Klinton (Bill)

Remember the good old days of Klinton bashing? He sure did lower the bar. Klinton (Bill) was recorded during the Fall of 2000.

Capt'n Lightning: Bass, Vocals
SRL: Effects

Track downloads may be found Here.

I know there's no one here to claim her
I know it seems insane
But, somewhere I just can't seem to remember
Somewhere I seem to have lost my name

I can't recall anything at all
I can't even remember
What's started to fall
I can't even remember
What was on her dress
I can't even remember
What was that word: is?

The Streets

Mike Skinner (aka The Streets) definitely has talent. His style, sometimes called "Garage," is a form of Hip Hop that is very different from the US styles. He sings about waht he know: partying, annoying friends and trying to score. As he says, "Here we say 'bird,' not 'bitches." His first two albums, "Original Pirate Material" and "A Grand Don't Come for Free," are among my all-time favorties of any genre. A third album has just been released, but I have not heard it yet (although, judging from the samples below, I suspect I'll like it just fine).

Check out sample mp3s Here.

Jihad Swing #1

Jihad Swing #1 was written in 2000 at about 3:00 AM after a night of drinking and listening to lame bands. It's even more timely than it was then, which causes us to ask: how could you not see it coming?

This version was the first recorded in December 2000 on a two-track stereo.

See also Jihad Swing (Hammer Version) The lyrics are slightly different.

Capt'n Lightning: Bass, Vocals
SRL: Effects

Track downloads may be found Here.

Jihad Swing
Feeling Kinda Suicidal
Jihad Swing
Feeling kinda Suicidal

I don’t believe in abortion
I believe in suicide
I want to blow up a building with me inside
You know there’s two asses in assassination
Jihad
Illumination
A liberation

I’m Feeling Kind of Suicidal
Got the Jihad Swing
Feeling Suicidal Tonight

I don’t believe in abortion
I believe in suicide
I want to blow up a building with me inside
You know there’s two asses in assassination
Jihad
Illumination
A liberation

Gonna do the Jihad Swing
Kinda Suicidal
etc.

The Rezillos

The Rezillos were yet another band in the new wave of late 1970s UK Punk. Although "poppy," their speed and energy sets them apart from most of their contemporaries.

Here's a short history.

Here are album clips. It's definitely worth checking out.

The Beatnigs

The Beatnigs is worth checking out (MP3s for download may be found at the link). Their music represented something different and unique in late-1980s Punk Rock. The same thing could be said today (regardless of the out-dated references to Reagan etc.). It was Michael Franti and Roni Size's, who soon afterwards spawned The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy and Spearhead, first act.

Fortunately, after being out of print, you can now get the record.

Cats (Introduction)

This track, called Cats (Introduction), was originally recorded in 2000 and remixed in 2006 as the introduction for Drunk And Armed's second album Only Chumps Pay.

Words & Music: Capt'n Lightning
Capt'n Lightning: Vocals, Bass
SRL: Effects

Cats on the roof
In the middle of the night
Taking care of business
Making sleep Impossible
Cats in the Alley in the middle of the night
Taking care of business
Making sleep Impossible
Shots ring out in the middle of the night
Sirens wail

Track downloads may be found Here.

X-Ray Spex

X-Ray Spex is my favorite late 1970s UK teenage punk band. The music is interesting and the band is cute. The lead singer Poly Styrene is better than Blondie. The saxophone is a nice addition to the usual punk combo. Their song materials shows the age of the musicians (let alone all the pictures chock full of braces. The only album released was Germfree Adolescents. I highly recommend it.

Here are a few clips.

Flux of Pink Indians

Flux of Pink Indians was a leftist early 1980s British punk rock band. Being more concerned with message, their musical style is similar to CRASS and also appeared on their record label.

Although I also appreciate their music and style, their history is interesting. Go Here for the Wilkipedia entry on the band. Go Here for some of their lyrics.

Throbbing Gristle

Before Psychic TV, there was Throbbing Gristle. TR was one of the first industrial acts. Their music was extremely experimental (I have yet to listen to their more recent album). Many of their songs, particularly Hamburger Lady, can be compared to a sonic assault. If you want something different, I recommend it.

CRASS

CRASS was a British hardcore band in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Their music was always more about the message that the music, but managed to show real creativity. For a brief history of CRASS and their record label go Here. Clips may be found Here.

Another of my favorite products are the full-sized CRASS poster which are the inside of every folder-over record such as this one:



















These posters alone make buying the records worthwhile. At the very least, CRASS posters cause annoying people to go away.

Another interesting feature of CRASS is the variety of male and female vocalists. In fact, my favorite album is Penis Envy. I don't believe anything else is quite like it, and I'd highly recommend it.

