BADGEWEARER – F.T.Q. - (Gruff Wit Records-UK-1991)

Tony Kennedy born in Glasgow in 1966, is the founding and now only remaining member of the jazz punk band BADGEWEARER championed by John Peel among others. Earning critical acclaim from many quarters including single of the week in the Melody Maker and numerous other international accolates. He turned down Jelo Biafra's Alternative Tentacles label to remain with independent Glasgow label Gruf Witt, releasing over a ten year period: 4 Lp’s and 6 7” singles. In the meantime teaming up with Pakito Bolino and Caroline Sury as part of the Marseille art collective Le derniere Crie to form the art noise phenomenon MUG, who performed at festival Mimi as well as being invited to record a Peel session. His last performance was a live improvisation with legendary CAN singer Damo Suzuki in Edinburgh. Badgewearer then became a solo project,involving collaborations with dancers, poets and writers.He currently plays one of the three basses with the new Mexico based Albuquerque band Tiny Americans, with former members of 3 Mile Pilot and Truman’s Water, specializing in live film soundtracks. Which has led to his most recent collaboration with the Rotterdam based video artist Marit Shalem.(from his official webpage)     click me

Interview on Coeval magazine: https://www.coeval-magazine.com/coeval/badgewearer

 

WHIRLING PIG DERVISH-Full Feather Lovesuit-(Gruff Wit Records-UK-1991)

Great 7 inch by this Scottish post-hardcore band from Glasgow! 
I have already written about them when I posted their cassette Out Of Tune,Out Of Time... released in 1991  just as this vinyl.

Expect the same dose of weird and original sounds, fragmented guitar riffs, broken rhythms, screamed vocals and more rather bizarre passages.

A wonderful 7inch for people into difficult Post-Hardcore Punk to digest.
It comes with a little info-sheet with lyrics, all the relevant scans included here.
Enjoy it.
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Tracklist

	This Gruff
A1	A Question Of Sport
A2	Fatter Richer And Stupider
	That Stan
B1	Whip
B2	Erectile Projectile? (One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest)

Credits

• Engineer, Mixed By – Sshteve Doyle*

Notes

Recorded at Stuff House June '91. Comes with insert sheet.

WHIRLING PIG DERVISH-Out Of Tune,Out Of Time...-(Yummy Orgasm Recs-UK-1991)

Amazing cassette by this band hailing from Glasgow(Scotland).
They were part of the avant-hardcore scene of this Scottish town back in the 90s.

Probably friends with bands like:Dawson,Archbishop Kebab, Stretchheads and Keatons.

They play a crazy form of HC punk touching the  highs of Minutmen and The Pop Group with some post punk sounds.

Everything mashed up with screams,acid guitars,some unknown noise, fast drums and powerful bass guitar.

Here  a discogs page dedicated to them where you can read about their other productions.

Enjoy it.

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