Dayglo Abortions: Little Man in the Canoe

Dayglo Abortions: Little Man in the Canoe

1995

Unrest Records

Format I Own it on: Vinyl

Track Listing: 1. Homophobic Sexist Cokeheads  2. Casting Couch  3. Big Michel  4. Man Bites Dog  5. Little Man in the Canoe  6. You Are So Boring  7. Cash Bash  8. Skatan's Skids  9. Nikki Dial  10. Open Sore  11. Brick Shithouse Bouncers  12. Feeder Brigade  13. Spuds Visitation  14. Nuclear Supremacy


Manoman, do the Dayglo Abortions know how to suck me in with an album cover or what? I consider the "Feed Us a Fetus" cover to be one of my all-time favorites, but this one might possibly dethrone it...True, the album covers that followed "Little Man in the Canoe" all suck, but this? So brilliant, so lewd, so epic... I couldn't not buy it, even though I sorta initially doubted the quality of the music contained within...

Y'see, this record is their first without The Cretin on vocals, which seems like a big strike against it...Cretin's boneheaded, sing-song leering was a huge part of the band's repellant appeal...They replace him with some guy named Gymbo Jak and surprise surprise...It works just fine...Gymbo sounds like a scumbag crack-head (as opposed to looking like one...Have you seen the Cretin lately?! Damn!!!) with his sandblasted shout, which turns out to be the correct approach and the band still sounds good, pumping out the crusty punk/metal tight as ever...Possibly even tighter...

Bust out the Lava, cos this album's gonna make you wanna wash your hands after listening to it...

I can't believe the virgin-white vinyl this thing comes on isn't covered with greazy fingerprints...Just scuzzy, slimy shit as you could probably put together by a quick glance at the song titles...."Homophobic Sexist Cokeheads"? Yikes! I mean check out these lyrics:

"Lisa, she’s an actress
She’s got the look and great big tits
She knows one day she’ll be a star
Cause her tits are gonna take her far...

Hike your ass up in the air
Shake and moan as if you care
Let that cum roll down your chin
Now wipe it off and begin again..."

-Casting Couch

 Just by reading those above lyrics I have to imagine you'd either: a.)  want nothing at all to do with this ever or b.) you have to find out what all this is about immediately...I think this is a solid as hell record...Heavy, heavy punk with some occasional flashes of trashy metal...Hell, cut out the overlong sklortchy keyboard intro and "Nuclear Supremacy" is a goddamn great metal track...The kind of chugging beast that was hard to come by in 1995 (and listening to the vomiting session that closes out the track via the intimate soundscape my headphones provide is an auditory experience like no other)...For the most part, the album falls more into the "punk" category however...

 The production is very clear and full too...Some of their previous stuff sounds a little thin in comparison, but this sounds like they really gave it their all this go-around...Possibly to prove they could still do it without the Cretin? Who knows...I'm still kinda bummed that I didn't buy this back in '95 when I was at the exact bone-headed age where something this disgusting and ass-kicking might have changed my life...Oh, well...All I can do is crank the shit now...Kill a few braincells...Toss Mr. Floppy around while I watch a couple Nikki Dial videotapes...Sounds like a good night...

Let's listen to "Skatan's Skids" by Dayglo Abortions and wonder what "Skatan" means...Enjoy...

Dayglo Abortions: Out of the Womb

Oh yea, offensive album cover alert...If yer kids are in the room or if your boss is hanging over your shoulder you might want to scroll real fast until you see the orange square safely pass you by...Until then, here's a picture of nice, innocent things...

Fluffy kitten....

Pokey Lil' Puppies...

Unsullied Girl Picking Flowers...

Nana's Homemade Cookies, Fresh Outta the Country Oven...

A Fresh Bar of Soap Without a Single Pube On It...


...Alright, get ready to scroll really fast...There's an orange album cover with a shirtless punk girl on it...Make sure all prudes have left the room and/or aren't paying attention, cos here we go, in 1...


2...

