I'll just start this one full throttle and state that no band has ever so fully and completely lived their named inference into the fullness of implied trajectory and destiny quite like this band.

Donkey balls, my friends. Donkey. Balls.


Let's break it down a little:

Strange, I.... - murky stunted gobble

Jesus Urge Superstar - murky, but surfacing - neat, when audible
Americruiser - sounding better, sharper songs, and a real, if stiff, drummer

Supersonic storybook - really good. excellent songwriting, guitars, drummer/drumms - a touch of bloat but a real solid "something" formulating, rocking and grooving all of the way through.

Stull - If 2/3 of this could have been paired with 2/3 of the last one, this would have been a top twenty of the 1990s.
"Now that's the Barclords" hits about as close as possible to a "genuine aesthetic" match as any band could hope for.

Saturation - Pumped up preening slick hook-punctured chopped diced sauteed pop rockslide. A greatest hits album feel from a bad 80's group like T'Pau or Journey or Loverboy or some appropriate other pick.

Exit the Dragon - Kind of an "in utero" syndrome - shoulda woulda coulda.
okay record but on fumes.


I really really liked this group at one point. They meant a lot.

Huge Overcoat = Giant Shit Sandwich.

Utter CRAP, even though "Barclords" is one of my all-time favourite songs. It still can't save them, though.

the guy's solo project isn't much better...maybe 2 songs are good off of his full length

He managed to completely ruin a Steely Dan song. I still don't know why he even bothered.

If it weren't for Nate Kato's sexlife we wouldn't have the Rapeman song "Trouser Minnow"

Blackie is a great drummer and I hear y'all on Stull and one or two tunes from some albums.
But that cameo in "Kingpin" didn't really mean anything.

The crap outweighs the not crap.

never understood the appeal. a friend talked me into buying one their "good" records back in the day and it was crap.

crap

.......BTW, UO playing again? W'sup with that?

Mr. Chimp wrote:.......BTW, UO playing again? W'sup with that?

Yeah, I heard that too. They have dates coming up next month on the east coast. I hear it is a five piece and does not include Mr. Onassis on drums.

Quick, what year is it? I think I have overslept...

No Blackie? That sucks. I'll probably go anyway.

-C

love 'heaven 90210'. and exit the dragon is dark and polished at the same time, which i wont say is rare, but it feels refreshing in this case.