Forcefield are the world's punkest fucking band right now

i saw them play a while back and there were some tall dudes dressed in black cloaks with fake white beards whose function was, it seemed, just to push people around.

As far as recorded material goes, I don't listen to either Roggaboggas or Lord Of The Rings Modulator very much. That doesn't mean they're not good; I honestly don't listen to that much pure noise in my leisure time. I'm more of an organic noise kinda guy--I like instruments making noise more than machines. Some of the stuff on LOTRM did make me want to shake my non-existant booty, though.

Brinkman is on tour now with Mindflayer. MAKE SURE YOU GO SEE THEM. They departed last night, and are coming back in a few weeks.

I think Freakzone are punker, and they contain members of Forcefield (and just about every other band related to The Fort, for that matter.) When last they played they broke a toilet, dumped garbaged all over the floor, knocked people over, threw chairs and tables, shot tin cans from a massive canon and got yelled at by a snobby art bitch who works at AS220. The first time they played (if it was the first and if it was the same band; this 'first time' was an un-identified band with the same members less some) they shot off fireworks inside, used spraypaint in a non-ventilated area and lit stuff on fire. All while dressed as a bunny and a crazy scientist with a big block head. That was pretty punk.

tried to go see some f.f. videos last weekend here (nyc) at the kreps gallery. maybe it was too late, but it was empty when i got there. mindflayer are playing in long island city this weekend. will for sure check that out. a few months ago i picked up the "f.f. video collection" on vhs at kreps when pleasurehorse played and they showed f.f. videos. they had another vhs tape there that i did not pick up and have cursed myself for not doing so. ben mcoskar was really nice and answered a lot of questions for me there.

i would have to agree with ian, in that i don't listen to f.f. all that often. but, when i'm in the mood they hit the spot. their overall aesthetic (visual and musical) is so cool.

Matt Brinkman's solo work is limited to the Transmittens CD on Vermiform, a split LP with Pleasurehorse and some casettees (I think.) Maybe also some CD-R releases as Meerk Puffy; a split CD-R with Nautical Almanac definitely.

I can't really direct you to a website, unfortunately.. bulbrecords.com and loadrecords.com might have some information. I think there was a page on bostonnoise.com with a Brinkman discography on it, but I think it's old and out-dated.

Will check out Transmittens for sure...

thanks again for the info!

http://thunderrecords.animaldisguise.com/catalog.html

the freakzone ep is listed there. i have a bunch of the real slow radio volumes and they are really great. cool mix cds stuff from (i guess) mostly providence pepople.

where can one order this amazing piece of plastic?

in related news - anyone heard Noxagt?? I loved Kjetil's solo stuff, though I assume this is way different. What does he play in the band? Is the CD worth getting?

www.heresee.com

i am not sure if this is still in print though...

ring modulator  ----- envelope filter ----- phase shifter
       |                                          |
       |                                    distortion
       |                                         |
       ---------------------------------------chorus
                                                 |
                                             amplifier or more effects

Instant fun!

Meerk Puffy's LP on Animal Disguise is absolutely amazing. Psychdelic oscillator and thump thump weird stuff. Locked grooves for additional stoned confusion.

forcefield used to just be two people, brinkman and p.lobe--they were, i think, the only ones on the early CDRs. they're definitely the only ones on lord of the ring modulator.

what does Forcefield actually sound like? I tinker with CoolEdit just like the next guy but I don't how to decipher Jon's diagram.

they sound like muppets in a garage disposal...that is, awesome.

http://www.fortthunder.org/music/ff/

There's earlier stuff there and...

http://www.loadrecords.com/bands/forcefield.html

newer stuff there.

Ian's post now has me researching freakzone.

Oh! There's a Real Slow Radio mp3 here:

http://www.bulbrecords.com/MP3.html

I poked at Armageddon's web site ( http://www.armageddonshop.com/ ) but didn't find any Thunder stuff.

Off Topic: Hey look, spot the ILXer here!
http://www.animaldisguise.com/bands.htm

A live document of a spur-of-the-moment collaboration between NEIL BURKE (MEN'S RECOVERY PROJECT), MR. BRINKMAN (FORCEFIELD and MINDFLAYER), and FAST FORWARD, captured July 7th, 2002 at the Common Ground--Battleboro, Vermont's 30-year-old hippie collective restaurant and bar. Upon arrival at the club the artists discovered no promotion had been done and the house P.A. was locked up in the manager's office--who naturally had left for the night. Subsequently, the performers broke into the office, freed the P.A., and joined forces in a punishing assault of pure noise freakout--delivered with an arsenal of analog sound devices, over-effected guitar, and vocal body slams--performed to a horrified audience of a handful of hippie transients. When life hands you lemons, hippies get hurt.

Pretty fun listen.

The trick is to make a LINK to his website (or mindflayer or laserbeast) and then click it from the thread. BAMF!

new haven for berkeley refugees

HEY LOOK! IT'S IAN, DAVE AND BALDING JON!
http://www.cca.org/dave/images/draper-dave.jpg

i don't think mindflayer are touring anytime soon! if they are, i haven't heard about it.

since i posted about cdrs with rekkid grooves, i got the nautical 'we want war' tour cdr which is like that. it's crazzzzy.

are you EVER going to get your computer back?

re: KRAP- i am ripping this now for Nate. It's a pretty good record, but in general I'd rather listen to Brinkman's solo stuff, as I'm not a big fan of Neil Burke (as either Sinking Body or Man's Recovery Project) or Fast Forward. I think this was recorded during that short tour the three of them did around the time of Tin Can Full of Dreams--they all three played in Providence after the fest one day, and I think left on tour? dave correct me if i'm wrong, pls.

^ forcefield has gone off in new directions

Or a drunkenly scrawled straight-edge X?

the mindflayer reissue... eh. that one isn't as good as the one on Bulb, it's true.

forcefield are still the punkest band eva.

whoa!

I just picked this up for $3. Supposedly it is Matt Brinkman attacking the Wolf Eyes discography. Track 3 is perhaps the most brutal remix I have ever heard. Let me set the scene for you:

It is 800 AD. You are a druid on a misty moor. A UFO touches down during your pagan ritual, and the aliens mind meld you to teach you the secrets of advanced civilization. Your brain is full of terrible scorching magnesium lights. Magnetic lines are burned into the earth. The ground is scorched by radiation. The Elder Gods do not relent in filling your primitive mind with their secrets. Their spaceship hums.