3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Dayglo Abortions: Out of the Womb

1981

Unrest Records

Format I Own it on: Vinyl

Track Listing: 1. R.B.F.'s  2. 1967  3. Scared of People  4. Black Sabbath  5. Used to Be in Love  6. I Killed Mommy  7. P.E.T.  8. I Want to Be East Indian  9. Kill the Hosers  10. Suicide  11. Too Stoned to Care  12. The Idiot  13. I Am My Own God  14. Germ Attack


If you've heard  side 2 of "Feed Us a Fetus" then you've essentially heard this album (minus 3 songs (2 depending on which version of the album you have))...I remember when I did the "Feed Us a Fetus" post, I wasn't 100% sure if these were the same versions or re-recordings...I can now tell you these are the same takes, or takes so similar that it would take someone with better ears than me to tell them apart...

 To be honest, the Dayglo Abortions are probably best enjoyed if you're a developmentally-challenged, glue-sniffing, 15-year old boy;  All raging hormones, dangerously low IQ, goldfish-like attention span, having no goal in life other than to piss off and offend each and every person on the planet...As a grown-ass man, I'm not entirely sure why I still enjoy them so much...I actually sorta consider them geniuses for their laser-like precision in offending officious tight-asses...Remember, this is a band whose juvenile sense of humor was so misanthropic they were brought on trial in their home country! Fucken A! I can only dread the day when I no longer experience the rush of adrenalin that a finely-crafted hardcore album can bring. And God help me when I no longer laugh at lines like, "We can't dance,  can't keep our hands out of our pants,  this fucking record won't make no money, cause it's so fucking stupid it's not even funny..."

Alright, here's the rundown of the songs that aren't on "Feed Us.." to help you decide if you want to pick this up in addition to "Feed Us..":

"P.E.T.": I think the only people who would enjoy this are folks who enjoy the sound of their own alarm clock going off...Just a series of beeps with a few drum crashes tossed in...I can't consider this a real song...For all the trouble they go through trying to irritate me with their music, they only time they succeed is when they don't play a note..

"I Want to Be an East Indian": Brilliantly offensive! One of my favorites on the album and there's a good reason why this song is added to some versions of "Feed Us..." You'll hate yourself for laughing at the lyrics:

"You always put me down,
 cause I only look good in orange orange orange..."

"Too Stoned to Care": A sludge-metal trudge..."Black Sabbath's" retarded little brother...Cretin just mutters "Too...Stoned...To Care..." over a repetitive riff...Kinda awesome, but nothing essential...

So, if you already own "Feed Us..." don't bother with this, unless you're fond of orange album covers with hideously scarred chicks on them...Especially if you have a copy of "Feed Us..." with "I Want to be an East Indian" on it...That said, the Unrest Records reissue I have is really nice, with a glossy poster and classy presentation...And it is fun to hear these songs in their original context and not all crammed onto Side Two of some other album, so...

Here's "I Want to Be East Indian"

The Damned: Punk Oddities and Rare Tracks: 1977-1982

The Damned: Punk Oddities and Rare Tracks: 1977-1982

2014

Cleopatra Records

Format I Own it on: Vinyl

Track Listing: 1. Love Song (Demo)  2. I Just Can't Be Happy Today (Demo)  3. Thanks For The Night  4. Nasty  5. Do The Blitz  6. Stab Your Back (Live)  7. You Know (Live)  8. Idiot Box (Live)  9. Stranger On The Town (Live)  10. Happy Talk (Live)  11. No Fun (Live)


Manoman, Cleopatra Records...If you were anything like me in the 90's, haunting discount tape bins, you were very familiar with the label...You were almost always guaranteed to get misled in some manner with a Cleopatra Records (for example; albums that appeared to be Greatest Hits albums , but were actually mish-mashes of live tracks and re-recordings)...Every once in awhile you'd run across one that was legit ...The thing is though, the bands featured were usually great so even the rip-offs managed to be entertaining...

I saw this record around and as someone who is always interested in the Damned, I was intrigued, but wasn't willing to pay much for it cos I knew it wasn't going to be anything too rare or good...Then one day at Eastside Records I saw a copy in their discount/unloved bin and nothing else was jumping out at me that day, so I went for it...

And yea, it's pretty much what I thought it would be...A mish-mash of demos, legit stuff, and dodgy live recordings...Entertaining cos the band is entertaining...  The two demo tracks aren't going to replace the regular versions at your Friday Night Record Party anytime soon; "Love Song" sounds pretty much exactly like the original but the drums are quieter and "I Just Can't Be Happy Today' is pretty shambling, whenever a new element comes in, the other elements drop out, wild volume changes, etc...The extended jam at the end is interesting if you enjoy listening to the Damned fall apart...

