LONGPIGS The Sun is Often Out 1996

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Artist Biography by John Bush

A Britpop band with energy and grit besides the obvious melodic flair and arrogant airs, Longpigs formed in their hometown of Sheffield in 1994, around vocalist Crispin Hunt, guitarist Richard Hawley, bassist Simon Stafford and drummer Dee Boyle. Although they were signed to a major label just months after playing their first gig, the band were crushed when the label went under, especially since a new label would have to pay £500,000 to release them from their contract. Enter the deep pockets of U2's Mother Records, and Longpigs soon had a deal with Mother. Their single "Far" hit the U.K. Top 40 in early 1996, followed by the Top 20 entry "On and On." Their debut album, The Sun Is Often Out, was released in the U.K. in April 1996, and in America less than one year later. Longpigs toured with U2 as well, opening for the group on selected dates of their 1997 Popmart Tour. 

Tracklist

1	Lost Myself	5:04
2	She Said	4:24
3	Far	3:47
4	On And On	4:10
5	Happy Again	4:17
6	All Hype	3:24
7	Sally Dances	3:45
8	Jesus Christ	4:00
9	Dozen Wicked Words	4:59
10	Elvis	4:23
11	Over Our Bodies	17:01
12	Sleep	4:10

KINGDOM SCUM Contaminating The Thinking Supply 1998

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Kingdom Scum project started in 1989 when two friends were digging through the dumpster of the treatment center in Richmond, Virginia. There in the trash lay some discarded archives - one of which was entitled "The Documents of Kingdom Scum". The papers were written in 1909 by a former tenant of the institution who had signed their name as "Apuro, sun of the vermin wind". This name later became adopted by one of the two founders of Kingdom Scum. The other, Troy Eeyore, had been working with another project "Eeyore Power Tool" and together they began write music for the ideas and texts in the papers they found. At the same time they began to write their own texts in a similar vein.
Throughout the years the musical manifestation of Kingdom Scum has taken on various members and helpers. Yet most of the time, Apuro and Troy Eeyore were working together. Throughout the period 1990-1999 Kingdom Scum performed numerous concerts and released various records on various labels (Turn of the Century, Eerie Materials, Staalplaat, etc...). All collaboration since then has been long-distant and live performances are rare. 

Tracklist

1	Home As The Heart Of Perversion	2:00
2	Race Traitor	3:12
3	The Obscenity Of Wealth	3:40
4	There's No Such Things As Mind Control	1:08
5	A Dress, Your Evolution	1:34
6	Feel Like Takin' Drugs	4:11
7	Rectum Relocated To Forehead	1:12
8	Systematic Phallic Overture	2:11
9	Coprophiliac	1:00
10	Draft Me	3:19
11	Nature Is Disgusting	2:13
12	Faces Of Feces	3:32
13	The Administration Of A Singular Perception Of Reality	4:25
14	Moved	4:42
15	The Ongoing Saga Of Blood Thirsty Complacency	1:32

CAVITY Human Abjection 1995

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Artist Biography by Eduardo Rivadavia

Florida-based Cavity were proponents of the Southern U.S. genre known as sludgecore, and, though perhaps less well-known than such peers as Eyehategod and Crowbar, their superlative songwriting talents and apparent phobia of the spotlight have transformed them into quite the cult act.

Formed in Miami circa 1992 by vocalist Rene Barge and bassist Dan Gorostiaga, Cavity championed a harsh, tortured, feedback-drenched brand of hardcore that lay at a polar opposite to the upbeat, danceable, and, for the most part, utterly disposable music dominating the local clubs and airwaves. Recruiting guitarist Raf Luna and numerous part-time drummers, Cavity started performing in what few local venues would have them, following up their first 7" recording with a tour of the East Coast supporting Eyehategod. By 1995, guitarist Anthony Vialon (also known for his work with Floor) and drummer Jorge Alvarez had joined the fray, and Cavity released their vinyl-only Human Abjection debut that same year. It quickly sold out of its initial 500-copy pressing, but was later reissued on CD (along with the earlier 7" material) as 1996's Drowning set. A second album, Somewhere Between the Train Station…and the Dumping Grounds (which also spliced two separate sessions into one release) followed later that year, and the Laid Insignificant EP arrived the year after that, but despite ever-increasing sales and consistently enthusiastic reviews, the band was on the verge of crumbling, and both drummer Alvarez and founding frontman Barge suddenly decided to quit.