Sub Hum ans

The Subhumans are some of the best musicians ever to play punk rock in Britain or anywhere else (there is also a Canadian band of the same name). In fact, some people don't care for their music because they play too well. A favorite among crust punks, their music offers a hard hitting critique of modern life. If you haven't heard them, you should check them out Here.

Alien Sex Fiend

Alien Sex Fiend is one of the first industrial-gothic bands. Mr. and Mrs. Fiend's make a formidable musical pair on vocals and keyboards respectively. I've also appreciated the fact that most of the music features a live drummer in addition to a beat box.

Here are a few clips along with a short biography.

Poison Idea

Poison Idea is my favorite Portland punk rock band. Their music is aggressive yet as full as a five-piece can be.


Here are a few links to some of their MP3s.

London Calling

A man in London was Detained for singing along in a cab to The Clash's London Calling. Apparently, in England, one's choice of music makes one a possible terrorist. I wonder what would have happened if he had played Jihad Swing?

Suicide

Suicide was basically the first industrial music. As the above link states, "Although they barely receive credit, Suicide (singer Alan Vega and keyboardist Martin Rev) is the source point for virtually every synth pop duo that glutted the pop marketplace (especially in England) in the early '80s. Without the trailblazing Rev and Vega, there would have been no Soft Cell, Erasure, Bronski Beat, Yaz, you name 'em, and while many would tell you that that's nothing to crow about, the aforementioned synth-poppers merely appropriated Suicide's keyboards/singer look and none of Rev and Vega's extremely confrontational performance style and love of dissonance."

Their drum machine was a modified bowling pin setter. They had to build it themselves. Ric Ocasek took Suicide under his wing, but the record industry didn't really know what to do with them in the days of stadium shows. Even Bruce Springsteen was a fan. Crowds acted extremely hostile to their music. As related on their album liner notes, after opening for The Cars it was found that someone had actually thrown a knife at them during a performance. However, the club scene loved them and their influence may be heard to this day.

Here are MP3 clips to most of their well-known recordings.

GG Allin: Public Animal No. 1

GG Allin was the true king of hardcore. If anyone ever says, "Hey, let's go watch a GG Allin video," be prepared to be sickened. He was actually as talented as he was twisted. A cousin of mine who lived at the same squat for a time once told me he was known by his smell (he never bathed). His later material was his most violent. I have a copy of his last album. He is lying dead in his coffin on the back cover. Depending upon whom one believes, he either died of a drug overdose or was beat to death by straight edge skinheads. Whatever, I'm sure if there's an afterlife, he's still eating his own feces.

E = MC Hawking

MC Hawking is da bomb. Little known to most in the scientific community, Professor Hawking leads a double life as a gangsta rapper.

Check out his MP3s and decide for yourself whether his most important contributions have been made in the field of physics or hip hop.

The Chumpfish Shuffle

The Chumpfish Shuffle was originally recorded in 1996 before Allison P. (supporting vocals) hit Pete F. in the head with a 2x4 (and he took back his equipment; he was later beaten by drama students). It features SRL ranting from the 6th Draft of Neither the Government nor the Population.

Credits:
Allison P.: Backing Vocals
SRL: Everything Else

Total Time: 16'47"

This track will be the last track of Only Chumps Pay when released. It will be an internet single for now.

Track downloads may be found Here.

The Fall

The Fall is one of my musical favorites. The band, based in Manchester England, has been around since the mid-1970s. Since the 1980s, The Fall has experienced dozens of different line-ups. It might be the longest lasting of the original Punk/New Wave, and certainly has produced more albums (see above). The only constant (although he doesn't necessarily sing on every track) is frontman Mark E. Smith. Since the 1980s, The Fall has basically been his project. He routinely sacks his musicians. One of the advantages of such approach is the sound certainly changes album to album yet still remains the same (at least to the hardcore).

One of the things I appreciate about The Fall is many songs are well syncopated.

Here's my favorite unofficial website.

Here's what Wilkapedia has to say about The Fall.

Here are clips from many Fall songs.

Wesley Willis: Love You Like a Stick of Butter!

Periodically, I will be posting links regarding bands and musicians that I have a developed a fondness for (or influence as the case may be). I will include links to MP3s as well.










Today, I will be highlighting one of my DIY favorites: Wesley Willis. Wesley died in 2003, but his music lives on. He was a Chicago street performer who created his own unique music.

