The Kill-A-Watts-Seven Inches Of Rock

I love the internet. Back in the day if you wanted to release a bootleg you had to have your master tape taken to acetate, then send it off to a pressing plant. You’d have to pay to have all of the vinyl pressed, and then figure out a way to move all of the product so you could make your money back. Nowadays, if there’s some unreleased music you want to get out to the masses, you just do a blog post. The Kill-A-Watts were a kickass garage/punk band from Wisconsin. I booked these guys a show at the Looney Bin back in the late 90’s, and was made into an instant fan. They had a manic, rough garage sound along with strong male/female vocals. Both of their full-length albums (“Electrorock” and “Circuit Breaker Love”) are still in print and well worth having, but I feel they were at their best on the seven-inch format. Unfortunately those are all now out of print, hence the need for this illicit compilation. The Kill-A-Watts broke up in 2004, but two of the members soldiered on for a few years in the Devoesque electronic band The Monitors. You also might want to check out this live clip of the band at their prime-as well as playing great music they had some of the best moves I’ve ever seen.

1. Get Real Wild
2. Won’t Give Me
(from an unreleased demo tape circa 1999)
3. Mutant Brain
4. Treat Me Like A Jerk
(from the Mutant Brain 7” 2000)
5. Dig These Kids
6. Snotty Bastard
(from the “Dig These Kids 7” 2001)
7. Yor A Bor
(from a split 7” with the Catholic Boys 2002)
8. Microwave My Heart
9. The More That I Know You
10. Primitive
(from the “Music For Haters Vol. 4” 7” 2002)
11. Breakn’ Me Up
12. Girl’s Living Dead
13. Let’s Get High Voltage
(from the “Let’s Get High Voltage” 7” 2002)
14. Quit Tryin’
(from the “Then And Now” 7” 2003)

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