God Bullies – Kill The King (1994)

First time I heard this album I couldn’t stop listening to is for weeks. It’s a well written journey that starts off with the anthemic almost uplifting “Neighborhood Kids” and ends up deep in the freak fest of “Artificial Insemination By Aliens” and the purely satanic “Hate”. The album sounds a lot less musically spasmodic than earlier God Bullies; there has certainly been a cutback on the sampling but no compromise on sound. A punchey raw rocking combo all tied together with the manic preaching of front man Mike Hard (if you like the bullies check out “Thrall” too). There’s a reason why these guys have a following willing to kill and it’s not just the cult brain washing effort.

It’s also worth checking out “Teenage Larvae” comprised of David B. Livingstone (God bullies guitarist) and Kevin Rutmanis (Cow’s e.t.c.)

God Bullies – King Of Sling

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(Sorry link updated - 19/7/12)

Sweet Teens - .​.​.​"this aint england" & the ominous horror (2012)

I made the mistake of googling Sweet Teens without a safe-filter, I don't think the band chose their name based on a love of dubious porn, but I recommend adding the words "band" or "music, melbourne" if you are gonna try to look them up online.
.​.​.​"this aint england" & the ominous horror is a tasty bit of good, solid, melbourne sound. Taking cues from The Clash and others of that ilk, their tunes sway from loose to tight, but never too much of either. Thoroughly, enjoyably toe-tapping. Standard guitar, bass, drums with all voices getting involved. Prolifically gigging 'round melbs at the moment, get involved.

(no video available due to being bombarded with porn when I search)


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Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz Funk Greats (1979)

Throbbing Gristle were pioneers of early industrial music, who evolved out of the performance art consortium COUM Transmissions. Comprised of performance artist and ex pornography actress Cosey Fanni Tutti~ vox, guitar, synth, keys, cornet, Counterculture propagator and founder of Thee Temple Ov Psychick Youth, Genesis P-Orridge~vox, guitar, synth, bass, clarinet, keys, violin, and "vibes", Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson~ vox, cornet, special effects, tapes (who went on to be part of Psychic TV, Coil), and Chris Carter~ vox, keys, synth, drum and rhythm programming, sequencing. 20 Jazz Funk Greats contains little to no jazz or funk, the cover is a ruse in the style of TISM's Machiavelli and the four seasons the unassuming backdrop is Beachy Head a popular suicide spot. The album has all kinds of flavour, at times swoony (in the breathy Hot on the heels of love), zone-out-dreamy (Exotica, Beachy Head, Tanith), oppressively nightmarish (Six six sixties, What a day), toe tappingly throb-driven (like in Still Walking and the Kraftwork-esque Walkabout) or just all-out creepy (Persuasion).

Convincing People - Throbbing Gristle


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Cows – Cunning Stunts (1992)

The Cows are one of the first “Noise rock” bands I really got into along with Pussy Galore. Between Shannon Selburg’s (also of the heroine sheiks) wild screaming and bugle blasting and Thor’s twisted idea of what a guitar should sound like these guys really pushed some boundaries. It’s music with more attitude than anything I’d herd before, a real keys stone amp-rep band and one that certainly solidified my interest in the label. Kevin Rutmanis (bass) also later ended up playing for The Melvins and Tomahawk. There is also a cover of the midnight cowboy theme (“You only live twice” theme take 2).

Cows – Mine

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