― Lil' Fancy Kpants (The K is Silent) (ex machina), Friday, 16 April 2004 20:17 (twenty years ago) link
― Broheems (diamond), Friday, 16 April 2004 20:18 (twenty years ago) link
*snore*
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 16 April 2004 20:20 (twenty years ago) link
― Lil' Fancy Kpants (The K is Silent) (ex machina), Friday, 16 April 2004 20:23 (twenty years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 16 April 2004 20:24 (twenty years ago) link
no
― morris pavilion (samjeff), Friday, 16 April 2004 21:58 (twenty years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 16 April 2004 22:12 (twenty years ago) link
you got a problem with cock or something?
the band vincebus eruptum is pretty good, actually. i didn't want to like it, but it takes metal and puts a kind of glazed, paint-huffing spin on it. ain't as good as necronomitron, but it is damn good.
― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Friday, 16 April 2004 22:36 (twenty years ago) link
― Broheems (diamond), Friday, 16 April 2004 22:38 (twenty years ago) link
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Friday, 16 April 2004 22:39 (twenty years ago) link
― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Friday, 16 April 2004 22:45 (twenty years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 16 April 2004 22:47 (twenty years ago) link
― jack cole (jackcole), Friday, 16 April 2004 23:06 (twenty years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 16 April 2004 23:12 (twenty years ago) link
But not as great as Outsideinside, which is amazing.
As is the Randy Holden songs on New! Improved!...
― donut bitch (donut), Saturday, 17 April 2004 06:17 (twenty years ago) link
wha?!
― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Saturday, 17 April 2004 07:41 (twenty years ago) link
― eedd, Saturday, 17 April 2004 11:46 (twenty years ago) link
(i was trying to say, "what the hell are you talking about? outsideinside barely comes up to vincebus eruptum's KNEE, man.")
― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Saturday, 17 April 2004 12:15 (twenty years ago) link
but i go for dumber/loudest every time.
― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Saturday, 17 April 2004 12:17 (twenty years ago) link
I got old Vincebus Eruptum for a buck not too long ago...
― John 2, Saturday, 17 April 2004 12:37 (twenty years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Saturday, 17 April 2004 14:12 (twenty years ago) link
That first record is a blueprint and cornerstone of rock music, obviously. But it is pretty much just "imSTRUNGOUTimSTRUNGOUTimSTRUNGOUTimSTRUNGOUTimSTRUNGOUTimSTRUNGOUTimSTRUNGOUTimSTRUNGOUTimSTRUNGOUTimSTRUNGOUTimSTRUNGOUT" non-stop. Outsideinside is the album that still shows the skills and noise but has things that I actually want to go back and listen to, far more often. "Just A Little Bit" is their best song, especially for the sudden surprise white noise ending. If only that lineup had continued, I'd have been very curious. ah well.
― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 19 April 2004 00:05 (twenty years ago) link
I too picked up Vincebus Eruptum on vinyl this weekend after having it on my to-buy list for about 10 years. Concur with Shakey's verdict above: it is great. What about the rest of Blue Cheer's catalogue? "OutsideInside" has received praise here on ILM, so I'll try to grab that one. Allmusic has it that "New! Improved! Blue Cheer", "Blue Cheer" and even "Oh! Pleasant Hope" are good albums. Any thoughts?
― Duke, Sunday, 11 July 2010 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link
"outsideinside" freaks me out. monstrous album.
― hobbes, Sunday, 11 July 2010 20:38 (thirteen years ago) link
will definitely get it. Sundazed does a nice-looking re-issue..
― Duke, Sunday, 11 July 2010 21:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Uh buy "Outsideinside" and then download "New! Improved!" for the Randy Holden tracks. And you can pretty much forget the rest.
― Pants Perdu (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 12 July 2010 08:18 (thirteen years ago) link
I find going from Tad's Salt Lick to this back-to-back really helps explain both albums.
― pomenitul, Friday, 5 June 2020 02:52 (three years ago) link
This Randy Holden record is getting a rerelease and I am tempted, any fans here?https://www.normanrecords.com/records/180707-randy-holden-population-ii
― Neil S, Wednesday, 24 June 2020 15:13 (three years ago) link
An incredible album. I'd had a burned CD-R copy for years, so I was thrilled when I saw Riding Easy finally got it reissued in the States with Holden's full participation. It's been bootlegged so often over the years. I've only got the CD copy, but it sounds so good. Such a killer record.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 15:15 (three years ago) link
Well that's me sold, thanks! Apparently the copies Norman are selling are signed by the man himself.
― Neil S, Wednesday, 24 June 2020 15:22 (three years ago) link
Yeah I know Riding Easy did the same thing with signed LP copies. Enjoy, it's really great. Really makes you wish he hadn't taken that 20+ year hiatus from music after this one.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 15:29 (three years ago) link
Population II def classic, I should probably get a copy myself
― chipstick rebellion (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 16:13 (three years ago) link
this finally arrived the other day, and it's great, thanks for the recommendation. The guitar tone is so good, even thicker than Blue Cheer, like early Sabbath, and the doomier tempos really suit that heavy sound
― Neil S, Monday, 3 August 2020 12:45 (three years ago) link