Hate You Like Gold LP '99
Unlike Blood Spasm I’m fully qualified to write a proper biography of the Blacks. I saw their first show (and about 90% of the shows that followed), recorded them, photographed them for this release, was eventually asked to play bass for them and was later kicked out. But I’m not gonna write a proper biography here because it’s a long story and one too dear to my heart to compress to music blog briefness. Some of the craziest times of my life were spent with them. Most everybody in Tucson hated them while they were around and Chad and Dick ate that hatred up and spit it back out as some of the loudest ugliest early-80s-hardcore-meets-90s-Crypt-style-garage-rock I’ve heard. Chad died under some bizarre circumstances while on tour in ’01, about a week after he kicked me out of the band in Seattle. We had an album and a half of the best songs he ever wrote ready to record as soon as we got back from that tour. We discussed recording them before we left, but thought we’d be tighter after the tour. This is the sole LP they released. There are also about five 7”s which I’ll post eventually. Their incredible drummer, Dick, can currently be found playing in Shark Pants, BooBoo Kiss, Lenguas Largas and Ultra Maroon, whose guitarist, Mike, played bass in the Blacks before I joined. Look for a reissue on Recess Records in the not so near future and Dick compiled a complete discography with tons of songs that were never released which should also be available in the not so near future.
Unlike Blood Spasm I’m fully qualified to write a proper biography of the Blacks. I saw their first show (and about 90% of the shows that followed), recorded them, photographed them for this release, was eventually asked to play bass for them and was later kicked out. But I’m not gonna write a proper biography here because it’s a long story and one too dear to my heart to compress to music blog briefness. Some of the craziest times of my life were spent with them. Most everybody in Tucson hated them while they were around and Chad and Dick ate that hatred up and spit it back out as some of the loudest ugliest early-80s-hardcore-meets-90s-Crypt-style-garage-rock I’ve heard. Chad died under some bizarre circumstances while on tour in ’01, about a week after he kicked me out of the band in Seattle. We had an album and a half of the best songs he ever wrote ready to record as soon as we got back from that tour. We discussed recording them before we left, but thought we’d be tighter after the tour. This is the sole LP they released. There are also about five 7”s which I’ll post eventually. Their incredible drummer, Dick, can currently be found playing in Shark Pants, BooBoo Kiss, Lenguas Largas and Ultra Maroon, whose guitarist, Mike, played bass in the Blacks before I joined. Look for a reissue on Recess Records in the not so near future and Dick compiled a complete discography with tons of songs that were never released which should also be available in the not so near future.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlrJCFVnnho
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ReplyDeleteHoly shit, I love you! You have no idea how much I love this album. My CD copy of this album is starting to disintegrate and I've lost a few songs. You don't by any chance know how I could get a copy on vinyl do you?
ReplyDeleteThe remaining copies from the 500 pressing disappeared shortly after Chad died. I think Dick might have taken a few remaining copies to Japan when Shark Pants toured there because the only place I've seen this lately was an online record seller from Japan. 1000 covers were made and the remaining 500 are supposed to eventually given to Todd at Recess Records to repress it. Recess still has copies of the Blacks/Civic Minded 5 7".
ReplyDeleteI used to hang out at the house on Navajo. I was a friend of Mark "Beef" Miller and knew Chad and his girlfriend "name slips my mind at this time". I remember Dick, the bass player and Beef's girlfriend Lillian. I heard the story about Chad's death on tour. It's pretty crazy. From what I heard he was high on acid and driving down the highway and the cops started chasing him, so he cut off on a side road. He ditched the van and ran, but he ran off of cliff and his body wasn't found until 30 days later. That's the story that I heard. If it is not accurate let me know.
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