24-7 Spyz: C/D

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No Spyz thread yet. They were relegated to the outer reaches of radio/MTV play during the glorious funk metal revolution. Not surprising either, considering their lead singer's name was "Peter Fluid"; the horny hippie vibe that Fishbone cultivated so well on tracks like "Bonin' in the Boneyard" failed miserably on Spyz cuts like "Culo Posse."

However, after half the band left in the early 90s, they released an ep of much tighter and more soulful material - "This Is ... 24-7 Spyz" - that was one of my favorite joints of '91.

I haven't listened to these guys in over a decade, but I'm considering trying to stock up. Are they worth digging around in the $0.99 bins for?

kingkongvsgodzilla, Thursday, 19 July 2007 20:57 (seventeen years ago) link

They were pretty killer live. I wouldn't mind hearing the first two full-lengths again. Didn't much like that EP, though.

unperson, Thursday, 19 July 2007 21:01 (seventeen years ago) link

"glorious funk metal revolution"

Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 19 July 2007 21:06 (seventeen years ago) link

Are Rage Against The Machine basically funk metal? I think they are.

Matt #2, Thursday, 19 July 2007 21:07 (seventeen years ago) link

yes

Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 19 July 2007 21:13 (seventeen years ago) link

Tongue-in-cheek about gloriousness of funk-metal revolution, btw. But when I was 13, I identified fully with it and am trying to go back and separate the duds from the crap.

kingkongvsgodzilla, Thursday, 19 July 2007 21:17 (seventeen years ago) link

Uh, you know what I mean. I never really got RATM.

kingkongvsgodzilla, Thursday, 19 July 2007 21:19 (seventeen years ago) link

Infectious Grooves haha

Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 19 July 2007 21:26 (seventeen years ago) link

"I sang with Aqueduct Pocket! I sang with Relaxed Atmosphere! I sang with Third World Lover! ... You ever heard of them?"

kingkongvsgodzilla, Thursday, 19 July 2007 21:31 (seventeen years ago) link

Heads Up!

Matt #2, Thursday, 19 July 2007 21:32 (seventeen years ago) link

these guys were pretty dope back in the day

chaki, Thursday, 19 July 2007 21:54 (seventeen years ago) link

esp. live as was mentioned

blunt, Thursday, 19 July 2007 22:37 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah, i used to love these guys

Tracer Hand, Thursday, 19 July 2007 23:41 (seventeen years ago) link

damned if i can remember a single song but i recall a fishbone/faith no more/urban dance squad vibe

Tracer Hand, Thursday, 19 July 2007 23:42 (seventeen years ago) link

which is probably way off - those were other bands i liked back then, though!

Tracer Hand, Thursday, 19 July 2007 23:42 (seventeen years ago) link

It's spot-on, maybe add Living Colour too

blunt, Friday, 20 July 2007 00:07 (seventeen years ago) link

why Bad Brains even

blunt, Friday, 20 July 2007 00:09 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, maybe it's because I actually saw them live (where they didn't have any horn players), but I think more Quickness-era Bad Brains + early Kool & The Gang (the Spyz covered "Jungle Boogie" on their first album) + maybe thrash-era Suicidal Tendencies (Rocky George = forgotten black rock hero).

unperson, Friday, 20 July 2007 00:51 (seventeen years ago) link

Rocky was the man. I know that the Spyz counted Nuclear Assault/Scatterbrain among their contemporaries, by way of John Connelly. There was definitely a strong thrash element on the first two records.

kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 20 July 2007 00:58 (seventeen years ago) link

rocky is in fishbone now btw

chaki, Friday, 20 July 2007 01:02 (seventeen years ago) link

three years pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYBFIT8_jLA

kkvgz, Thursday, 21 October 2010 00:46 (fourteen years ago) link

I wish the funk-metal revolution worked better than it did.

Remember the Dayne! (u s steel), Thursday, 21 October 2010 10:54 (fourteen years ago) link

four years pass...

I was thinking about this band this morning for some reason. Listening to Harder Than You now and while it definitely sounds like 1990 to me (it came out in 1989 but I didn't hear it until '90) but I'm digging it.

I think I put "Spyz Dope" on every mix tape I made during college.

carl agatha, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 13:44 (ten years ago) link

I saw them live & fell asleep :/ but it was because I moshed so hard to the opening band, Follow For Now, who were so fucking good that night

droit au butt (Euler), Wednesday, 5 November 2014 13:46 (ten years ago) link

ten years pass...

Aw man, this sucks. RIP P. Fluid.

https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/01/14/bronx-man-found-beaten-death-ambulette-was-groundbreaking-rocker

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 15 January 2025 06:35 (three weeks ago) link

Damn. That's sad news. Not what I was hoping for when I opened the thread. R.I.P. Peter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUMmHTcYeSU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjl2vBHn5E8

peace, man, Wednesday, 15 January 2025 12:35 (three weeks ago) link


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