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Version 8.0 Posted 3/29/95
Changes since last time:
New Additions:
Shellac - "The Bird is the Most Popular Finger" 7"
SHELLAC AT ACTION PARK album!
btw As always, this is being posted to the ftp-site at cs.uwp.edu
WHERE THE HELL HAVE I BEEN?!?!?! dept.:
Well, to be honest, I've been busy. Coupled with laziness, and
the fact that (get this) I kinda sorta FORGOT that I did this until
some kind soul (Hi Pash) reminded me that I did this. SOrry it's been
so long, what with there being two Shellac releases since then. Won't
happen again, I promise. Regular updates will be posted.
GRAPHICS:
There are two JPEGs (there used to be three, guess someone
pulled the SONGS ABOUT FUCKING one off for some reason), namely "He's
A Whore" and "The Model" posted at the cs.uwp.edu anonymous ftp site.
There will be more posted soon as I am in the process of possibly
setting up a full color with graphics WWW version of this here document.
Could be hap. In any event, the dir. at the ftp site is:
pub/music/pictures/big.black
We're working on Rapeman and Shellac shit as well. Stay tuned.
On with our program:
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I. BIG BLACK 1982-1987
Members: Steve Albini: ching guitar, vocals (most shit on "Lungs" EP)
John Bohnen: sax bleats on "Lungs" EP
Pat Byrne: drums on "Bulldozer" EP
Santiago Durango: vroom guitar (listed as "Melvin Belli" on
SONGS ABOUT FUCKING)
Jeff Pezzati: bass ("Bulldozer" EP, "Racer X" EP, "Il Duce")
Dave Riley: bass (ATOMIZER-end)
Roland: Roland
A. "Lungs" EP Ruthless Records (recently reissued on vinyl by Touch
and Go) (1982) RRBB02 or TG89
TRACK LISTING:
Steelworker
Live In A Hole
Dead Billy
I Can Be Killed
Crack
Rip
"In the original edition of 'Lungs', there were also supplemen-
tary inserts, some of which included: dollar bills, rubber
animals, locks of Will Tizzard's hair, tiny fish hooks, cray-
ola sketches, Trini Lopez albums, bloody gauze, blasting caps,
firecrackers, razor blades, squirt pistols (loaded), antique
shop cutlery, Bazooka comics, Bruce Lee trading cards, scary
photographs, old condoms, and a bunch of other shit."
-- Steve Albini, from the HAMMER PARTY liner
notes
B. "Bulldozer" EP Ruthless Records (recently reissued on vinyl by
Touch and Go) (1983) RRBB07 or TG90
TRACK LISTING:
Cables
Pigeon Kill
I'm A Mess
Texas
Seth
Jump The Climb
"'Bulldozer' was much simpler. It came with an insert and a
poster of some scary old people in a nursing home. There were
200 of them made in acid-etched galvanized steel jackets
though. Weighed a friggin ton, too."
-- Steve Albini, from the HAMMER PARTY liner
notes.
C. "Racer X" EP Homestead Records (recently reissued on vinyl by
Touch and Go) (copies MIGHT still be available on MC) HMS007
or TG91
TRACK LISTING:
Racer X
Shotgun
The Ugly American
Deep Six
Sleep!
The Big Payback
D. THE HAMMER PARTY LP/MC/CD Homestead Records HMS044 (1985)
Touch and Go TG92
LP/MC is A + B
CD is A + B + C
E. "Il Duce/Big Money" 7" Homestead Records HMS042 (1986)
(OUT OF PRINT)
(Has been reissued by Touch&Go) TG96
F. ATOMIZER LP/MC Homestead Records HMS043 (1986)
(Blast First! UK BFFP11)
TRACK LISTING:
Jordan, Minnesota
Passing Complexion
Big Money
Kerosene
Bad Houses
Fists of Love
Stinking Drunk
Bazooka Joe
Strange Things
Cables (live)
G. "Rema Rema" 1-sided 7" (FE002) insert with an issue of FORCED
EXPOSURE, a Waltham MA zine around 1984 (GOOD FUCKING LUCK!!!!)
