Saturday, November 28, 2009

Wingnut Supreme-F96

I booked Wingnut Supreme at a show opening for Earth Crisis in 1998. I’d never heard them before, but I was impressed with their ridiculously low tuning and harsh, mid-tempo hardcore sound. I bought a copy of their CD, F96, which became a favorite of mine (one of my old bands used to cover their song “Megatron”). Details on this band are hard to come by. They apparently got started playing in southern Louisiana, then moved to Los Angeles to try to make it big. As far as I can tell, this CD issued in 1998 by T.O.N. Records was their only official release. The band had a truly unique sound, and it’s a shame they never got further as an act. It’s worth checking out their MySpace page; while short on details, it does have some songs from an even more obscure release called "Hardhead" (perhaps a demo tape?).

1. Daily Drug
2. Virtual Primer
3. Gov'ner
4. Megatron
5. Kingfish '88
6. Cinema
7. Drain the Power
8. Van Nuys Mardi Gras
9. Status Quo
10. Dead Tradition
11. Bagasse

Enjoy

Friday, November 13, 2009

The Trashwomen-Lust 7” and Spend The Night With The Trashwomen LP


The Trashwomen were an all-female surf/punk act based in San Francisco in the 90’s. They alternated between instrumental surf numbers and punky garage rock songs with raunchy lyrics. Frontwoman Elka Zolot was a hell of a guitar player, and she pulls of some tricky surf playing with ease. They released three 7” records and two LPs during their existence as a band (as well as a live album). The download includes “Lust”, their first 7”, as well as “Spend the Night With the Trashwomen”, their first LP. The records were released in 1992 and 1993 respectively.

Lust 7”

1. Aphrodisia
2. Cat Walk
3. Dragula
4. Surf Creature

Spend the Night With the Trashwomen LP

1. Marguya
2. Perversion
3. Daddy Love
4. Peter Gunn
5. Dates On Me
6. Nightmare At The Drag
7. Sling Rave Curvette
8. Space Needle
9. Justine
10. Quasimoto
11. Cum On Baby
12. I'm Trash

Enjoy