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"Hammer Party" (11/27/1992) Hardcore/Punk Big Black, Touch & GoThe HAMMER PARTY CD contains the first three Big Black EPs - LUNG, BULLDOZER, and RACER X. Big Black: Steve Albini (vocals, guitar); Santiago Durango (guitar); John Bohnen (saxophone); Jeff Pezzati (bass); Pat Byrne (drums). Additional personnel: Mark Hayes (background vocals). Recorded in Chicago, Illinois in 1982 and 1983. Includes liner notes by Steve Albini. The early '80s rock scene in Chicago seems to have been equally influenced by punk rock, industrial, and the decay of '70s cock rock. Out of this Petri dish came former writer Steve Albini and his band, Big Black. Starting as solo affair, Big Black combined these elements into a confrontational noisefest that lyrically addressed issues of concern to Chicago's largely blue-collar populace, from racism to driving trucks. Combining the first three Big Black EPs, LUNGS, BULLDOZER, and RACER-X, HAMMER PARTY features punishing drums--sometimes played live, sometimes programmed--and dual guitars (distinguished by the liner notes as "knife" and "hammer"). Pealing and skittering across the surface of the songs, these guitars call to mind the sound of tension wires stretched to their breaking points. "Steelworker" and "Cables," an ode to hanging around slaughterhouses for fun, are among the best tracks. They show Albini at his most aggressive, spitting out such lines as "I'm a murderer, I kill what I eat" and "I don't know why I come here, guess I just like the bang" with amazing vitriol. The collection closes with a brutal take on James Brown's "The Big Payback."

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"TV Party [EP]" (10/16/1990) Hardcore/Punk Black Flag (Punk), SSTBlack Flag: Dez Cadena (vocals, guitar); Henry Rollins (vocals); Greg Ginn (guitar); Chuck Dukowski (bass); Bill Stevenson, Emil (drums). Hindsight usually emphasizes the more strident, aggressive aspects of Black Flag's career. The image of Henry Rollins' muscular, tattooed physique and glowering face as he stalked the stage screaming and spitting defiant and often angry lyrics, backed by Greg Ginn's screaming, almost violent, metal-edged guitar, is the first thing that usually comes to mind. And so sometimes we forget that especially in the early days, Black Flag could be pretty damn goofy. Many of the band's early songs were silly/satiric sketches of suburban California life, but none were more ridiculous than the Ramones-meet-the-Dictators 1981 single "TV Party." Ginn's odes to cheap beer, potato chips, and a remote control--complete with shouted backing vocals calling out the names of favorite shows--are simultaneously celebratory and sardonic, and the band's playing is as light and poppy as ever. The two remaining tracks are more standard hardcore-era Black Flag tunes.

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"TV Party [EP]" (10/16/1990) Hardcore/Punk Black Flag (Punk), SSTBlack Flag: Dez Cadena (vocals, guitar); Henry Rollins (vocals); Greg Ginn (guitar); Chuck Dukowski (bass); Bill Stevenson, Emil (drums). Hindsight usually emphasizes the more strident, aggressive aspects of Black Flag's career. The image of Henry Rollins' muscular, tattooed physique and glowering face as he stalked the stage screaming and spitting defiant and often angry lyrics, backed by Greg Ginn's screaming, almost violent, metal-edged guitar, is the first thing that usually comes to mind. And so sometimes we forget that especially in the early days, Black Flag could be pretty damn goofy. Many of the band's early songs were silly/satiric sketches of suburban California life, but none were more ridiculous than the Ramones-meet-the-Dictators 1981 single "TV Party." Ginn's odes to cheap beer, potato chips, and a remote control--complete with shouted backing vocals calling out the names of favorite shows--are simultaneously celebratory and sardonic, and the band's playing is as light and poppy as ever. The two remaining tracks are more standard hardcore-era Black Flag tunes.

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"TV Party [Single]" (01/02/1991) Hardcore/Punk Black Flag (Punk), KochBlack Flag: Dez Cadena (vocals, guitar); Henry Rollins (vocals); Greg Ginn (guitar); Chuck Dukowski (bass); Bill Stevenson, Emil (drums). Hindsight usually emphasizes the more strident, aggressive aspects of Black Flag's career. The image of Henry Rollins' muscular, tattooed physique and glowering face as he stalked the stage screaming and spitting defiant and often angry lyrics, backed by Greg Ginn's screaming, almost violent, metal-edged guitar, is the first thing that usually comes to mind. And so sometimes we forget that especially in the early days, Black Flag could be pretty damn goofy. Many of the band's early songs were silly/satiric sketches of suburban California life, but none were more ridiculous than the Ramones-meet-the-Dictators 1981 single "TV Party." Ginn's odes to cheap beer, potato chips, and a remote control--complete with shouted backing vocals calling out the names of favorite shows--are simultaneously celebratory and sardonic, and the band's playing is as light and poppy as ever. The two remaining tracks are more standard hardcore-era Black Flag tunes.

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"Hammer Party" (11/27/1992) Hardcore/Punk Big Black, Touch & GoThe HAMMER PARTY CD contains the first three Big Black EPs - LUNG, BULLDOZER, and RACER X. Big Black: Steve Albini (vocals, guitar); Santiago Durango (guitar); John Bohnen (saxophone); Jeff Pezzati (bass); Pat Byrne (drums). Additional personnel: Mark Hayes (background vocals). Recorded in Chicago, Illinois in 1982 and 1983. Includes liner notes by Steve Albini. The early '80s rock scene in Chicago seems to have been equally influenced by punk rock, industrial, and the decay of '70s cock rock. Out of this Petri dish came former writer Steve Albini and his band, Big Black. Starting as solo affair, Big Black combined these elements into a confrontational noisefest that lyrically addressed issues of concern to Chicago's largely blue-collar populace, from racism to driving trucks. Combining the first three Big Black EPs, LUNGS, BULLDOZER, and RACER-X, HAMMER PARTY features punishing drums--sometimes played live, sometimes programmed--and dual guitars (distinguished by the liner notes as "knife" and "hammer"). Pealing and skittering across the surface of the songs, these guitars call to mind the sound of tension wires stretched to their breaking points. "Steelworker" and "Cables," an ode to hanging around slaughterhouses for fun, are among the best tracks. They show Albini at his most aggressive, spitting out such lines as "I'm a murderer, I kill what I eat" and "I don't know why I come here, guess I just like the bang" with amazing vitriol. The collection closes with a brutal take on James Brown's "The Big Payback."