Mr. Chimp wrote:
Pretty much reverse these for me, with the exception of Calvin Krime - full CRAP including first record. For me, lowercase was a boring boring band, as were Servotron and Supernova. Lubricated Goat have made several fine records, and Surgery (RIP) were one of my favorite bands to see live, even if their major label jump was unfortunately sugarslick.

Servotron and Supernova were so fun! They didn't really fit in with the rest of the label's roster, but perhaps that'swhy I have a special affection for them.

I haven't heard most of Surgery's catalog, so I'm just going off of the Peel Sessions comp and a couple singles that have come used through the record store, but the half-dozen tracks I've heard have been uninspired funk-rock hack crap. Seriously, they sounded like an indie Living Colour. And that "Dear Sweet Laura" song is fucking gay.

If I wanted to listen to gay indie funk-rock hack crap, I'd listen to Beefeater.

Then I'd hang myself.

I'd be willing to give Lubricated Goat another listen, although they didn't do much for me eight years ago.

EDIT: As far as Vertigo goes, I always just liked Hammerhead better.

horsewhip wrote:I'd be willing to give Lubricated Goat another listen, although they didn't do much for me eight years ago.

they had that 7" "in the wrong hands" where those were the only lyrics over and over and over and over. brilliant.

Boss Hog - NOT CRAP.
Calvin Krime - CRAP.
Chokebore - CRAP.
Cosmic Psychos - NOT CRAP. (last night i shot the neighbors cat anyone?)
Cows - CRAP. (i know, everyone loves the cows. not me. fuck em)
Crows - NOT CRAP. (and the u-men, how great were they?)
Dope Guns N Fucking in the Streets - NOT CRAP.
Feedtime - can't remember, but i think CRAP.
Freedom Fighters - NOT ENOUGH DATA.
Gaunt - NOT CRAP.
Gnomes of Zurich - CRAP.
God Bullies - CRAP. i really wanted to like em, but nope.
Guzzard - NOT ENOUGH DATA.
Halo fo Flies - NOT ENOUGH DATA. well, i have the record, cant for the life of me think of what it sounds like. the cover art is CRAP though. i remember that much. so, they get a .5 vote of CRAP
Hammerhead - CRAP.
Helios Creed - CRAP.
Helmet - NOT CRAP.
Janitor Joe - CRAP. terrible.
King Snake Roost - NOT CRAP.
Lollipop - NOT ENOUGH DATA.
Love 666 - NOT ENOUGH DATA.
Lowercase - NOT ENOUGH DATA.
Lubricated Goat - NOT CRAP.
Melvins - NOT CRAP.
Mog Stunt Team 5 - NOT ENOUGH DATA.
Nashville Pussy - CRAP
Servotron - NOT CRAP.
Supernova - NOT ENOUGH DATA.
Surgery - CRAP.
S.W.A.T. - NOT ENOUGH DATA.
Tar - NOT CRAP.
Thrown Ups - NOT ENOUGH DATA.
Today is the Day - CRAP.
Unsane - NOT CRAP.
Urinals - NOT ENOUGH DATA.
Vertigo - NOT ENOUGH DATA.
X - NOT CRAP.

CRAP: 12.5
NOT CRAP: 13
NOT ENOUGH DATA: 11.5

NC takes it by a hair. but the stuff that sucked, really sucked i thought.

Great: Boss Hog, Chokebore, Cows, Helmet, Melvins, Servotron, Tar (even though I much prefer the T&G stuff), Unsane, Dope Guns N' Fucking comps, Porn (Screwed) soundtrack.
I have CDs of Janitor Joe and Calvin Krime but I can't remember what they sound like. I love Surgery's blues cover off the Jabberjaw comp, but their major label stuff is weak.
Never really got into the straight-noisier AmRep bands like Hammerhead, etc.

I didn't know Nashville Pussy was on AmRep... I see Killdozer on the discography, too; they were NOT CRAP, obviously.

I'm surprised how no one seems to like the god bullies on here, but today is the day and chokebore get NOT CRAPS... seriously, are we listening to the same thing? Huh.
Anyways, this label was great, releasing some of the best material of the 80s, but always had this unfortunate lean toward a thickhead metal sound. This is a minor complaint, though, because basically they released some great stuff.

One of the labels I look to in the past for the music I should have been listening to when I was there.

Not Crap.

Cows - NOT CRAP , i mean great
Melvins - CRAP. ( i bought 3 records to be sure )
Tar - CRAP. ( at least "toast" )
Today is the Day - CRAP.

Tar were CRAP?

Seriously, where is all the crack you people have been smoking of late coming from?

erskine wrote:Melvins - CRAP. ( i bought 3 records to be sure )

Let me guess: Prick, Colossus of Destiny, and Electroretard?

Anyway, Melvins are definitely NOT CRAP.

tommydski wrote:Tar were CRAP?

Seriously, where is all the crack you people have been smoking of late coming from?

Tar is definitely NOT CRAP, but Toast is seriously repetitive - an entire album of maybe 2 songs. Their other ones are better.

as far as i'm concerned this is the label that put out the jesus lizard song, "pop song."

can one song un-crap an entire label?

if it's "pop song," yes.

also, they had boss hog, the cows...