Sick Things - Commited To Suicide 7″
March 20th, 2007 at 12:35 am
This site started 1 year ago. Can’t brag about number of visitors and many downloads but there seems to be some people enjoying it. As you noted updates don’t come as often as it used too but that’s not due to lack of interest it’s cause of too much work to get money for rent and all that crap. At the moment there’s about 40 7inches that’s in the “to be posted” pile and the list is growing. So you know there’s things to look forward to. Now over to the good part of this post.
How raw and beautiful this records is. So incredible urgent and desperate. Recorded on a 2 track machine in 1981 but not released until 1985. Can’t tell you much about the band but Inner City Sound have released some stuff that I would love to hear.
Country: Australia
Year: 1981/1985
Label: Greville
Format: 7″
Songs:
Committed To Suicide.mp3
Police(Sick, Sick, Sick, Bluuuugh).mp3
March 20th, 2007 at 5:43 am
Ahhh, I love the Sick Things! A full lp of these two songs plus more of the same craziness exists, released, maybe in 1989? Has the killer tune “I Like Pills” I got to dig it out all my stuff and convert it to MP3. They are like an Aussie Germs!
March 20th, 2007 at 6:15 am
Sorry Fred, the spam filter is a bit too strict sometimes.
March 20th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
Fantastic stuff– and their cover of “The sound of silence” is probably my favourite punk mangling of a mainstream hit song ever.
Mick Harvey of this band went on to current indie/art faves Dirty Three.
March 20th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
Both of their CDs are worth picking up, but Sounds of Silence on the Au Go Go label (waaay out of print) is the winner.
March 21st, 2007 at 3:00 am
>>> They are like an Aussie Germs! >>>
They sound nothing like the fucking Germs. Duh.
March 21st, 2007 at 3:11 am
About the visitors and downloads: there must be othe r people like me who read their e-mail without visiting the site, and only occasionally download. Keep doing!
March 21st, 2007 at 8:50 am
Nah, I Like Pills sounds exactly like a Germs riff, just change up the vocal with Darby’s and no one would be the wiser.
-F
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:53 am
This sounds more like an early Varukers or Discharge single than anything. Regardless, I fucking dig it.
April 1st, 2007 at 1:50 pm
dont forget their english name-cousins are good.too
were they posted on this one,too?
June 17th, 2007 at 8:11 am
Have no doubts about the number of visitors or downloads.
This is the best damn download on the world wide web bar none!!
Absolute respect
June 17th, 2007 at 8:12 am
I meant download site by the way!!!!!!!
June 21st, 2007 at 8:47 pm
Saw this band in around 1981. Awesome original and totally out of step with anything else at the time. No, they don’t sound like varukers, Germs or anything else. Have a listen to the CD or even try and get hold of the “Gypsy Cried” tape all the songs are totally unique - Good Citizen has a riff that is a mind melt. Sadly Mick Sick died a few years ago (singer) and Jeff only five weeks ago - sadly missed and RIP!.