From Wikipedia;
"The original lineup featured J.P. on guitar, Jamie on keyboards and ten-year-old Jesse Collins-Davies on drums. Collins-Davies was the stepson of Robin Davies, a member of the Madison-based punk band, the Tar Babies who had previously recorded for SST Records. In 1989, Restless Records released Old Skull's debut album, Get Outta School. Produced by both Vern Toulon and Robin Davies and engineered by future Garbage member Steve Marker, Get Outta School dealt with such wide-ranging topics as skateboarding, hot dogs, homelessness and the AIDS virus. Due to the non-childlike subject matter in many of the songs, rumors persisted that Vern Toulon was actually ghostwriting much, if not all of the band's material. Critics described the album as hilarious, unlistenable and torturous, though most agreed that it wasn't all that bad for a group of nine-year-olds. The band also began opening for national acts such as Gwar, The Flaming Lips and Sonic Youth. The novelty of the act drew media attention from television shows like A Current Affair and publications such as Life, People and Newsweek. MTV also gave the band some minor airplay."
As a personal note-I received the tape of this in a trade that involved me trading my beloved Suicidal Tendencies hat to a friend in Oconomowoc for this tape and a few others. Upon listening to it, I felt like the victim of the ultimate prank or scam as the material was horrible with nothing resembling a cohesive song. I later saw them at Metalfest where they were even worse and all i remember is one of the kids hitting a garbage can lid repeatedly through the entire performance. Needless to say that not all the music coming from Wisconsin is good but when you consider it literally was just a bunch of nine year old kids banging away in the studio, hey it was better than what i was doing at nine years old. As you search online, you will find people who actually like this-well, I'm not one of them
1. Get Outta School
2. Jesus Died on the Cross
3. AIDS
4. Skate or Die
5. House Is on Fire
6. James
7. Love Is Hell
8. Hot Dog Hell
9. Get on the Bus
10. Kill a Dead Eagle
11. Who Lit the House
12. Let's Go Kill That Man
13. Ogre
14. Kick Ass
15. Homeless
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I was curious of listening to this.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the up!