Tommy promised me maximum SCATHE.

Suffice it to say, thus far I remain unimpressed.

SecondEdition wrote:Oh - Metallica, "Last Caress." I'm not even that big of a Misfits fan and I got mad on their behalf when I heard this vomit pile.

Your ears are broken.

I love the original acoustic version, but I gotta go with the Superchunk cover. A finer piece of power pop you will not find.

I was never much of a fan, myself. But in retrospect I can't help but admire the cohesiveness of everything, and there's no denying they managed to make an impact in a way that, say, SST was never able. Was this simply a matter of timing, or was it effective marketing? Maybe I'm biased when saying t...

Not crap.

Total one-of-a-kind American rock band. Fully conceptualized. Killer riffs, heavier than dirt, and kick-ass live. I love them.

The record is crap. Played live between 1969 and 1971, it's one of the highest points in rock music. Sparks live at Tanglewood is the performance to end all performances. But the album itself is poor. Very poor. Agreed. The second disc of Live at Leeds , were they play Tommy straight through withou...

fancyjamtime wrote:

This album sounds exactly like a series of beer commercials.

"Do the Collapse" was a mess due to Ric Ocasic's production but I do so love that album. "Strumpet Eye", "Optical Hopscotch" and especially "Surgical Focus" are unbelieveably great songs. "Vampires on Titus" is still my favorite GBV but, except for ...

Dr. Venkman wrote:Yup.

It was a toss-up between the hilarious pun of pete worst and badmofaux.

Douche seemed to fit BEST, though.

See, now you're not even making any sense.

Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia was almost as important to me because that seems to be where he really developed his songwriting skills and made the first really good front-to-back GBV album. Agreed back atcha. A bit more controlled, but a true GBV album nonetheless. On all previous albums, it was ...