Gaunt – Whitey The Man [10''] (1992, Thrill Jockey)

Gaunt was a Punk band formed in Columbus, Ohio, in 1991. The band released five albums before splitting in 1998. The original lineup formed from remnants of short-lived "punkadelic" band Black Juju, and consisted of guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Jerry Wick, bassist Eric Barth (who had also been in Two Hour Trip with the Spurgeon brothers, who would soon form Greenhorn), and drummer Jeff Regensburger (later of The Patsys). Jim Weber (also of the then newly formed New Bomb Turks) soon joined on second guitar only to leave just as quickly, and following his departure guitarist/songwriter Jovan Karcic (Waybald) joined. Barth and Regensburger would also later leave (in 1995) and be replaced by a series of successors including Bret Lewis and Brett Falcon (Space Cookie, Servotron) on bass, and Nick Youngblood (Beano, The Rackets) and Sam Brown (Feversmile, V-3, New Bomb Turks, The Sun, You're So Bossy) on drums. 

 
'Whitey The Man' is a punkish, garage and grunge type album and displays Wick's knack for penning sloppy punk pop. The band was the first signing for the label and their album was only the second release for Thrill Jockey. This EP has 7 songs, lasting about 18 minutes and packs a whallop. "Silly Watches" sums it up "punks dont wear silly watches" and then "Back Off" and "Salvation" sound like Mudhoney. "Whitey" is a pretty good rock instrumental, and the album's best two tracks are the final two ones, which go off to hardcore punk territory, "USA" and "Jim Motherfucker". [SOURCE: RATE YOUR MUSIC]

 

 

Label: Thrill Jockey – THRILL 002 

Format: Vinyl, LP, 10", Album 

Country: US 

Released: 1992 

Style: Garage Rock, Lo-Fi, Punk, Rock & Roll, Indie Rock, Punk Rock

 

Tracklist:

THIS 

A1 Silly Watches 

A2 Back-Off 

A3 Salvation Army 

THAT 

B1 Ignored 

B2 Whitey 

B3 USA 

B4 Jim Motherfucker 

 

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Family Patrol Group – Fear Death By Water [Cass] (1983, Not On Label)

Not much known about Family Patrol Group, although there's a website with a list of gigs performed. Their commitment to power electronics conventions of the time seemed tongue-in-cheek bordering on sarcastic. They clearly figured somewhere in that whole Birmingham noise thing which also bequeathed us Final / Smear Campaign, Con-Dom, Godflesh and so on, assuming that Family Patrol Group were Colin Fisher, Mike Grant, and some dude called Greg. [SOURCE: FERRIC ARCHAEOLOGY] 

 

Label: Not On Label – none 

Format: Cassette 

Country: UK 

Released: 1983 

Style: Industrial, Noise, Experimental, Power Electronics

 

Tracklist:

A Untitled 

B Untitled 

 

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Even Worse – Leaving [7''] (1988, Autonomy Records)

 

Even Worse were a New York City punk band whose ever-changing lineups were consistently anchored by founder and drummer Jack Rabid. Denizens of the city's pre-hardcore scene, Even Worse initially formed in April 1980 in order to open for fellow N.Y.C. punks The Stimulators. Still in their teens, they gigged around Manhattan for their first year before the initial lineup fell apart and Rabid enlisted the personnel who would make the band's first recorded appearance. The 1981-1982 lineup featuring singer Rebecca Korbet, bassist Eric Keil, and guitarist Robert Weeks appeared regularly on the scene and contributed two songs to ROIR's seminal 1982 thrash compilation 'New York Thrash'. The compilation also included Bad Brains, The Undead, Heart Attack, and the Beastie Boys' first recordings. Also with this lineup, Even Worse recorded an entire LP's worth of material that remained unreleased during their brief career but was finally issued on CD in 2002. A new, completely different lineup rose in mid-1982 featuring Steve Waxman and Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore on guitar along with singer Ken Tempkin and bassist Tim Sommer, the latter of whom would soon form experimental group Hugo Largo and become an MTV host. This version of the band recorded a handful of singles, the first of which, 'Mouse or Rat?', wouldn't see release until 1984. Their second single, 'Leaving', was eventually released in 1988, by which time the band had essentially called it quits. In addition to forming the post-punk trio Springhouse, Rabid is known for founding the music magazine "The Big Takeover". [SOURCE: ALLMUSIC]

 

 

Label: Autonomy Records – 002, Autonomy Records (7) – AU002 

Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM 

Country: US 

Released: 1988 

Style: Punk, New York Hardcore, Hardcore Punk

 

Tracklist:

A Leaving 2:33 

B One Night Stand 5:30 

 

Notes:

Side A recorded: November 1983, Stirling Sound, Stirling, NJ. Mixed: September 15, 1987, also at Stirling Sound. 

Side B recorded live onto cassette by a Panasonic Stereo Recorder on February 20, 1983 at Great Glindersleeves, New York. 

 

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