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Static Age
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Static Age
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Recorded thanks to some studio time received in exchange for giving up an early label name claimed by another company, though unreleased in its original form until its appearance on
,
shows that early on
' particular vision was strong enough to last over a full-vinyl set. "Full" being relative, admittedly; like the band's other few full-length efforts,
barely cracks the half-hour mark, packing in 14 songs (plus a brief crackle of, naturally, static at the start and finish). Everyone in the band as they stood at the time just smokes; the recording quality is raw and strong, and those qualities which helped
stand out from the pack, especially
's amazing singing and
's fierce guitar takes on the singer's melodies, are on fine display. There's a fair amount of clangor and mess, to be sure, but it all sounds perfectly intentional, capturing a blend of
mess, horror theatrics, and wicked humor that was theirs alone. Classics abound:
with its blatant
end sample, the ridiculously entertaining sex fantasy
the perfectly pissed off
and the crashed thrashers
and
Then there's the brilliant
cartoon criminal
idiocy turned into
madness later made famous by
fanatics
. Given how many tracks slipped out here and there over time on the various overlapping compilations, hardcore fans will find this a bit redundant in the end, but newcomers to the group will find this essential. Discographical matters got even more confused in later years when
was issued as a stand-alone effort with three more songs appended from the sessions, including
and a re-recording of
~ Ned Raggett