Dogwhistle Records
DW001
Man, there’s some strange brew in those Kentucky
stills. Smacks! is a two- man gang from Lexington who
play almost comically primitive gutbucket garage slop.
It’s scary, desperate stuff that more often than not
devolves into ugly, abusive noise. So, of course, they
call themselves a ‘glitterbilly’ band. Hell, the guitar
guy even wears make-up! This gloriously weird album is
divided into chapters (and subchapters), much like some
ghey European power metal band would. Except Smacks!
are not ghey, they are terrifying. Some of the songs
(or sub-songs, whatever) seem to be mutated Kiss and
Bad Company covers (I swear I heard Black Diamond in
there somewhere, and “Sex Apple” IS “All Right Now”),
and when the dudes get around to singing, it all starts
to gel, in an early Redd Kross kinda way. Mostly,
though, it’s a mudbath, and I like it. It’s exactly
what would happen if a couple of retarded guys in a
Harry Crews novel formed a band in between burning down
the barn and fucking a goat in the ass. Glitterbilly
forever!--Sleazegrinder
stills. Smacks! is a two- man gang from Lexington who
play almost comically primitive gutbucket garage slop.
It’s scary, desperate stuff that more often than not
devolves into ugly, abusive noise. So, of course, they
call themselves a ‘glitterbilly’ band. Hell, the guitar
guy even wears make-up! This gloriously weird album is
divided into chapters (and subchapters), much like some
ghey European power metal band would. Except Smacks!
are not ghey, they are terrifying. Some of the songs
(or sub-songs, whatever) seem to be mutated Kiss and
Bad Company covers (I swear I heard Black Diamond in
there somewhere, and “Sex Apple” IS “All Right Now”),
and when the dudes get around to singing, it all starts
to gel, in an early Redd Kross kinda way. Mostly,
though, it’s a mudbath, and I like it. It’s exactly
what would happen if a couple of retarded guys in a
Harry Crews novel formed a band in between burning down
the barn and fucking a goat in the ass. Glitterbilly
forever!--Sleazegrinder
Spud Imperials (Dockery, Brian Manley, Justin Eslinger, and Robert Beatty
--Beatty did the mixing/sequencing in addition to performing) soundtrack
from the Spud Crazy limited edition book by Nick Tosches and J.T.
Dockery in conjunction with Institute 193.
While the finished version of the soundtrack must be purchased with the
book we are proudly offering as a free download, an early draft of
Robert's final mix.
Forthcoming:
DW003--Finger, Finger! by the Smacks!
--Beatty did the mixing/sequencing in addition to performing) soundtrack
from the Spud Crazy limited edition book by Nick Tosches and J.T.
Dockery in conjunction with Institute 193.
While the finished version of the soundtrack must be purchased with the
book we are proudly offering as a free download, an early draft of
Robert's final mix.
Forthcoming:
DW003--Finger, Finger! by the Smacks!
Here Lieth the Smacks! Protected by the Ejaculation of Serpents
compact disc $10
compact disc $10
For some free tunes and a Smacks! preview, check us out
on Myspace (which promises not to be updated until the
release of the new Smacks! album). And for a rough mix
peek up a skirt of the new Smacks! rekkid, thanks to
Transylvania Colony, check out this.
on Myspace (which promises not to be updated until the
release of the new Smacks! album). And for a rough mix
peek up a skirt of the new Smacks! rekkid, thanks to
Transylvania Colony, check out this.
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