There's three studio tracks which are technically rare, being the entirety of the fucking awesome UK "Thanks for the Night" 12-inch single...

I have two of them already on "The Light at the End of the Tunnel" comp, only "Do the Blitz" was new to me...But hey, a classic Damned song I'd never heard...It reminds me of a new wave mash-up of Eddie Cochran's "C'Mon Everybody" and the Sweet's "Ballroom Blitz"...Good stuff...

The live stuff, for the most part is rough, rough, rough...Only "You Know" and "Idiot Box" are decent recordings...The "You Know" is particularly rocking and possibly essential...The rest of it is either too a.) bassy, b.) tinny,  c.) distant or d.) all of the above... It is great to have a live version of "Happy Talk" though...Oh yea, a bit of a warning...When I first saw this, the live version of "Curtain Call" listed on the back cover jumped out at me...I couldn't help but wondering how they manged to cram it on a single album, let alone on a side with five other tracks...However, it's not actually on the album...It just jumps from "Happy Talk" to an especially rackety and staticy version of "No Fun"...Oh, well...Cleopatra Records...Sigh...

This is a fun listen but only if you already own at least 10 other Damned albums...This is definitely not for newbies, as I'm sure all this would just sound like a piles of noisy hiss if you're unfamiliar with the songs...

Here's "Thanks For The Night" by the Damned...

The Damned: Phantasmagoria

The Damned: Phantasmagoria

1985

MCA Records

Format I Own it on: Vinyl

Track Listing: 1. Street of Dreams  2. Shadow of Love  3. There'll Come a Day  4. Sanctum Sanctorum  5. Is It a Dream  6. Grimly Fiendish  7. Edward the Bear  8. The Eighth Day  9. Trojans


 The first Damned album without Captain Sensible marks the exact moment where the Damned drops the punk and turn into a straight-up goth-rock band (just look at that goth-as-fuck girl on the cover!!!), albeit the most listenable goth-rock band I can think of...It doesn't have the greatness that "Machine Gun Etiquette," "The Black Album" or even "Strawberries" had, but it is a damn fine little atmospheric 80's pop album...

I think my enjoyment of this album stems from the feeling that the Damned aren't taking themselves deadly serious like most goth bands do...It's all very light, very fun and melodic...There are definitely moments on the album where you can't shake the feeling that these guys are still nothin' but a bunch of goofball punks underneath the poofy hair and ruffly shirts...

It helps alleviate that icky feeling you get when you listen to most goth albums...That "I can't believe I'm not hanging out at a cemetery under an umbrella, wearing a corset and updating my diary" feeling...

 Although a corset might reverse the ravages of 20-years of beer-drinking...Well, reverse the cosmetic effects anyway...I don't think they've invented a liver-corset yet...Still, I should look into a corset...Flatten this beergut...

The goofiest tracks are therefore the most listenable to me..."Grimly Fiendish" is a sort of psychedelic cabaret that totally rips off "Our Love Was" by the Who, but I'll forgive it for being such catchy, comic-booky fun...

 Come to think of it, these guys have a pretty extensive history of song-stealing (I believe I've pointed out this tendency before in some of my earlier posts)...It turns out the other best song on here, "Edward the Bear," is ripped off from some guy they toured with, and after listening to the two side by side, I'd say there's some merit to the claim...

Here you can judge for yourself, here's "Edward the Bear" by the Damned...

And here's "Baby, Sign Here" by Henry Badowski...

But, there's at least one monster, boffo track on here that is 100% original and does rely on any previously existing song for its killer hooks...And that's the pop swoon "Is it a Dream"...Absolutely on my short list for favorite Damned track...

 The only time they bore me is on "Sanctum Sanctorum" where the Phantom of the Opera Broadway vibe never fails to make me lift the needle and jump ahead to "Is It a Dream"...I also can't stand "Trojans"...I'm sorry...It still sounds like adult-contemporary light jazz to me...Giving me terrifying flashbacks to Kenny G jizzin' away on his jizz-pipe...

Again, I think I should stress that the Damned are merely good at this point and no longer great, unless yer not hot on punk and prefer soft, shadowy pop...But as a  soft, shadowy pop album it's all aces...And this is the best stuff they would ever do in the goth category...The album after this, "Anything," continues this direction but ends up being a wash...So if you're interested in the Damned as a purely gothic rock band, this is probably where you'd want to start and stop...

