DWARVES - Horror Stories
This ain't the Dwarves that released generic pop-punk on the Epitaph label. Nor is it the Dwarves that put out a few albums of GG Allin-esque scuzz-punk on Sub Pop. This is yer creepy old uncle's (the guy the rest of your family politely never mentions) Dwarves. Sure Blag Dahlia/Jesus/whateverthefuckhecallshimselfnow and HeWhoCannotBeNamed are present on this recording, but it sho don't sound like the stuff they're (in)famous for.
Before there was Dwarves, there was Chicago's Suburban Nightmare who seemed to have had the none-too-lofty aspirations of jumping on the 80's garage revival bandwagon. Luckily, with their barely-rudimentary musicianship and undoubted mass consumption of illicit substances, they would never reach that goal. After a name change and a relocation to San Francisco, Greg Shaw knew a bad thing when he saw it & signed 'em to his Voxx imprint. The result was this fuzzily blissed-out lysergic masterpiece.
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yeah, almost the best Dwarves stuff ever. this, the "Lick It/Nothing" 45, the "I Wanna Kill Your Boyfriend/Sit On My Face" 45, "Toolin For A Warm Teabag" 12", and the demo version of "Fuckhead" on the Voxx comp LP called "The Secret Team" are without a doubt essential!!
ReplyDeleteits no secret that "Blood Guts & Pussy" changed my life back when it came out, & "Thank Heaven For Little Girls" has some Stalin-esque moments that would make Michiro Endoh smile. unfortunately, anytime i try to re-listen to those 2 LPs anymore,enyahhh...they HAVE NOT aged well.
that being said, the one time i saw these low-lifes live was when the atrocious "Sugarfix" LP was brand-new, and i cant describe the earth-shattering experience it was. probably the only better live band i ever saw was Gauze; but thats another subject entirely.
also, im glad its not just me that thinks their post SubPoop output is complete shit. i thought it was lame pop shit then & was told i was full of shit & didnt know nothin'. thanks for the vindication!
and if poppunk isnt bad enough, theyre now just re-hashin' themselves anymore. their last LP was nothing but a updated & somewhat identically repackaged knock-off of "Blood Guts & Pussy", and its such a sad parody of themselves, im embarrassed for them.
...ah well...
The last one I heard was "Dwarves Must Die" which was such a lackluster piece of shit I couldn't even make it all the way through. It sounded like a mixture of the Epitaph dogshit and latter-day, very lame Turbonegro-style nonsense. NO. THANKS.
ReplyDeleteThat's what happens when you have no job skills and an incredible dependency on the DRUGZ!
ReplyDeleteI had a close friend who was dating Bruce Loose and went on tour with Flipper & Dwarves (I believe it was HWCNBN's last tour with them)in uh.. '92? They sent us a video of a bunch of shows and... it was depressing to watch these guys just kinda flop about. Dope fueled decadence just doesn't look so glamorous on video, I guess.
Of course I was HEAVILY into both bands at the time (I even bought 'American Grafishy' duhhh), but that pretty much killed it. Like when I saw the Danzig home video: "Oh, he's an idiot!" SHOCK!
RE: Comparative Nut Kick
Okay, YEAH, YEAH, It's way closer, but I never said Acid Eater was a friggin' PG clone band (there are really NO Pussy Galore clones)! Just 'influenced'. As in one of many influences.
THANKS for the DWARVES Jake, I never checked this one out as I basically hated 'Thank Heaven' (where's the violence?)and the above stated reasons.
WEDGE!
ReplyDeleteRemember - 90% of middle aged 'punks' LOVE pop music - but it's made up of pre-approved punk power chords - so it's 'punk rock'. Seriously, I work at a 'punk' bar here in Atlanta and these guys listen to nothing but classic punk (Clash, Pistols, Ramones, Kennedy's) and this candy ass 'punk' that sounds completely 'la la la' bubblegum. It's silly sounding ding-a-ling stuff - but these guys all think it's just the hardest shit ever! GAH!
Awright, now I'm just venting...
