SPIKE IN VAIN - "Disease is Relative" LPSpike In Vain Disease is Relative LP (Scat, 2021) "The cover art by the band's Chris Marec tells nearly everything one needs to know about this album: a misshapen, CHUD like figure wanders in a graveyard bearing a cross, while a mutated fish flops in a polluted ditch and a clutch of factories belch their smoke above it all. The message of the illustration is not to frighten or warn, but to celebrate and admire. Originally released in January of 1984,

I was part of the army for life

and played in Stewart's band in the early '80s

Already sold out mostly everywhere

The band feeds on raw energy

grimy hardcore techno sweats and cybernetic surge on (Mother Mark & DJ Crud's) Concrete Cabin label

landing the overall outing a little closer to the greenhouse than the Funhouse lawn

Watkins' "You Been Cheatin' on Me Honey" suggests a fusion of country and Tony Joe White's psychedelic swamp-funk

Metalmadeira (1983)

Mesmerizing

he holds himself to hitting a high level of productivity in order to avoid self-medicating and destructive behaviors

Classic psych LP template: four songs

Stoner-Shred