Going back to that Martyred Heretics theme for a moment, or 28 minutes 42 seconds to be exact, I bring you one of the acts from said comp, Scab Queen. I’ve been sitting on this one for a while, too long really, so this isn’t fresh like an apple picked from the tree, it’s more like your Grandma’s apple pie, it;s nice listening to it again after a couple of months. I fricken love live Industrial music. It’s like the difference between working out with free weights versus on the machines, a guy has the chance to really show his moxie in a live performance, it’s balls to the wall, right out there for everyone to see. Michael, the man behind Scab Queen, is an expert at making a glorious racket, ambient, abstract, avante garde-ness. When you give this thing a listen, do your pal Mustard a solid and think of me at the 9:24 mark, the perfect soundtrack to scene in a Lovecraft story. I think what I love most about Scab Queen, is that they are about as far away from Pop music as you can get, I’ve only just started to appreciate and admire it.
Month: October 2014
Tom Araya – Looks That Kill
Still waiting on the Martyred Heretics CDr to come back from the manufacturer and in the meantime was neglecting the Relics. Will be posting up again when I have those bad boys in my greedy little hands but had to break the silence and share something that I thought was real skippy. Tom Araya of Slayer doing the vocals for a cover of My favorite Motley Crue tune (God I hated that band in the 80s), “Looks That Kill”. The Youtube clip descriptions says “Rehearsal clip from Nov 1983 w/Tom Araya on vocals Dimitri Galeos & John Araya on Guitar Al Messi on Bass & Jake Alvarado on drums…” Fucking beautiful. Having spent a fair share of my time rehearsing with a band (to no avail, no matter how hard I practiced, I still sucked), I can’t begin to tell you how cool what is going on in this vid is…