Here's "Is It a Dream" by the God Damned...Enjoy...

The Damned: The Black Album

The Damned: The Black Album

1980

IRS Records

Format I Own it on: Vinyl

Track Listing: 1. Wait For The Blackout  2. Lively Arts  3. Silly Kids Games  4. Drinking About My Baby  5. Twisted Nerve  6. Hit Or Miss  7. Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde  8. Sick Of This And That  9. History Of The World Part 1  10. 13th Floor Vendetta  11. Therapy


Yee-ha! Last weekend marked my annual trip to the waterpark...This year we opted for Sunsplash which is always a good time...

I went up and down a bunch of waterslides, went on a few raft rides, ate plenty of pizza and loitered in the wave pool until they kept kicking us out...It was all fun until I woke up at about 3 am that night in AGONIZING PAIN!!! MY ARM!!!!! AGGHHHH!!! Then the next day every muscle in my body ached, making even the simple act of walking was a huge ordeal...Do you understand what this means? I'm officially so out-of-shape that I can't even handle an amusement park!! I'm officially TOO OLD TO HAVE FUN!!!  

Seriously though, some of the shit there is freakin' intense...Those four-person rafts are a motherfucker to haul up seven flights of stairs...And that Cauldron thing is the most disorienting and drown-y thing I've ever experienced...And that "Double Dare"  ride appears to be nothing more than a tube designed to drown you...And y'know, the more I bitch about how "intense" a children's waterpark is, the more I sound like the world's biggest wuss...

Oh well,  I can still sit around and drank beerses and listen to record-discs...So I think that's what I'm a-gonna do tonight...At the Friday Night Record Party we drown sorrows, not children...

Anyway, let's talk some vinyl..."The Black Album" by the Damned...There's multiple versions of this record floating around...I have the particular single-disc IRS Records version shown above...In the UK, it was released as a double-album with a slightly different cover...

I don't have this version cos I've never run across a decently-priced copy of it and to be honest the loss of the second album isn't a deal-breaker for me...The second disc contained the side-long theatrical goth showpiece "Curtain Call" which I own on various greatest hits releases...I love the main section of "Curtain Call" and consider it a great showcase for David Vanian, but I also don't think there's any reason on planet Earth for the song to go on for over 17 minutes...And Side Four was basically just a live EP and there's no shortage of Damned live material out there....

So yea, I'm happy with the one disc version...I mean, if I run across a reasonably priced copy I'll probably pick it up and get back to you guys on it, but in the meantime I'll focus on what I do have...A big schlong...

Most of the album is fairly rump-kicking punk rock...I think thrashers like "Drinking About My Baby,""Hit or Miss," "Sick Of This And That,""Drinking About My Baby" etc would be immediately recognizable (and enjoyable) to folks who liked "Damned Damned Damned" or "Machine Gun Etiquette." And I know I've sung its praises elsewhere on this blog, but I can't stress what a perfect opener "Wait For the Blackout" is....It brilliantly builds on and improves the shadowy punk promise of "Plan 9, Channel 7"  in every possible way...Fast, anthemic, poppy punk with a fun sense of dark camp...

These often contrast with a small number of tracks which find the band embracing the goth rock genre to a fuller extent (on the single disc version anyway..."Curtain Call" might tip those scales altogether).... For the most part, these tracks slow down the album a bit for me, with the huge notable exception of "History of the World Part 1" which is just the greatest shit ever....If you're going to flirt with goth might as well just go all the way...Big, theatrical synths, deadly-serious echo-y chant backing vocals, windswept drama...It should come off as cheesy, but it's so perfect and put together so much better than everything else on the album that you can't help but wonder how they pulled it off...It's constantly moving and every move is the right one...Even counter-intuitive ones like the dorky "dumpa-wumpa-dumpa-wumpa" keyboard line that comes  in right before the guitar solo...Perfect!!! Again, it feels like none of it should work but it just does...Like crazy! That's magic...Actually, goth-wise "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" is a pretty decent pop-goth tune too...

There's a few tracks that don't fit into either category, "Silly Kids Games" is moody sing-song pop, and "Therapy" is Who-ish rock until it suddenly turns into an extended rewrite of "Love Song" with  brain-splitting panning effects...