Their timing couldn't have been any worse, for Cavity had just been signed by renowned artist Frank Kozik's Man's Ruin label, but, following some soul-searching, Gorostiaga and Vialon chose to soldier on (the latter assuming vocal duties) with the help of second guitarist Ryan Weinstein and drummer Henry Wilson. Entering Miami's Tapeworm Studios in the summer of 1998, they soon emerged with the landmark Supercollider LP, which signified a creative and career peak, and instantly vindicated their drive to persist. Striking a perfectly unholy balance between Black Flag and Black Sabbath, the album earned top marks from critics of all stylistic persuasions and figured in many a Top Ten list for 1999. This media euphoria never translated into significant sales outside the deepest heavy metal underground, however, and with the subsequent bankruptcy of Man's Ruin, Cavity's destiny would yet again be set adrift to uncertainty. The band temporarily splintered so that its members could deal with the usual bevy of financial, emotional, and drug-related problems, but finally, in 2001, a reunited Cavity began rehearsing together once again. Featuring a near-classic formation of Barge, Vialon, Gorostiaga, and Alvarez alongside new guitarist Jason Landrian, the band signed to Hydra Head Records and committed 2002's excellent swan song On the Lam to posterity before laying the Cavity name to rest at last. 

Tracklist

A1	Chloride
A2	Burning My Eyes
A3	Chase
A4	O.T.D.
B1	Intro
B2	Drowning
B3	Inside My Spine (Part II)
B4	Slug

BEAVER 13 1996

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Artist Biography by Eduardo Rivadavia

Beaver was formed in Amsterdam, Holland circa 1988 by singer/guitarist Roel Schoenmakers, drummer Eva Nahon, and bassist Klaas as a post-punk retro-rock outfit, but they'd barely made any headway before the latter quit suddenly in early 1991. Initially borrowed from fellow local band Windows for just one show, bassist Guy Pinhas and lead guitarist Tos Nieuwenhuizen (himself a respected scene veteran) briefly slipped through their ranks before moving on to work with American doom legends the Obsessed (Pinhas as bassist, Nieuwenhuizen as a roadie). This made way for the arrival of new four-stringer Milo Beenhakker and guitarist Josja de Weerdt, who immediately joined them at a number of European festivals alongside stoner rock luminaries like Kyuss and the Obsessed and helped the band perfect their laid-back, psychedelic, hard rock style. At last benefiting from a stable lineup, this period resulted in a wealth of material which Beaver compiled into their first, Holland-only full-length debut, 1996's 13 LP. By contrast, the next year's sophomore The Difference Engine was a very spontaneous affair. Written and recorded in only few weeks, it was issued by Elegy Records and led to further festival dates. 1998 found certain bandmembers collaborating with ex-Kyuss guitarist Josh Homme, then in the process of putting his new project Queens of the Stone Age together. The resulting split EP brought Beaver to the attention of Man's Ruin label head Frank Kozik, who signed them on the spot. 1999's off-the-wall Lodge EP saw the return of Nieuwenhuizen and found the band flirting with elements of jazz, then setting out on the road again with Spirit Caravan. Recorded at two separate sessions (the first interrupted by the departure of long-time guitarist de Weerdt), the band's third full-length, Mobile was issued in early 2001 -- a mere month before Man's Ruin went bankrupt. Left in a lurch, Beaver retreated to Holland in order to take some time off and contemplate their next move. 

Tracklist

1	Piece Of Mind	5:49
2	Drown	3:07
3	Dolphinity	5:08
4	Centaur	5:56
5	This Room	2:38
6	Decisions In Time	4:35
7	One Eye Is King	4:17
8	Ripe Fruit	4:58
9	Snakes & Ladders	3:57
10	538810	1:24
11	Deep Hibernation	3:48
12	Miss Interpreter	3:01
13	∞	0:35

SOLARIZED / SOLACE Jersey Devils 1998

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Tracklist

	Solarized: Eight Ways To Sunday EP
1	Slide
2	Drifter
3	Crucible
4	Sugar Bag
	Solace: Distanced From Reality EP
5	Heavy Birth / 2-Fisted
6	Dirt
7	Try
8	Funk #49 (Live In Tokyo '98)

RADIOBLUE Just Like Jane 1991

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Tracklist

1	More Than Me	4:26
2	Busy	3:22
3	Paperhouse	4:02
4	Photograph	3:08
5	In A Lemon Twist	3:27
6	Underwater	1:01
7	Sheila	5:31
8	Fire Escapes	3:42
9	Another Pair Of Shoes	3:10
10	Uncertain	4:01
11	Gun It	2:39
12	Everything Goes	2:07

SOLARIZED Neanderthal Speedway 1999

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Artist Biography by Eduardo Rivadavia

Solarized are a New Jersey four-piece founded by Jim Hogan on vocals and guitar and Regina Santana on drums, with Lou Gorra on bass and Pete Hauschild, also on guitar. All are veterans of the local stoner rock scene and their 1999 debut, Neanderthal Speedway, betrayed a strong Monster Magnet influence, actually featuring guest performances from certain members of that band. A split EP with their friends Solace, Jersey Devils, preceded their second effort, simply named Driven, which arrived two years later and introduced new members Dave Topolenski (guitar) and Mike Fiore (bass). 

