The Batlord

What a whiny bitch talking about an awesome album.

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Mondo Bungle

straight out of left field

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Mondo Bungle

John Zorn - The Gift, 2001

I remember heavily listening to this without even really being a John Zorn fan. Magically enough improvisational easy listening exotic jazz emanates.



John Zorn - The Big Gundown, 1985

The Gift was a staple of my listening but at some point came the idea to actually check out John Zorn's works who in turn became my first jazz hero and starting with this one the vast scrolls of the Zorniverse unraveled before my ears. It's his version of the Morricone soundtrack.



John Zorn - Spy vs. Spy, 1989

Spy vs Spy followed as did the extremity not yet explored fully. It's another rendition, this time Ornette Coleman, but now it's completely brutalized.

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Frownland

Spy vs Spy was the first one I heard outside of Bungle's debut and Naked City. Calamatous and awesome album full of great players.

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Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.

Mondo Bungle

Melvins - Houdini, 1993

I'm saying a lot redundant things but this is yet another album cover I cherish. Musically it's among their definitive and most celebrated albums, and the pinnacle of their early offering of grunge infused sludge metal. Nostalgia cuts deep from the first handful of tracks, namely Night Goat and Lizzy. Here they utilize strong dynamic contrast and heavy doom, a distinct quality.



Stoner Witch, 1994

Experimentation became very prevalent with this album, signaling the dawn of a new era. Dynamics on point like never before, with subdued blues inspired bits infused with some of the meatiest riffs the world has to offer. At the Stake is a prime contender for heaviest song ever.



Honky, 1997

At this point ambiance and atmosphere had been given more strength, and furthered the dynamic mastery of the Melvins ever eclectic delivery. Minimalism and that grew to a notable quality, with thin passages of dark and distant soundscapes. Mombius Hibachi and Lovely Butterfly were two choice cuts of my dad, and are quite bombastic.



The Bootlicker, 1999

Here we are with another menacingly mesmerizing endeavor. Let it All Be is a track that I'm outrageously enamored with, a long, minimalistic, subtly, repetitive yet ever changing skeleton of music.



Freak Puke, 2012

Dark horse pick from modern Melvins. I listened to this a lot when it came out. It grabbed me in a way I don't quite understand. Metal is nearly absent in a traditional sense, but something about the elements bring it out. This one's one of their most mellow and nonabrasive, featuring Trevor Dunn on standup bass, which really brought an indescribable atmosphere and style.

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The Batlord

Insanely ****ing cool.

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The Batlord

And this is absolutely the hypest ****ing rock song of the 90s. When a sludge/hardcore/punk/metal song makes me want to dance like an epileptic you know it's something special.

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Mondo Bungle

yeah it's the best song ever written

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Mondo Bungle

Malevolent Creation - Joe Black, 1996

I think this compilation is kinda whack but my dad was always raving about it, which I find odd with the industrial remixes that I wouldn't think are his thing. Maybe it's just because we had the tape.



Malevolent Creation - Eternal, 1995

Then again we also had this tape but he didn't hold it in as high regard. It's alright.

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Mondo Bungle

Bolt Thrower - The Peel Sessions 1988–90, 1991

Posting in this journal is really making me realize how prevalent cassettes were in my formative years. We just always had cooler tapes than CDs.

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