Like, I said, it's all good and I'd go as far as to say about half of the album is among their very best stuff...Get "Machine Gun Etiquette" first of course, but after that I'd say this would be a perfectly respectable choice...Again, this is for the single-disc version...I suspect the second disc might diminish the accomplishments of the first disc...Again, I like "Curtain Call" but would probably enjoy a single edit of it more....I wonder why they were so hot to put out a double album anyway? "London Calling" envy? Who knows...Let's just treasure it for what it is...A big load of fun, catchy and occasionally theatrical songs...

Enough jawin', let's listen...Here's "Sick of This and That" by the Damned...Enjoy...

Culture: Baldhead Bridge

Culture: Baldhead Bridge

1978

VP Music Group Records

Format I Own it on: Vinyl

Track Listing: 1. Them A Payaka  2.  How Can I Leave Jah  3. Baldhead Bridge  4. Behold I Come  5. Love Shines Brighter  6. Jah Love  7. Zion Gate  8. So Long Babylon A Fool I (And I)


I love Culture's predicament here...The prior year they released "Two Sevens Clash," an album that banked on Marcus Garvey's prediction (that the world was going to end in 1977) coming true...A perfect, beautiful doomsday prophesy of an album...But luckily for one-year old me, that premonition didn't come to pass...Otherwise I would have missed out on 38 fabulous years of cubicle-haunting...

Live everyday as if it were your last, I always say...

Anyway, I think that "Baldballs Bridge" really is every bit as good as "Two Sevens Clash"... There's nothing here as genre-defining as that album's title track, but it's easy to get past that when there's so much sweet, sweet, roots reggae here...

I can't remember how much I talked about Culture's sound previously, so if I'm repeating myself, forgive me...Culture is undeniably roots reggae, but they have a much lighter, gentler touch than most of the thicker, earthier artists in that genre...If the lyrics weren't so devoted to political and spiritual concerns, it could possibly pass as lover's rock..I think more than anything, Joseph Hill's unique (ignoring a fairly obvious debt to Burning Spear's Winston Rodney) vocals  keep it out of that category...He's too sticky and mucus-y for all that...He gives the stuff a sort of ragged charm belying the often sweet back-up harmonies...It's a super-addictive sound once you get attuned to it...

Highlights?  Definitely the title track, which actually has a lot going against it, but still works...For example, it's based on "London Bridges" and if there's one way to irritate me for sure, it's basing a song on a goddamn nursery rhyme...I absolutely despise each and every example of Mother Goose rock that I can think of ...Except for "Baldhead Bridge" which works spectacularly well for some unknown reason...Maybe it's the giddiness? The idiosyncratic vocal delivery? The quick and nimble rhythm section? A certain inherent weakness for this particular nursery rhyme? Who knows, but I can never get enough of it...If I were to be totally objective, I could see this driving someone nuts...With the sing-songiness and the nasally vocal...It's a good thing I'm not objective...

The album closer (at least on my particular version), "So Long Babylon A Fool I (And I)" is also brilliant...Quiet, meditative, primal thump where you can really hear Culture tap into something special...Again, I can't praise Joseph Hill's voice enough...Normally, when you hear this kind of conga/bongo, bippity bop on a record you expect some smooth, angelic voice searching for a sort of easily-understood -by-a-pop-audience transcendence, but Joseph's numb, drawling, incantations feel so personal and real...Like he's chanting deeply within himself, to make himself feel better...He sings it as if no one were listening, which is always a good way to obtain an interesting performance...A great, great closer...

Toss in a few more winners like "Them A Payaka" and the lovely "Jah Love" and you have a solid record that any roots fan should enjoy...If you still  haven't made it past "Two Sevens Clash," what are you waiting for? I'm calling it as good as that album and everyone knows that's a classic...

Here's "Them A Payaka" by Culture...Enjoy...

The Clash: Black Market Clash

The Clash: Black Market Clash

1980

Format I Own it on: Vinyl

Track Listing: Capital Radio One  2. The Prisoner  3.  Pressure Drop  4. Cheat  5. City Of The Dead  6.  Time Is Tight  7. Bankrobber / Robber Dub  8.  Armagideon Time  9.  Justice Tonight / Kick It Over

I actually just picked this up last weekend...I was excited to find this cos normally I only see the 10-inch Nu-Disk version...

... but I've never run across the 12-inch version, so that made me pull the trigger and finally pick this up...Even though there are zero differences between the 12-inch and 10-inch versions...

