Tuesday, October 27, 2009

FEEDERZ: LIVING ROOM DEMO 1979/80.



To me, the finest punk groups with the greatest sense of cultural vitality possess the skill to move past the simple confines of the genre. The Feederz are one of the finest examples of such bands. Before even playing a gig, the band distributed literature that was interpreted as being a terrorist communiqué. Their first gig was highlighted by singer Frank Discussion firing blanks from anAR-15 assault riffle into the audience. In 1982, Discussion composed an anti-school manifesto entitled “Bored With School” that posed as an announcement from the Arizona Department of Education. These pamphlets were somehow not checked for content and distributed in large quantities. Facing inevitable prosecution, Discussion fled Arizona and took refuge in San Francisco were the second lineup of the Feederz was formed.

Some testimony to their recorded output is clearly necessary. “Ever Feel Like Killing Your Boss?” is simply one of the best hardcore records ever released. The tracks are truly diverse and show that the band was musically competent and ideologically clever. The lyrical themes reside beyond the confines of political correctness while also being truly seditious. In situationalist fashion, the sleeve of the album is enshrined in sandpaper so that it could damage and thus devalue your other albums.

The “Living Room” demo was recorded in late 1979 and early 1980 and feature the first lineup of the group. These tracks were recorded in bass player Clear Bob's living room. All four songs from the "Jesus" EP are included on this demo as well as many tracks from the yet to be recorded debut LP. "Peter Gunn Theme" was compiled on the all California "Killed By Death" Volume 12 and “Stop Your Killing Me” has been compiled on “Killed By Death” Volume 14.

Track list:
1. Subscription (cut)
2. Just Like Your Mom (Vox Pop)
3. Mommy’s Gone
4. Dead Bodies
5. Avon Lady
6. RU 19
7. Jesus
8. Smile
9. Peter Gunn Theme
10. Terrorist
11. Stop You’re Killing Me
12. Destruction Unit
13. Vulvateen

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5 comments:

  1. HELL YEAH, THANKS!!!!

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  2. Vox Pop covered Destruction Unit as well. Most of Vox Pop were originally from Arizona.

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  3. Hey man I'm really digging this blog. Just one thing, when I try to extract the files from this Feederz demo I get an "Unexpected end of archive" error and can't get any of the songs. Could you re-upload it? Thanks.

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  4. this is fantastic, wow! it makes me want to steak jello's wife, that's how good it is!

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