw them in Europe when I lived there. NC.

Never heard Vaz, I'll have to track them down if the PRF deems them better than Hammerhead.