Tracklist  

1	Nebula Mask	3:52
2	Aftermath	3:39
3	Fire Breather	4:38
4	Psyclone Tread	3:07
5	Iron Hide	2:59
6	February Sixth (Anti Life Equation)	5:00
7	Solar Fang	3:10
8	Black Light Swill	4:31
9	Cloud King	5:25
10	Shifter	3:55
11	Gravity Well	3:01
12	Monolith	3:08

FATSO JETSON Stinky Little Gods 1995

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Artist Biography by Vincent Jeffries

Fatso Jetson was formed in Palm Desert, CA, in 1994 and are often credited as the fathers of the desert strain of stoner rock made most famous by their slightly younger neighbors Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age. This might be strange considering that the genre was in full swing at the time of Fatso Jetson's inception. The reason for the group's immense stoner credibility is that key members of the group played in seminal local "desert" bands Across the River, Englenook, Yawning Man, and the Sort of Quartet: each of them being groups that the high school aged Kyuss members would frequently see perform at parties. While musically similar to some of their stoner brethren, Fatso Jetson incorporate a broader variety of musical influences that includes punk and surf. That is not to say that the band isn't capable of dishing out supremely heavy riffs and Black Sabbath-influenced guitar soloing. Certainly grounded in dense hard rock, Fatso Jetson experiment with many musical textures, instrumental epics, and bizarre lyrics to create a punky art rock all their own.
When guitarist/vocalist Mario Lalli and his bassist brother Larry kept bumping into drummer Tony Tornay at desert parties and at the Lallis' own club, Rhythm & Brews, the trio decided to start playing together and have remained as a unit since. After opening for former Black Flag guitarist and SST Records' owner Greg Ginn's band, Fatso Jetson were offered a chance to record Ginn's label. In 1995, the group recorded their debut Stinky Little Gods and followed that up in 1997 with Power of Three -- both discs appeared on SST. Kyuss and Fu Manchu drummer Brant Bjork briefly joined up as second guitarist and appeared on two 7" releases before leaving the group to focus on his duties in Fu Manchu and a solo project. The band left SST and quickly hooked up with Bongload Records, who then released Fatso Jetson's third full-length disc, Toasted, in 1998. The album was recorded at Palm Desert's Munkey Studios: the undisputed center of the stoner rock universe. Guitarist and old friend Gary Arce joined the band briefly to support Toasted on tour with Queens of the Stone Age in 1999. Arce then departed in 2000. The Lalli brothers also contributed to the Desert Sessions releases that feature friends from outfits like Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age, and Earthlings. 

Tracklist

1	Kettles Of Doom	4:28
2	Joke Shop	2:27
3	Von Deuce	2:34
4	Captain Evil	1:34
5	Pressure For Posture	4:21
6	Nightmares Are Essential	2:23
7	Gargle	3:45
8	Salt Chunk Mary's	3:08
9	Highway 86	4:22
10	Corn On The Macabre	10:11

THE ROBOTS Day of the Robots 1999

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AllMusic Review by Alex Henderson

When American, British, Australian, and Irish music lovers check out the Stockholm club scene, they often feel right at home because so many Swedish artists sing in English exclusively. From jazz and blues to heavy metal, goth rock, and dance-pop, countless Swedish artists sing and write in English in the hope of getting some exposure in English-speaking markets. And in many cases, Swedish artists have no problem singing in perfect English. Listening to Day of the Robots, you would never know that the members of the Robots grew up in a country where Swedish is the primary language. The Robots sound like they could be American or British, and they play their fast, forceful, punk-minded garage rock/alternative rock with a lot of conviction. This CD isn't innovative or groundbreaking, but it's definitely focused and inspired; when the Swedes tear into loud-and-proud, riff-oriented numbers like "Speedway Child," "Instant Asshole," and "Juju Man," their enthusiasm is impossible to miss. While Day of the Robots isn't the most original album in the world, it always comes across as heartfelt. 

Tracklist

1	Mr. Suave
2	Speedway Child
3	Amen
4	Juju Man
5	It's Not You It's Me
6	Day Of The Robots
7	The Good Times Are Killing Me
8	Go Ape
9	Instant Asshole
10	Peter's Pops
11	Papa
12	Which Way
13	In Love And War
14	It Won't Happen Again