 I already had the CD reissue, "Super Black Market Clash, which I covered here... but unfortunately, the reissue was missing a few key tracks (huh?! Yea, the Clash's CD discography is a messy bitch unless you're willing to drop a few hundred on a box set)...

 

...and even then it's still missing some items...Sigh...Okay, so into my cart goes "Black Market Clash"...Just in case you're not familiar with it, "Black Market Clash" was a mini-album (even though it's only 2 minutes shorter than either of their first two albums) featuring non-US singles, EP's, B-Sides, etc...It's nowhere near comprehensive (for example, why is "Cheat' on here,  but not say. "48 Hours" or "Deny"?) but it is a hell of a lot of fun to listen to, especially if you're into dub...

Here are the reasons I bought it...

1. It has regular, ol' "Capital Radio One" on it..."Super Black Market Clash" only had "Capital Radio Two"...Growing up, I liked "One" better, because it fits in more cleanly with the lean, mean, stripped-down first album...Slashing, bilious, to the point...I hadn't heard this version in a long, long time but listening to it now is still a jolt, although I think over the years I've grown a deeper appreciation of the velocity and satire of "Two"...I dunno which I prefer at this point...Guess it depends on the kind of day I'm having...

2. It has the regular version of "Bankrobber" on it...Kind of...It's the regular version but with a bit of the dub version tacked on at the end...A hybrid-take...Still, this is better than "Super Black Market Clash" which only had the dub version...

and last but not least...

3. The regular single version of "Armagideon Time"...Their beyond-classic, white-hot, downright apocalyptic cover of an old "Real Rock"-based reggae song...It still has one of my all-time favorite, off the cuff moments in rock history...Where Kosmo Vinyl interrupts the band after the song hits its designated single-length (as he was requested to do) and Joe Strummer replies, "Okay! Okay! Don't push us when we're HOT!!!"..They make the most of the situation and Joe's reply gets the echo-y dub treatment...A case of a fuck-up enhancing the song...So freakin' great...

Alright, that's it fer today...Thanks for taking another trawl through "Black Market Clash" with me...It's always a treat to revisit the Clash's work and I always end up falling in love all over again...

Here's "Armagideon Time" by the Clash...Enjoy...

Clutch: Impetus

Clutch: Impetus

1997

Earache Reccords

Format I Own it on: Compact Disc

Track Listing: 1. Impetus (Demo)  2. Pile Driver  3. Passive Restraints  4. Impetus  5. High Caliber Consecrator


Essentially, this is just a reissue of 1992's "Passive Restraints" EP with two additional tracks tacked onto the beginning...This seems to be the only way to find the "Passive Restraints" EP these days...See, when I was growing up, the cassette copy I had looked like this...

 I love love looooove this EP....For a scant three songs and a running time that falls short of 15 minutes, "Passive Restraints" has always felt like such a well-rounded and satisfying release....Very much in the heavier, Helmet-ier, less-blues rock vein of "Transnational Speedway League"... Everything you need to know about early Clutch is right here:

The song "Passive Restraints" showcases their always brilliant deep-woods poetry ("My Father was black, My Mother was Decker... " still stands as one of my favorite opening lines), " "Impetus" shows what it sounds like when they unleash their thrashing churn at maximum speed, and the epic 7-minute "High Caliber Consecrator" still stands as one of their finest moments...Slow, crushing, and ominously restrained until you get to the blow-out "Too Little, Too Late" section when suddenly the whole structure is leveled in a righteous display of pure rock fury...Definitely feels like the blueprint for the later "Binge and Purge"...

As for the bonus tracks, we have an early take of "Impetus" that sounds fairly close to the final version, despite some more dramatic vocal separation in the speakers. There's also a song called "Pile Driver" that I was disappointed to discover was not a cover of the Koko B. Ware classic of the same name...

Turns out it's an original...Would have sounded right at home on "Passive Restratins" but would have undoubtedly been the weakest track on the album...They were probably right in not using it...

Ultimately, Clutch fans abso-fuckin'-lutely need the original 3"Passive Restraints" tracks...But if you already own that EP, then I don't think the two bonus material is vital enough for a re-purchase...But if you see both at your local record store (which is probably unlikely since "Passive Restraints" has been outta print for years) go for the "Impetus" version, cos "Piledriver" is still worth a listen...

Here's "High Caliber Consecrator" by Clutch...