Minotaur029 wrote:4 )) Here's one for Steve V...yet another excellent new band...a former bandmate watched these guys light their fucking cymbals on fire in a boat house in Green Bay for a 6 person crowd or something. I've heard rumors on this very site that Corey Rusk has considered signing them to Touch and Go but that is probably complete bullshit. This might be a real album of theirs...with you know...a title?...but all I've ever known it as is "Summer '05 Tour CD." They're from Missouri. Perhaps they're addicted to meth:

Warhammer 48K - "Summer '05 Tour CD"

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ti44g7

John Kelman of AllAboutJazz.com wrote:Back in 1985 when Pat Metheny released Song X, his collaboration with free jazz/harmolodics progenitor Ornette Coleman, it came as a big shock to fans familiar with the more overt melodicism of the Pat Metheny Group. Sure, there’d been hints that Metheny’s seemingly insatiable appetite to experience all things musical also included excursions into free territory, including albums like 80/81, Offramp, and Rejoicing. But in those cases the free tracks were one-offs—and surrounded by his more lyrical material, which was considerably easier to swallow.

But from the opening track of Song X, and even more so the thirteen-minute seemingly anarchistic sonic assault of “Endangered Species,” Metheny presented an entirely different side that, to some extent, continues to polarize his fans to this day. Still, like it or hate it, Song X was a significant record in many ways. It brought to the fore Metheny’s already clear love of Coleman’s music; it showed that Metheny, despite people’s best efforts, refused to be pigeonholed; and it set a precedent for even more challenging future recordings, including his collaboration with Derek Bailey, Sign of Four, and his solo noise improv album, Zero Tolerance for Silence.

William York of the AllMusicGuide.com wrote:Originally a 1989 cassette-only release, Hal On Earth eventually made its way onto CD in a few years later and stands as The Nrg Ensemble's last studio release prior to founder Hal Russell's death in 1992. However, the band was at a peak during this time, and this album showcases everything that made it such a singular group. From the inspired, one-upping interplay between Russell and fellow saxophonist Mars Williams to the manic pacing and daffy sense of humor (often evident in Russell's screwball theme melodies), this album makes it clear that the group was truly enjoying itself as it played. Several tracks are in the careening, quick-hitting free bop style that was one of Nrg's trademarks, and there are a couple of bona fide saxophone blowouts that find Russell and Williams' horns screeching into dog whistle territory.

Minotaur029 wrote:
4 )) Here's one for Steve V...yet another excellent new band...a former bandmate watched these guys light their fucking cymbals on fire in a boat house in Green Bay for a 6 person crowd or something. I've heard rumors on this very site that Corey Rusk has considered signing them to Touch and Go but that is probably complete bullshit. This might be a real album of theirs...with you know...a title?...but all I've ever known it as is "Summer '05 Tour CD." They're from Missouri. Perhaps they're addicted to meth:

Warhammer 48K - "Summer '05 Tour CD"

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ti44g7

Steve V. wrote:

Minotaur029 wrote:
4 )) Here's one for Steve V...yet another excellent new band...a former bandmate watched these guys light their fucking cymbals on fire in a boat house in Green Bay for a 6 person crowd or something. I've heard rumors on this very site that Corey Rusk has considered signing them to Touch and Go but that is probably complete bullshit. This might be a real album of theirs...with you know...a title?...but all I've ever known it as is "Summer '05 Tour CD." They're from Missouri. Perhaps they're addicted to meth:

Warhammer 48K - "Summer '05 Tour CD"

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ti44g7

Appreciated. Excellent group.