Been stuck in the 70s lately. At least on wax that is. Anyways, KISS hardly gets lauded enough in metal circles for how heavy they really were for their time. Or maybe they get lauded too much by nerds on the fringe of those circles. Who knows? Who cares? "I don't really know what to do" but enjoy this album as much as I do, on vinyl. After all, it produced probably the best Melvins cover of all time and could be considered a visual precursor to black metal (as KISS clearly were) and innovator of the band shots back cover aesthetic of much BM.
Sorry readers. Sorry month of May. with all the end of semester BS, the coming of spring and all that other good stuff like seeing family, I've been a neglectful blogfather. Forgive me. I return to the fold with both a warning for the Montreal and Quebec police forces and the Jean Charest government as well as the magnum opus of these grind gods I'm lucky enough to be seeing on Monday: EXTREME CONDITIONS DEMAND EXTREME RESPONSES. I'm sure the current police state mentality of our provincial government towards the striking majority of infuriated and insulted students and citizens of the greater Quebec area would gladly adopt this album's slogan to justify their unconstitutional and power abusing attempts at anti-democratic law-making, but they would miss the point. The 'extreme conditions' to which I refer are the militantly oppressive and socially repressive measures this current joke of an administration are actively taking and proposing in their fear of this convicted and powerful mobilization of a politically disenchanted society. The 'extreme responses' to come are from the natural escalation of radical activity on the part of a population who's government refuses to hear or negotiate with them. Police brutality and trigger happy policy making have immediately damaging physical and social, but easily reparable, repercussions for the state of the province. Widespread dissent among the provincial body - the people with the real power -means change. We're fed up with the bullshit, and Charest and law enforcement are only delaying the inevitable. The power of the masses will crush this heinous disregard for the culturally interested political reforms of Quebec.
Oh yeah so I had an amazing time seeing these guys live at Sala Rossa with Nasum, who of course were totally fucking insane as well. What struck me hard with Truth's set was that I couldn't possibly imagine a band sounding at their tightest 20 years after a seminal release like this one. Also they were hilarious.