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ReplyDeleteThis is my favorite Dwarves record, although I like some of the stuff on SubPop. Wedge is right about them being totally embarrassing these days. Bands like this never age gracefully, should've OD'd years ago. I never got to see them live, they were gonna open for The Cramps but cancelled and were replaced by one of those terrible late 90's rockabilly bands. Black Jack's Crown Whiskey Ass Crack Revue was their name, or something stupid like that.
ReplyDelete....marshole, shut the fuck up with your my dick is bigger than everybody else's in that punk bar attitude...so fucking what they like the clash and the rest...so fucking what...add some neil young to the list and what...its not cool enough for you....fuck you then...how old are you fuck 12...if it moves them...what thats not good enough for warshole....jake thee pope of bliss speak to the new help...i'm not liking this...no....not liking this...at all...
ReplyDeleteWoah, woah woah!
ReplyDeleteYou don't necessarily hafta agree with Mars' opinions my friend, or even like him for that matter-- you barely ever agree with me, man! I don't make ya tone down your outlook though, do I?
Let's face it, Music Circa 21st Century has become a big pissing match with every "dog" zealously guarding their own little marginalized hunk o' turf-- I don't like it, you obviously don't, but we're all guilty of it at one point or another. So relax & enjoy the tunes, ok? I'm not trying to be patronizing, either-- I really enjoy your input even if it may be the polar opposite of mine at times-- that's what makes this comments section entertaining (and why I'm always clamoring for more).
Ah, he's got a right (and a point) and I'm not some petite flower that can't handle a little criticism! I'm 275 lb. black man who plays extreme rock music - I'M USED TO IT.
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Please go back and re-read what I said. I'm not slamming the classics (although I DO believe the youth should - when I see a kid with a mohawk and the rest of the 'uniform', I think the end of the teenager must be around the corner - but I'll elaborate elsewhere and send you an invite, which you'll ignore)! I love that stuff (well, maybe not the Clash, but the rest - definitely). I'm not going to apologize about my dislike of 'Horrorpops', 'Mad Sin', 'Turbonegro', NEW 'Dwarves', any handful of punk ska, and all of that crap. I don't like it, it's embarrassing stuff!
I mean, if they would keep their beerfunnels shut about me and my music then maybe I'd have less of a problem with it. But no such luck. I occasionally have some fuckin' rockasilly punker who probably spends more time in front of the mirror than his wife telling me why my music (my PERSONAL MUSIC that I actually WRITE) isn't 'makin it' (favorite advice "You need catchy choruses" this after the same dude told me my stuff is too repetitive - think about it)- even though I NEVER ASKED FOR THEIR OPINION IN THE FIRST PLACE!
BUT! Absolutely GO, you are RIGHT. If it moves them, then great, I really shouldn't deny them that (and in reality I don't, unless they're dumb enough to ASK for my opinion). It's just to have to hear this stuff OVER & OVER & OVER, with absolutely nothing outside of a very narrow scope (I'd LOVE to hear some Neil Young in there)- it gets old and yeah, I was venting. And wrong.
So, we cool? Or are you gonna keep with the fuckity fuckholey-o fuck suck? Cuz that's just... you couldn't have been that upset...
I mean, 'The Help'? Easy, Rhett Butler, get your angina meds before you have a chest burster!
I do like 'Marshole', though... that's some funny shit!
...dearest jake and mars and all Spending Loud Night fans around the world on the internet and on shortwave at sea...lets put this to bed shall we...i really and truly appreciate the effort you boys have put out to try and get poor old me to calm down get back in line and stop making a fuss about nothing and take my medication...i agree...mars old boy you did not deserve my rude rant...i am ashamed...i had no idea my mean words could have such an impact...please big internet world i am truly and deeply embarrassed...i guess i should watch what i say heh...i will say 3 Hail Marys and 2 Our Fathers before i go to bed...and will refrain from any pleasurable activity... tonight...i can listen to the Dwarves though because there ain't much pleasure there...is that someone in the control room screaming between songs "weirder..weirder..i need more weirder...and give me more reverb...."
ReplyDeleteYes. To bed. But DON'T watch what you say. If you've got a beef have it out! I LIKE debate. And in this instance you were right, so cool on you.
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