1 comments about Tuned to Drop Dead.

1. awesomely, these guys bring the awesome to so many awesome levels that it doesn't seem awesomely possible. the album is full of fast and furious (not like the movie but more like an angry kangaroo with a chainsaw strapped to it's back) blazing hardcore songs that will leave you pumping for fist and moshing it up where ever you are listening to them. i can't stress the essentialness of owning this album. check it out folks, seriously. sepultura cover from when they were good too! AWESOME!

5 comments about Suicide Sessions/Anti-Social Personality Disorder: Live.

1. Unless you are striveing to collect the complete GG canon, I would skip this one. It goes beyone raw into the realm of unlistenable. This is my least favorite of my pretty extensive GG collection.



2. i got this cd along time ago am alot older now and still blast this beautyfilled music.a must 4 young and old.i got 1 4 my mom on mothers day.she liked it so much she wet her pantys.yea good times. thanks G.G.



3. First of all ignore the live tracks. GG was in prison and some dude released the live tracks as a cassette only release just to make money, they are utter crap. Now SUICIDE SESSIONS is an album recorded in 1988 that was one of GG's personal favorite albums. To most people it sounds like noise and garbage. BUT if you seriously delve into the album, it's brilliant! The opening track "(Thinkin' Of You Is Like A) Dagger In My Heart" is full of emotion, GG must've been thinking of his ex-wife who many say he never got over losing. The studio version of the concert-favorite "I Live To Be Hated" can be found here. One of my personal favorite GG songs, "Liquor Slicked Highway" is a killer as well. Only downside to SUICIDE SESSIONS is that it contains the worst song GG ever recorded, the too-long instrumental (GG on drums, Mark Sheehan on guitar) "Pain & Suffering". The track listing is wrong as well..."Kiss Me In The Gutter" is actually a song called "Jailed Again", you have to get the "No Room" single to get "Kiss Me In The Gutter". There are also two songs from these sessions only available on bootleg cassettes, they are "Fire & Fury" and "Isolation" one of which I've heard is another instrumental.
   SUICIDE SESSIONS is not for the weak or people new to GG Allin. But once you delve into the way he sang from his black-heart the way a blues singer does you'll find the majic in this album...even if it does sound like a kitten stuck in a blender.



4. This is GG's least successful recording (Suicide Sessions). He must have been on a bigger drunk than usual (other substances also involved, I assume) when this was taped. Not sure if GG had a hand in its release. The CD consists of a bunch of extremely rawly recorded numbers, more noise than music. Sounds like it was recorded in a cement mixer. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing: it is here. Skip this (unless you're a GG completist). For GG's best material get hold of: CARNIVAL OF EXCESS (country-style material); FREAKS, FAGGOTS.. (extremely raw, & shocking: but great tunes: at its best, astounding); BRUTALITY & BLOODSHED FOR ALL (last studio recording, with his last - and best - backing band, the MURDER JUNKIES: super shocking, yet amusing & highly curious, with some of GG's best ever songs). Also check the MURDER JUNKIES post-GG releases : the group is not cashing in on GG's fame, they're doing their own thing, in a similar, but definitely distinctly different style to the music of their time with GG: particularly good are some of the songs on the FEED MY SLEAZE CD (or 10" record). The Murder Junkies features GG's brother Merle on bass: definitely an amusing & entertaining figure. People miss the fact that GG was a genuine musical talent. The Murder Junkies are definitely worth checking: really one of the only combinations I can think of that are doing any material of any interest here in 1999. GG we miss you.



5. Anything G.G. does is better than99 % of the sh*t in your music collection. It is not for the weak in mind or spirit. If you got the balls and the ability to understand what pure hatred is all about, BUY IT!

2 comments about Touch Sensitive: Bootleg.

1. Well, I went through all the incarnations of this very prolific band/singer songwriter (the imitible Mark E. Smith).
   For me, being a tad older, the original FALL (whatever that might mean!) in the mid to late seventies (had already gone through a few line-up changes) had a foundation of Scanlon , Burns, and Hanley which lasted through damned near two decades - in the late 90s Smith (a notorious drunkard, as well as a wild and outrageously bombastic rant/poet) fought with and fired the long time collaborators.
   Since then, i'm not sure his band has been altogether one thing.
   I caught them in London in 98 and it was more or less (as a friend quipped) looking like a band of his daughters.
   
   But the current incarnations of the Fall are tight and musically adept. And these live concerts all around the end of 2001 - attest to an ingenuity and enjoyable noisiness that can only be the fall. Smith is on, mostly, he doesn't do the stuff he did in the early days - chatting amicably with the audience, or teasing them - he's more the lost in the lyrics type now (looking a bit like a cross between a ravaged Lou Reed and a starving owl). The thing that has always made the Fall so a different experience is MES's lyrics, and delivery. He has almost always been a strange rapper he talk drones his poetry - timing it with the guitars and drums. He rarely sings, and even this has been the joke of some older songs.
   
