Comments on: Mentally Ill – Gacy’s Place 7″ http://www.kbdrecords.com/2007/12/21/mentally-ill-gacys-place-7/ Punk | Hardcore | Powerpop | Mod | This is NOT a record label Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:12:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: d. http://www.kbdrecords.com/2007/12/21/mentally-ill-gacys-place-7/comment-page-1/#comment-29298 d. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:18:58 +0000 http://www.kbdrecords.com/?p=105#comment-29298 Some of your questions will be answered here: http://t.co/35yd7Y2m Some of your questions will be answered here:

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]]> By: ABCDEFUCKLIFE http://www.kbdrecords.com/2007/12/21/mentally-ill-gacys-place-7/comment-page-1/#comment-29110 ABCDEFUCKLIFE Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:38:02 +0000 http://www.kbdrecords.com/?p=105#comment-29110 Maximum Rock 'n' Roll did a favorable write up of the EP that I found online: "EXISTENTIAL NIGHTMARE - CD What a fucking mess this is. Starts with someone screaming and never really lets up. This is really fucking abrasive. Two people, Cam contributing vocals and guitar and Donnie with the bass and drums. Leads me to believe they learned to play and write songs based on a mix-tape with just the first CRUCIFUCKS LP, an assortment of DRUNKS WITH GUNS, and the first RUDIMENTARY PENI EP. Just heavy and noisy and its giving me a head-ache, but I'm totally loving it. Song titles are pretty out there too:"Fathomless chaos of Eternal Night?" "Psychosexual Immortalizer?" What? Cover art is a bit generic, but ultimately that kind of adds to the whole package of the band. It seems as though the only way to buy this is through eBay for $5. This is like, whoa. (VL, Maximum Rock N Roll)(Suggestive Phantasm)" I also found a bad review online from Razorcake magazine: "EXISTENTIAL NIGHTMARE: Self-titled: CD Have you ever seen a TV show where they use the words “punk rock” to describe a bunch of actors playing sloppy music with some dude making stupid screaming sounds over it? This sounds kind of like that. –Bryan Static (Suggestive Phantasm, no address)" Also, I found this (which might slightly change your overall perception): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qiz5VL6RYWQ So anyway if you don't have the EP you're missing hearing 4 songs still. Crucial ones as well that separate them a little more from Rudimentary Peni. However, obtaining the EP as of now seems rather difficult anyway. If you write them off as a sort of clone or a bad attempt to sound like or pay homage to Rudimentary Peni that makes some sense but still I would argue they are a bit more than that. Anyway, it's a kind of love it or hate it thing, especially with those vocals. Maximum Rock ‘n’ Roll did a favorable write up of the EP that I found online:

“EXISTENTIAL NIGHTMARE – CD
What a fucking mess this is. Starts with someone screaming and never really lets up. This is really fucking abrasive. Two people, Cam contributing vocals and guitar and Donnie with the bass and drums. Leads me to believe they learned to play and write songs based on a mix-tape with just the first CRUCIFUCKS LP, an assortment of DRUNKS WITH GUNS, and the first RUDIMENTARY PENI EP. Just heavy and noisy and its giving me a head-ache, but I’m totally loving it. Song titles are pretty out there too:”Fathomless chaos of Eternal Night?” “Psychosexual Immortalizer?” What? Cover art is a bit generic, but ultimately that kind of adds to the whole package of the band. It seems as though the only way to buy this is through eBay for $5. This is like, whoa. (VL, Maximum Rock N Roll)(Suggestive Phantasm)”

I also found a bad review online from Razorcake magazine:

“EXISTENTIAL NIGHTMARE:
Self-titled: CD
Have you ever seen a TV show where they use the words “punk rock” to describe a bunch of actors playing sloppy music with some dude making stupid screaming sounds over it? This sounds kind of like that. –Bryan Static (Suggestive Phantasm, no address)”

Also, I found this (which might slightly change your overall perception):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qiz5VL6RYWQ

So anyway if you don’t have the EP you’re missing hearing 4 songs still. Crucial ones as well that separate them a little more from Rudimentary Peni. However, obtaining the EP as of now seems rather difficult anyway.

If you write them off as a sort of clone or a bad attempt to sound like or pay homage to Rudimentary Peni that makes some sense but still I would argue they are a bit more than that.

Anyway, it’s a kind of love it or hate it thing, especially with those vocals.

]]> By: ABCDEFUCKLIFE http://www.kbdrecords.com/2007/12/21/mentally-ill-gacys-place-7/comment-page-1/#comment-29109 ABCDEFUCKLIFE Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:36:44 +0000 http://www.kbdrecords.com/?p=105#comment-29109 They're certainly not a clone. However, they do have that psychotic element and yes, more than some of that early Rudimentary Peni vibe. Just thought I'd point them out because it's slim pickings as far as "psychos" in punk nowadays as you said. However, the s/t EP itself has a slight bit more diversity and a little more divergence from the sound that just those two songs capture. Of course, you can tell who they are inspired by though. They’re certainly not a clone. However, they do have that psychotic element and yes, more than some of that early Rudimentary Peni vibe. Just thought I’d point them out because it’s slim pickings as far as “psychos” in punk nowadays as you said. However, the s/t EP itself has a slight bit more diversity and a little more divergence from the sound that just those two songs capture. Of course, you can tell who they are inspired by though.

]]> By: The Flakes // Drummer http://www.kbdrecords.com/2007/12/21/mentally-ill-gacys-place-7/comment-page-1/#comment-29107 The Flakes // Drummer Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:13:45 +0000 http://www.kbdrecords.com/?p=105#comment-29107 How interesting. A band trying to copy Rudimentary Peni. Next. How interesting. A band trying to copy Rudimentary Peni. Next.

]]> By: ABCDEFUCKLIFE http://www.kbdrecords.com/2007/12/21/mentally-ill-gacys-place-7/comment-page-1/#comment-29103 ABCDEFUCKLIFE Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:14:17 +0000 http://www.kbdrecords.com/?p=105#comment-29103 Here's my recommendation: Existential Nightmare. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHs8ayFjaWU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THBSP3Dtwjw Here’s my recommendation:

Existential Nightmare.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHs8ayFjaWU

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