(reportedly HAS been booted tho)
H. "Heartbeat" 7" Touch and Go Records T&G#21
TRACK LISTING:
Heartbeat
Things To Do Today
I Can't Belive
I. "Headache" EP Touch and Go Records T&G#20
(Blast First! UK BFFP14)
TRACK LISTING:
My Disco
Grinder
Ready Men
Pete, King of All Detectives (aka "King Dick")
1. MC includes "Heartbeat" 7"
2. There is a limited version of this that goes for about
$100, in a black polyvinyl "bodybag", foil seal, and
an upclose picture of a shotgun suicide victim.
Also includes red vinyl copy of "Heartbeat" 7"
(Blast First! editions have "Il Duce" instead of
"Heartbeat" for some obscure reason)
J. RICH MAN'S 8-TRACK TAPE CD Touch and Go Records TG94
(Blast First! UK BFFP23)
Includes F, H, + I (sans "Strange Things" from ATOMIZER. Don't
ask me why.)
K. "He's A Whore/The Model" 7" Touch and Go Records T&G#23
(Blast First! UK BFFP24)
One Cheap Trick song, one Kraftwerk song, covers are
parodies/tributes to the album covers that the songs were
originally on.
L. THE INCREDIBLY CORPORATE WHORISH BIG BLACK INTERVIEW ALBUM LP Touch
and Go Records T&GINT.#1 (1987)
aka TALK ABOUT FUCKING (Blast First! UK)
Interview album
T&G edition promo-only
Blast First! editions come with a script with which one can
ask the band questions, even though the answers don't
match up. ALso the band is in the left channel and
the "German Interviewer" is in the right, so with a
little tweaking it sounds like the band is interview-
ing itself.
M. SONGS ABOUT FUCKING LP/MC/CD Touch and Go Records T&GLP#24 (1987)
(UK: Blast First! Records BFFP19)
(AUSTRALIA: AuGoGo Records ANDA24)
TRACK LISTING:
The Power of Independent Trucking
The Model
Bad Penny
L Dopa
Precious Thing
Colombian Necktie
Kitty Empire
Ergot
Kasimir S. Pulaski Day
Fish Fry
Pavement Saw
Tiny, King of the Jews
Bombastic Intro
He's A Whore (not listed on MC, but it's
there!)
N. PIGPILE MC/CD/VHS Touch and Go Records TG81 (1992)
TRACK LISTING:
Fists of Love
L Dopa
Passing Complexion
Dead Billy
Cables
Bad Penny
Pavement Saw
Kerosene
Steelworker
Pigeon Kill
Fish Fry
Jordan, Minnesota
Heartbeat (Video only)
1. Released posthumously in 1992, from their last tour
2. Video AND album were recorded in the UK
3. There was a limited edition of this that included the LP,
the video, a poster, a T-Shirt, AND a clear unlabeled
5" record of the boys covering the MAry Jane Girls'
"In My House."
O. Compilation Appearances:
THE WALING ULTIMATE (Homestead Records) (1987) HMS079
"Il Duce"
FAST 'N LOUD PRESENTS MIDDLE OF AMERICA (H.I.D./Hits of Middle
America)
1. 2 songs: "Big Payback" and "Hunter Safety (Tommy
Bartlett Dies in Pain)"
2. Not sure if this is the name of the comp., but in
any event it was put out in the mid-'80s by
WNUR, the Northwestern University radio
station. Also has NAked Raygun
HOG BUTCHER FOR THE WORLD (Mad Queen Records) (1987)
1. "Big Money" (live 11/29/86, Den Haag, Holland)
2. Another WNUR comp.
GOD'S FAVORITE DOG (Touch and Go Records) T&G#11
1. 2 songs: "Every Man for Himself" and "Crack-Up"
2. Out of Print (I think...)
NOTHING SHORT OF TOTAL WAR (Blast First! UK BFFP13) (1989)
2 songs: "Kerosene (live)" and "He's A Whore (special
mellow remix)"
DEVIL'S JUKEBOX (Blast First! UK BFDJ1-10) (1989)
BAsically a ten-7" box set of NOTHING SHORT OF TOTAL
WAR. Has the same Big Black and Rapeman tracks.
