You think yer a punk, punk? Want some of the real junk? Here's the gen-yew-wine article, Junior. More'n two chords? What are ya, a Proggy? This is the shit Mommy was scared ya might hear some day. Forget all about clinical "separation" of the guitar & bass-- crank 'em both up... and yes, their amps really did go to 11. The Sick Things, straight outta Melbourne, Australia were the kinda guys that woulda gladly drilled those holes fer Chuck Berry to indulge in his love for pee-pee.
Formed in 1979, it's amazing that four guys with the last name Sick (Dugald, Gary, Mick & Geoff) managed to find each other-- I mean what are the odds? I've never even met one. Come to think of it, I've never met anyone named Dugald, either. They called their battery of noise "Puke Wave", which is honest enough, though I think "Shitcore" would be every bit, if not more appropriate. And I mean that as the highest praise-- for example: check out what they managed to do with the Exploited's pointless piece of garbage, "Blown to Bits"-- didn't think you'd ever find that 'un listenable, didja?
For illustrative purposes, and becuz I'm sure an overwhelming majority of y'all have never heard a note by these monsters, I've got some samples for ya-- first, make sure those shitty little computer speakers of yours are at a "check the warranty" volume. Then, be dazzled by Thug-Punk classics like "I Like Pills", "Prime Minister" and the aforementioned Exploited cover:
Now look in the comments and get the other 12 Smokin' Slabs, Slim-- and while yer at it, leave some gawddamn feedback!
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well i guess production really is everything.....just think how good any band in the world, let's just say the food fighters would sound with this production! thanks
ReplyDeleteYeah. That's the way to do it. Now, on the sleeve of their "Committed To Suicide" 7" they do describe themselves as having"...flare and drive for tasteless music..." and "...unbeknonwn to them, they have been drugged to drive them insane..." and you can guess the rest (at least the spirit) just by listening to the record. Another thing it says is that Dugald's name is Bluuuugh- maybe that is the answer :he is the secret glue that went out on an evil mission and found all the Sicks.
ReplyDeletelots of thanks for this, jake.
I could happily throw away a good load of my punk records and only ever listen to this for the rest of my life! Who needs anything else? (Well, I might exaggerate, but not much) - Where the hell did you find this? Me Likey very muchly!
ReplyDeleteWhen I worked at a record store, we had a pretty decent pipeline into the Aussie stuff. This showed up on one of their lists about (I think) 8-9 years ago, and I immediately snagged it.
ReplyDeletewow love this
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jc
My ears hurt!
ReplyDeleteoh, Dugald's real name (but really real- not as i wrote earlier) is Dugald McKenzie
ReplyDeletewhich he used in a later band-Venom P. Stinger. a bit disappointing that, Sick or Bluuuugh sound much better
Fantastic!
ReplyDeleteAny chance you have any Gizmos??
Thanks - glad to see your sight back up...
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ReplyDeleteYou have the Sounds of Silence CD around? I've got the vinyl, but too many things to digitize..."I like pills" is where it's at.
ReplyDeleteHaHA bet yas never thought i would be alive....Gary Sick here, just doin a search on how many places are still talkin bout the band... Hey you people thanks for all ya great comments about the music (if ya could call it that). If ya wann hear the clearist recording of the sick things then try to find a copy of our first gig we did at Dandy collage.. or go here you can download 3 songs..... http://www.myspace.com/thesickthings
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Fuckin' excellent!
ReplyDeleteYou guys were the FUCKIN' KINGS of Puke Wave!
i was the drummer in this band (The Sick Things) for a while i can almost remember it too. What a bloody great time i had The Duke of York The crystal Ballroom and lots of partys and stuff geeez we had a bloody great time playin Dugald and Geoff R I P you two its something i will never forget cheers Gary Sick
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