   So, what is this Set of Cds? 5 shows of the fall, showcasing MOSTLY material honed from the period recent to 2001.
   Cropduster is a stand-out of this period - the impressive studio version of which is on the ARE YOU ARE MISSING WINNER album.
   Purposely misspelled and almost the most perfect fall thing to do -
   
   the other thing to know about this band is that they have always championed LOW production value. They are a garage band first and foremost and damned-near always have been. They have been pretty - especially in the era of the early to mid 80s with Brix Smith - (who was as cute as a monkey) but they aren't pretty anymore.
   They are gritty, original, and captivating.
   
   Someone once said that there's more on just the liner notes from a fall album than there is most other band's entire records!
   
   and that is probably still true.



2. The perfection, the brilliance of this band DOES come across to me on this 5-CD collection, moreso than on recent studio albums. Those albums had some great stuff on them. But they also had lesser material on them.

   It has to be said also that some of the group's material, especially songs from the quickly-recorded "Are You Our Missing Winner" sounds better on here from these gigs than it did on the album. Much of this material is meant to be played live, and sounds perfect live. "Crop Dust", "Beourgeousie Town", "Kick the Can", and "Way Round" to pick three sound here like they should. "Ketamine Sun" is another.

   The Fall continue to promulgate a garage-rock aesthetic unlike anyone else on the planet. Smith and his cohorts continue to mine a rich vein of minimalist noise crossed with rhythmic complexity. They continue to journey into the heart of rock and roll darkness, emerging time and time again with gems that connect 50's rock to 60's garage to 70's punk to 90's grunge to new millenium dance. This band will be understood by future generations as something that was really great, and really undervalued by undiscerning consumers.

   I don't like everything that Fall produces, but I like this a lot. I recommend this to anyone who thinks they might be interested in it.

1 comments about Live Slayer.

1. This album is pretty much a live version of Dawn Of The Undead, well worth the $15, it also includes The Undead's version of Bullet.

No comments about Smoke & Mirrors.

3 comments about Debut Live.

1. I've listened to all the live albums, and as a hard core bjork fan i like them all. But i have to say that this one is quite memorable. I have seen her live and heard songs from all albums, but there's something about this debut live album. I love the exotic yet simple instrumentation and her voice is chilling. The simplicity in the arrangements gives the beautiful timbre and harmonics of her voice a chance to truly be heard. Performing live is a chance to explore old songs with a new creativity, and although some may be very close to the originals, i think it's nice to have the "human behaviour" harpsichord version. And the talbas are seriously rockin the house.



2. I received Bjork's "Live Box" as a Christmas present for 2004 and was so excited to finally have my hands on it. I had, after all, wanted to own this box set a few months prior to actually owning it. The four CD's contained within it are live version of Bjork's first four solo studio albums "Debut," "Post," Homogenic" and "Vespertine." It's taken me quite a while to truly appreciate them all as individual sets, but it's been worth it because it is truly an exceptional piece of music to add to any Bjork fan's collection.
   
   The first album is "Debut Live," and is probably my least favourite of the four. There's some good moments and some not so good moments on offer, resulting in a hit-and-miss collection of 10 songs. The songs on offer here are all from the "Debut" album and all but one were recorded for MTV Unplugged in 1994. The sound of the album is very intimate which is, I guess, what is always intended for Unplugged sessions. The instruments used in these live recordings are very sweet and tinny which in some cases is rather bland, but in others is just downright gorgeous.
   
   The album opens with a strange version of "Human Behaviour." At this point in her career, this was far and away Bjork's most famous song. I'm not quite sure what instruments are used here for the beat of the song, but it's rather surreal. I'm pretty sure it's a harpsichord. It really annoyed me to begin with, but after a few listens it grows on you in that cute, coy way - like Bjork herself, I suppose. My personal favourite song from this album is next, "One Day." At just over six minutes long, this live version is a very tranquil and serene version of the original. The original version had that calming effect in the way the ambient instruments took hold of your senses, like in this version where a variety of woodwind instruments are used, sounding like water gently babbling over the rocks in a stream. Everything is very subdued and still on this live version which I just love. "Venus As A Boy" is the only song not taken from the Unplugged session. Instead this live version is from the "Later" sessions of "Later With Jools Holland," a very popular British music show. The harpsichord is again present here, sounding rather French in its sound.
   
   The next song is "Come To Me" which is a great live version. This was always one of my favourite songs from the album originally, and this live version expresses Bjork's vocals perfectly, especially on the sections where she sighs with gentle euphoria. The live version of "Big Time Sensuality" doesn't really work in my opinion, because it was a dance song pure and simple and the attempt to change it here doesn't really work. However, I respect the decision to experiment. "Aeroplane" was never really one of my favourite Bjork songs, so the live version hasn't changed this much. The harshness of the brass instruments used here is a bit too unusual for me, which I suppose is ironic in itself due to the fact that I adore the unique winder that is Bjork. "Like Someone In Love" was always a beautiful song which relaxed me. Bjork's voice was intentionally 'off' in this song which I found amusing at times. The live version is different, however. She sounds a bit too perfect here which takes away a charm which infected the original. However, the harp used here is extremely harmonious and serene.
   