SUB POP 100 (Sub Pop Records SP010)
"Spoken Word Intro Thing"
"Happiness is Dry Pants" 7" (Chemical Imbalance CI 005)
"Burning Indian Wife"
TELLUS ALL GUITARS MC Harvestworks Records (1985)
2LP (Blast First! UK BFFP21/22) (1988)
"Pray I Don't Kill You Faggot"
Steve solo on this one, under the name Run Nigger Run;
a duet with Nate Katrud from Urge Overkill.
CODE BLUE (1984) Last Rites
"Texas (live)"
HEAD OVER EARS (1987) Playhard (UK)
"Dead Billy"
P. Promo Records
12" 5-song EP on Homestead (HMS060)
TRACK LISTING:
Big Money
Il Duce
Rip (live)
Cables (live)
Pigeon Kill (live)
I've been recently informed that Touch&Go put out a promo-CD
around the time of the re-issues that had one track from each release.
Anybody have any info. on it??
R. Bootlegs
[I will put bootlegs into this discog. IF AND ONLY IF I can get
GOOD, RELIABLE INFO (such as track listings, cat. numbers, etc.)
about them. I do NOT have the time nor the patience to type in
half-assed info. Sorry to be a dick about it, but you try
doing one of these and see how irritable you get. :)]
KEROSENE Black Death Records 252 87 678
Track Listing:
Bad Penny !
Kerosene !
The Model @
Fists of Love @
Dead Billy @
Jordan, Minnesota @
Big Money @
I'm a Mess @
Cables @
Rema-Rema #
L Dopa #
Newman Generator #
Rip @
!= Live, Dutch FM RAdio 8/87
@= Manchester Boardwalk 7/25/87
#= University of London 6/2/87 (?)
Allegedly a bootleg of a Blast First! Limited Release. Accord-
ing to all accounts, side one sounds great but side 2
sounds like shit.
TONIGHT WE WALKED WITH GIANTS
Live July 24, 1987 - Hammersmith Clarendon
Track Listing:
Cables
Bad Penny
Pavement Saw
Kerosene
Steel Worker
Pigeon Kill
Fish Fry
Jordan, Minnesota
Heartbeat
"Heartbeat" featured Bruce Gilbert and Graeme Lewis of
Wire as guests. At the end Albini says "...and
tonight we walked with giants..."
NOTE: This is also the PIGPILE show.
BIG BLACK LIVE (Vienna, Austria 1987)
Oblivion Records OR CD 9104
Track Listing:
Fists of Love (mistake)
Fists of Love
L Dopa
Big Money
Dead Billy
Cables
Pigeon Kill
Passing Complexion
Kerosene
Jordan, Minnesota
Bad Penny
Deep Six
R.I.P.
Rema Rema
DEATH WISH Big Music Records BIG 049
Track Listing:
The Model
Fists of Love
L Dopa
Passing Complexion
Cables
Bad Penny
Pavement Saw
Kerosene
Steelworker
Pigeon Kill
Fish Fry
Jordan, Minnesota
Big MOney
I'm A Mess
Rip
Peel Session boot King Dick Records 7"
(no info., but etchings say "shoot guns 1" and "eat
pussy 2")
Track Listing:
Dead Billy
Ugly American
Newmangenerator
L Dopa
Recorded for BBC Radio 5/6/87
S. (You got it all, Dad! We're gonna hit!) SOUND OF IMPACT
I've decided to give this particular boot. it's own
section just because it's so notorious and
it's been such a bitch getting info. about it.
INSERT LISTING ACTUAL SONG
Side 1 Muncie IN 1986
The Strong Ready Men
Big $ Rush Big Money
Elephant Joke?
