Monday, November 22, 2010

NEW BOMB TURKS - Pissing Out The Poison

NEW BOMB TURKS Pissing Out The Poison cd 1995
Tail Crush / Out Of My Mind / Cryin' In The Beer Of A Drunk Man / Just Head / Let's Dress Up The Naked Truth / Do The Pop / Sucker Punch / Tryin' To Get By / Summer / Romance / I'm Weak / Got No Proof / Polyester Thinking Cap / Last Lost Fight / We Need More / Sharpen-Up Time / Laissez Faire Stare / Croonin' Into The Beer Of A Drunk Man / Pist / Deathbedside Manner / I Wanna Sleep / Youngblood / Taller Order / Bad Girl / Ejection / Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) / The Anal Swipe.
New Bomb Turks: E. Davidson: vocals/ J. Weber: guitar/ M. Reber: bass / B. Randt: drums .
Four guys holding English degrees from Ohio State University, the New Bomb Turks have been declared as leaders in the punk rock revolution by spiked-haired, hardcore punkers everywhere. They are not pop-punk, but ferociously aggressive and fast, borrowing from the Pagans, Dead Boys, and so on. The band's name comes from Robert Wuhl's character in an early-'80s B movie, The Hollywood Nights, which also marked the film debuts of Tony Danza and Michelle Pfeiffer. Their landmark debut, "Destroy Oh Boy!", came out in 1993 to universally great reviews. Following it up quickly with the Drunk on "Cock EP" (which has a hilariously offensive cover), the band scored another winner the next year with "Information Highway Revisited". Featuring a tighter sound and less of a direct punk influence, the record again made them critical darlings. "The Pissing Out the Poison: Singles and Other Swill" was their last release for Crypt Records, as mini-major Epitaph asked them to join the roster. "Scared Straight" and "At Rope's End" both appeared quickly afterwards, although both records started to show the wear and tear the band was experiencing on the road and in the studio. A few EP's marked the time between albums, but their last Epitaph release "Nightmare Scenario" would hit stores by 1999. The band and label split amicably, and the Turks toured for a bit before stepping back into the studio. Recording "The Night Before the Day the Earth Stood Still" without a label, Gearhead pick up the record and released it in the fall of 2002. The 8th full length release from the quartet "Switchblade Tongues and Butterknife Brains", is a more of an unreleased "best of" than an "odds and ends" collection: several amazing unreleased EP's, a few b-sides, unreleased cuts from last years Gearhead release "The Night Before The Day The Earth Stood Still" round out this must have collection. Source
As of 2005, the New Bomb Turks have slowed down their touring and recording in order to pursue other interests. Guitarist J. Weber, is now a 10th and 11th grade English teacher at Hilliard Davidson High School.
In 2010, E. Davidson wrote "We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988-2001" (buy it here!), a paperback chronicling the underground punk movement between 1988 and 2001. Source
Buy
"The Pissing Out the Poison" here!

No comments:

Post a Comment