   "Crying" was probably my favourite unreleased song from the original album because it was just so incredibly catchy. The beats in that song just made my body jump with excitement, producing an energy in me that not many songs have the ability to do. This live version, however, let me down. The instruments sound a little bit muted and not loud enough. Things seem a little held down when things are just dying to bursts into colour and life. "Anchor Song" is probably the song which I dislike the most out of all Bjork's songs from her entire career! I really don't like the way Bjork sings a line, then the crappy brass instruments play a little tune. I find it rather annoying and this live version is now exception though. I've always liked the lyrical content though. The final song on this album is a live version of "Violently Happy." I once heard Bjork say that she never really liked this song, but yet somehow she still sings it live here. This could be because she didn't have much solo material to sing at this point in her career. Whatever the reason, this version is good but not amazing like a few songs at the start of the album.
   
   OVERALL GRADE: 7/10
   
   Debut Live is a must-have for all hardcore Bjork fans, but I wouldn't recommend it for people who are looking for one of those good live albums. It is good, yes, in parts, but in others it can be rather bland and forgettable. The real genius lies in the live albums for "Homogenic" and "Vespertine." I suggest you check those out as soon as possible. The live music on there is the kind that will take your breath away. This album will just make you hum gently.



3. so i wanted to buy one of Bjork's live albums the other day. I was leaning towards Post Live or Homogenic Live but when I got to the store, all they had was 1 copy of Debut Live so I got it, even though Debut is not my favorite Bjork album. This CD is about half and half, half is good, the other not so much. not because it's bad, but either a) the performance sounds too much like the original (anchor song, crying, Like Someone I Love..) or because I don't like the new way Bjork rearranged the song(Big Time Sensuality. It should stay a DANCE song). Also, I already had this version of Venus As A Boy on the Isobel single so that was pretty useless to me too. The highlights on here are Human Behaviour, Violently Happy, and Come To Me, which I hadn't really paid attention to before (the DEBUT album version) and wasn't one of my favorites but it sounds REALLY good here. It's probably my favorite track on here.

5 comments about Live!.

1. Like most of the reviewers before me, we admit that this is not the best Bad Brains Live CD if you only consider the audience size and participation, production, etc. But when you listen to the raw energy of the band, the individual and combined musical performances by each member(much better than the "Youth are getting restless")and the song selections...you will understand and experience the true Bad Brains at their best.
   
   HR seemed to be inspired during his vocal performances on their classics, and Dr. Know's guitar solos are sonically stratospheric.
   
   On an artistic level, comparing their two live CDs are just like comparing Picasso to Leonardo. Both are creative geniuses, however Leornado is technically proficent where Picasso's work seems raw and more emotional. I believe the "Live" CD is true raw perfection where the "Youth Are Getting Restless" is obviously more polished.
   
   I had this on cassette and fnally found a copy on CD...it is in my permanent rotation! Get it now!!!



2. Bad Brains have to have been at this time, the tightest band I have ever heard play live (which I did on numerous occasions 1988-1993). And this recording captures their tight, high energy performances perfectly.
   
   While I like "Youth Are Getting Restless", I think this recording better captures the sound and fury of the "I Against I" era of Bad Brains (my favorite point in their career). This is one of my top 3 personal favorite live recordings....it definately does the band justice !



3. This is a really good cd, it shows the Bad Brains could play great concerts in front of little crowds. The songs are all good choices, and sound even better than the album versions. My personal favorite is I and I Survive. H.R.'s voice is really energetic on songs like At The Movies and Secret 77. This was of a concert from around 1988, when they were really into metal. Bad Brains were original, and you can hear their performing talent.



4. This is a really great "Bad Brains" album, with a good live performance, and even better song selection. Included is "Right Brigade", "I Against I", "Re-Ignition", and the cover of "Day Tripper". I could listen to this punk reggae forever. But, even though this and "Spirit Electricity" are great live albums, neither is as good as "The Youth Are Getting Restless". That's 17 tracks of furious perfection. Too bad they don't play like it anymore.



5. bad brains what a great band here is sum of their songs recorded live in 84 i think. the album is great not as hard core as the usual but great for being done live.

No comments about Blondie Is the Name of a Band.

2 comments about Alive.

1. It took a few listens to get used to it, but I find this 1998 gem to be one of their best. The Beastie's have ditched the funk beats and reduced the number of samples (all fine and dandy, but it was time for something new), and the result is something sublime.



2. Ooh, part 2 has an Alive remix, and a Jam cover "Start." I wish the boys would release those action figure dolls and fatten their pockets even more.

1 comments about Live: Runnin' Riot Across the USA.

1. This album is a must for any fan of Oi! or rock-and-roll in general. Fantastic songs and great performance quality.