Kill The Cow Cables
Yanomamo Indians
Bird Thang Pigeon Kill
Black Sab Crack Crack Up
Way Hap Y'All Rip
Toytown Daddy Oh! - Bino's
Big Dick Sound Jordan, Minnesota
Side 2 Minneapolis and Cleveland 1986
Firecrackers
Loud Cow Cables
Bird Bag Pigeon Kill
Gas Jockey Huff Kerosene
I Think I Fucked Your
Girlfriend Once Bad Penny
Hey There
Big Truck Deep Six
People Like That? Rip
Bumbandit Rema Rema
a. NONE of the songs are listed by their actual names. "Firecrack-
ers" is pretty self explanatory, and the rest of the
tracks without "real listings" are just Steve yammerin'.
b. The version of "Cables" on side 2 is the same on ATOMIZER, et al
II. RAPEMAN 1987-1988
Members: Steve Albini: Guitar, Vocals
David Wm. Sims: bass
Rey Washam: drums
[Interesting sidenote: the name comes from a Japanese comic book about
a rapist-for-hire]
A. "Hated Chinee/Marmoset" 7" (Limited Touch&Go release)
B. BUDD EP LP/MC Touch&Go Records T&G#32 (?)
(UK: Blast First! BFFP27)
(Australia: AuGoGo Records)
TRACK LISTING:
Budd
Superpussy
Log Bass
Dutch Courage
C. TWO NUNS AND A PACKMULE LP/MC/CD Touch and Go Records T&G#36
(UK: Blast First! BFFP33)
(AUSTRALIA: AuGoGo Records [red
cover])
TRACK LISTING:
Steak and Black Onions
Monobrow
Up Beat
Coition Ignition Mission
Kim Gordon's Panties
Hated Chinee
Radar Love Lizard
Marmoset
Just Got Paid
Trouser Minnow
CD includes BUDD EP
D. "Inky's Butt Crack/Song Number One" 7" Sub Pop Records SP040
A single for the Sub Pop Singles Club. Rare, probably way too
expensive now. Cover is a blow up of a panel from the RAPEMAN
manga, with the Rapeman laying on the bed and some kana-script.
E. Compilation Appearances:
NOTHING SHORT OF TOTAL WAR (Blast First! UK BFFP13) (1989)
"Dutch Courage" (studio demo)
"Just Got Paid"
DEVIL'S JUKEBOX (Blast First! UK BFDJ1-10) (1989)
A ten-7" box set of NOTHING SHORT OF TOTAL WAR.
F. Bootlegs
I know there are some out there (not as many as Big Black, al-
beit.). BUT the same rules from [I., R] apply, cheese.
SHUT UP 7"
(no info given, but since the etchings say "BLOW-400-A"
and "BLOW-400-B", we can make an educated guess that
that's the company name and cat. #.. Cover has what
looks like the Rapeman dragging a "blond superhero" by
the hair...)
Track Listing:
Log Base (sic)
Kim Gordon's Panties
"Untitled" (actually "Radar Love Lizard")
Trouser Minnow
Live at London Astoria 1988
Untitled (no name, but cover has a hockey-masked rapist [NOT
The Rapeman, trust me on this one ;)])
[etchings: "R-MAN-001-A" "ALBINI IS GOD" "R-MAN-001-B"]
Track Listing:
Introduction by Limey Wanker DJ
Log Bass
Wheelchair Epidemic (an old Dicks song)
Steak & Black Onions
Just Got Paid
Live in Chester UK 1988
FUCK ME I'M RARE CD
No company info. to my knowledge, but basically this
is a boot. CD of as bunch of Sub-Pop Singles Club 7"s.
The Rapeman one is on this.
Inki's Butt Crack
Song Number One
III. SHELLAC 1993-Present
Members: Steve Albini, Guitar, Vocals
Todd Trainer, Drums
Robt. Weston IV, Bass
A. "The Rude Gesture, A Pictoral History" EP (Touch and Go Records)
TG127 (Shellac Record 1)
TRACK LISTING:
The Guy Who Invented Fire
The Rambler Song
The Billiards Player Song
B. "Uranus" EP (Touch and Go Records) TG128 (Shellac Record 2)
TRACK LISTING:
Doris
Wingwalker
C. "The Bird is the Most Popular Finger" EP Drag City Records DC34
(Shellac Record 3)
TRACK LISTING:
The Admiral
XVI
D. SHELLAC AT ACTION PARK LP/MC/CD TG141 (Shellac Record 4)
TRACK LISTING:
My Black Ass
Pull the Cup
The Admiral
Crow
SOng of the Minerals
A Minute
The Idea of North
Dog and Pony Show
Boche's Dick
Il Porno Star
a) Release date: August 29, 1994
b) Cover seems to be made of some sort of cardboard substance.
