Chromosome Damage Mk. IV

HELIOS CREED – Planet X (1995)
Thee um… Cowboy Shrimp, er… floating around with his six guns in an unnameable dimension gives a pretty fair indication of what’s in store for thee listener on “Planet X”: An acid-fried journey into the psyche of thee lysergically-inclined Helios Creed. In other words, business as usual. This little opus [...]

D,O… Fuckin’ A! (AKA Dearly Belated)

BLOODROCK – BLOODROCK 2 (1970)
MANILLA ROAD – The Courts of Chaos (1990)
Ok, this is thee Halloween post that never was. My modem decided to be a fickle little bitch on me last week, and although I thought about dumping this fucker outright, the concept was too damn sound to jettison… so here goes: Fort Worth, [...]

Throw Down the Sword

WISHBONE ASH – Argus (1972)
WARNING: Rant ahead! Something that bugs the fuck outta me about thee scores of “genre-hopping” bands of today is the lack of cohesiveness exhibited by ‘em. It’s like they build their ditties in little blocks, like, “here’s the folky part… next up… a few doom metal riffs, followed by a plunge [...]

交通を得る簡単な方法

FLOWER TRAVELLIN’ BAND – The Times (Best of, 1975)
Betcha never thunk a cult band like this ‘un had a “Greatest Hits” package now, didja? Well, they do sho nuff. I can’t imagine why I’d need to give even thee skimpiest of outlines introducing y’all to these gents. If you’ve been here before or surfed yer [...]

tr00 Blackened Basement Psych

BENIGHTED LEAMS – Astral Tenebrion (1997)
There’s a reason why musty old clichés become musty old clichés– there’s a kernel of truth in ‘em. Take for example, this one: “One man’s loss is another man’s gain.” And how does that apply to thee Platter du Jour thou ask? Well… Alex Kurtagic aka Benighted Leams (although someone [...]