As the Alternative Tentacles Biography states (MP3s may also be found on this page; you will need to use the pull-down menu to reach his page):

Wesley Willis stood 6'5" tall and weighed somewhere between 300 and 350 pounds prior to contracting leukemia, and liked to greet people with a headbutt. Wesley enjoyed walking the streets of Chicago, peddling his detailed ballpoint/felt-tip renderings of the city and riding around on the bus. On October 21, 1989, he began hearing voices and was shortly thereafter diagnosed as having chronic schizophrenia. Willis claimed to have "schizophrenia demons" in his head that take him off of his "harmony joy rides" to put him on "torture hell rides". In 1992 Wesley began writing songs, and soon after, guitarist Dale Meiners took Wesley in to his studio to record them. After many line-up changes, Meiners and Wesley formed the Wesley Willis Fiasco, with Wesley as frontman. Willis had built up a small cult following with his bizarre, three-chord rants about trivial everyday items, music, and people he knows. For the first part of the 90's, several independently released tapes of his songs appeared, eventually followed by indie recordings of his albums. He now has over 1000 songs in circulation and has recorded at least 50 albums. At one point he recorded 4 different albums in 36 days. Each one is completely finished in 5 hours or less.

He was certainly a musician's musician.

A tribute Internet Album is also available for free downloand Here.

Love you like a stick of butter, Wesley. RIP.

DRUNK AND ARMED News

All tracks of The Hippo Tumor Mixes have now all been posted along with lyrics (where applicable). I am now working on the CD Cover and insert which will be available for download in the near future.

But don't worry (as if you were), I have already started working on a second virtual album tentatively called Only Chumps Pay. I will begin posting tracks in the very near future as I finish. (I should have something called The Chumpfish Shuffle ready by next week.)

Killing Birds #1G

Killing Birds #1G is the 6th Track of The Hippo Tumor Mixes, is a remix of the original recorded on a 2 track stereo.

Words & Music: Capt'n Lightning & SRL
Cap't Lightning: Vocals, Bass, Programing
SRL: Backing Vocals, C Harmonica, Everything Else
Recorded Winter 2001 Mixed: Fall 2005

Track downloads may be found Here.

Birds are being killed
Yeehaw! Let’s hit it!

Birds are being killed
Birds are being killed
Birds are being killed
Who’s killing the birds?
Chickens and turkeys

Pigs are being killed
Pigs are being killed
Pigs are being killed
Who’s killing the pigs?
Bacon and porkchop

People are being killed
People are being killed
Freedom is being killed
People are being killed
Who’s killing freedom?

?
The World Bank
The UN
And Boeing
And politicians
Pigs are being killed

Birds are being killed
Birds are being killed
Who’s killing the birds?

Radio Show

Radio Show, a DRUNK AND ARMED favorite (about Dr. Laura but could be about any member of the chattering class)and the 2nd Track of The Hippo Tumor Mixes, is a remix of the original recorded on a 2 track stereo.

Capt'n Lightning: Vocals, Bass
SRL: Effects
Words: Capt'n Lightning
Music: Capt'n Lightning & SRL
Recorded Winter 2001 Mixed: Fall 2005

Track downloads may be found Here.

See also Radio Show (Unmodified).

This morning I heard your voice
coming through the speakers of my radio
I was paying close attention
because traffic was moving way too slow
I know you like the sound of your own voice
Coming through the speakers of your radio show

Chorus:
No, it's not just noise
It's your voice
On the radio
Nothing like the sound
of your voice on the radio show

You give out lots of free advice
to all the sinners who call into your radio show
But how can you save all those souls
when you can't save your own?
I know you like the sound of your own voice
Coming through the speakers of your radio show

Chorus

Death to the Fascist Pigs #6

Death to the Fascist Pigs #6 is the first track of The Hippo Tumor Mixes.

Capt'n Lightning: Guitar
SRL: Guitar & Effects

Track downloads may be found Here.

Six White Horses #2

Six White Horses #2 was written by Capt'n Lightning before the founding of DRUNK AND ARMED. This version was originally recorded on a 2 track stereo in early 2001, and remixed during Fall 2005.

Words: Capt'n Lightning
Music: Capt'n Lightning with SRL
Backing vocals created on the spot by Charles P.

Capt'n Lightning: Vocals, Bass
SRL: Percussion
Charles P.: Backing Vocals

Track Downloads may be found Here.

Six White Caps she purchased
And she knows just what she’s doing
Her lifeline shattered in pieces
And she’s going to be leaving soon

Chorus:
Six white horses are coming to take her away
From all of this
Six white horses are coming to take her away
From all of this

She froze in a corner
With here eyes staring wide
Tears on her cheeks still flowing
She must be crying still on the inside

Chorus

Just like the horses coming
Tears are roaring on her head
She takes note of their arrival
Specs of light in her vision

Chorus (x2)

Goodbye bitch!