Steve has mentioned that there is a Shellac CD that was only
released in Japan, and allegedly there's a Shellac/Zeni Geva
split 7". Does anyone out there have info on either of these?
IV. RELATED PROJECTS
A. Steve Albini has been mainly a producer since Rapeman, although that
has changed somewhat with teh forming of Shellac.
He also plays on Pegboy's "Fore" EP. In addition, he
has played on the GUITARORRISTS(#) album (which also includes
Thurston Moore and J Mascis), and with Cath Carroll on one
track of the LAST TEMPTATION OF ELVIS charity CD that the NME
put out a few years back. In any event, here's a small sample
of bands he's produced/engineered for.
Jesus Lizard: "Pure" EP
HEAD
GOAT
LIAR
Pixies: SURFER ROSA
Breeders: POD
Superchunk: NO POCKY FOR KITTY
Poster Children: 5 tracks on FLOWER POWER (*)
DAISY CHAIN REACTION
TheWeddingPresent: "Brassneck" EP
SEAMONSTERS
Head of David: DUSTBOWL
Nirvana: IN UTERO
Pigface: GUB (%)
Murder Inc.: MURDER INC.
PJ Harvey: RID OF ME
Tad: "Salt Lick" EP
Zeni Geva: DESIRE FOR AGONY (he also plays on the live
"Alright You Little Bastards" CD)
....and others too numerous to mention :)
(#) - GUITARRORISTS: CD (No.6, KAR009, US) 1991
2LP (Glitterhouse[No.6], KAR009, Germany) 1991
"Nutty About Lemurs"
(*) - The other tracks produced by Iain Burgess, noted mostly for being Naked
Raygun's producer...
(%) - He also plays on some tracks on the album, namely "Tapeworm," "Point
Blank," "The Greenhouse," and "Tailor Made"
B. Santiago Durango recorded two EPs under the name Arsenal ("Manipu-
lator" and "Factory Smog is a Sign of Progress"), but has
since put himself through law school, successfully, and now is
a practicing barrister in Chicago for a firm which represents,
of all people, Steve Albini. The song "Little Hitlers"
from "Manipulator" is also on the NOTHING SHORT OF TOTAL WAR
comp. He is also married to Cath Carroll, and both him and
Steve played on her album ENGLAND MADE ME, on the track "Train
Your On."
C. Jeff Pezzati was a founding member another local-Chicago-legend,
Naked Raygun, along with Santiago. But we'll let them speak
for themselves.
D. Dave Riley put out a 7" under the name Bull ($), but I heard
that he tried (and failed) to kill himself during the past year.
He also, apparently, is no longer in Bull.
($) -- BULL COmpulsive Records (CPS01) 7"
Tinbox
Revolver
Dehaired Pickled and Baited
E. Roland is somewhere in drum-machine heaven, more than likely. :)
Special thanks to J. Castaldi, Nick Whiteacre, Todd Deckard, Ian Rans, Henry
Weld, Paul Silver, CraigO, Boris, Rob Piltz, Chuck Spiekerman,
John Litchfield, Dave Miyares, John McLaughlin, Hans Tebbens, Peter K.
Schulz, Matt Kelly, Brian Eck, Pasha Naini.
EXTRA SPECIAL THANKS TO: Jason Harenski and Charity Stafford for being
the first people to send me info. about SOUND OF IMPACT.
EXTRA DOUBLE WHAMMY FUCK-ME-ANYTIME THANKS to: Charity Stafford (again) for
sending me a dub and photocopies of the inserts to SOUND OF IMPACT.
*mwah!*
Any corrections or additions would be appreciated, and can be sent to:
00GDWESSEL@BSUVC.BSU.EDU
Thank you. I'm outta here.
--- Geoff We@sel, Chaostraphy Mailorder
Good records, good prices. EMail gweasel@bsu-cs.bsu.edu for catalog.