Is he gone? Okay... this is just a quick one while he's away...
CARBONAS - 1st EP (demo?)
Okay, so I've lived in Atlanta since 1998 and have watched as the scene went from struggling post-noise rock to self congratulatory R&R into the blossoming underground units we have today. It's no surprise that Black Lips, Deerhunter and Carbonas are all on the rise - they all hung out together, booked all of the good shit from outta town, and had to play increasingly competitive gigs. Ultimately the Lips prevailed, I mean, the DAY AFTER 9/11 these dumbasses advertised their next show on a photocopy of the second plane about to hit. This all came after the penis fires and on stage head - as far as rock that makes adults really angry goes, of course they were destined for greatness. Deerhunter, well, being too close to the source, I 'll say they're a great live act and move on to Carbonas.
Carbonas are still pretty good, but the original line up is my favorite. At the time they formed, I worked with singer Greg and then guitarist BJ (later of The Lids, now in some other thing I can't remember) at a pizza joint. Greg and I bonded over 80's thrash metal and GISM, but BJ was pure entertainment. Here's some nuggets from BJ's oeuvre: A girl told him to hold a fire cracker till it exploded, he did. His fingers went numb and he'd keel over practically in tears whenever he coughed for a week. He claimed to never practice playing guitar because, as he put it "I don't want to get better". After leaving Carbonas (I think he may have refused learning a third chord), BJ started The Lids, which was him, a drummer, and four of the hottest girls in town on back up vocals - none of whom would give him the time of day. BJ was/is awesome in his own tragic way.
Carbonas seem to be poised to really blow up this year and join the kids in 'THE ATLANTA SCENE tm', so I thought I'd let loose this demo EP I got off Greg in 2001 (I think). They do a Real Kids tune, 'Jaguar Ride' (who coulda clued them in on the Electric Eels? hmmm) and six originals in about 12 minutes of raw as fuck snot rawk. Great stoof. link in comments, you greedy fux.
