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The Gruesomes - GRU ESO MANIA

(A Vinyl Frisbee Review) (Og Records)

by Chris Vessey

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These boys are in pain, the Gem) was WRONG— that much is obvious. They THIS disc is the ultimate sing as if they are hung in tacky-garage-punk music. education ang co over. Maybe they are. To The lead singer does not -

be truthful, all the songs sound pretty much the same. Whang whang whang on the guitar (they sound like they’re raping their guitfid- dles with sledgehammers). Sounds like early-70’s bad British rock. What could you truly have to say about a group who title their songs "Outta My Mind”, You Said YEAH” and Leave My Kitten Alone’’?

In case you haven’t guessed, this is another great production of Og records. To quote the jacket, This

he moans and groans and yells. The musical effects are not—— age old tremolo (that wow-wow effect) and the use

of feedback (when you put a microphone in front of the speaker it’s playing through) are the only real “effects”. It’s low-tech and low-budget. It’s also bad.

I did not enjoy doing this review; as a matter of fact, I’ve tried to put it off for as long as possible. If you don’t believe how bad these people are, listen to them for yourself.

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