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PIG Digs Deep, Gets Dancier With A Bevy Of Industrial And Electro Luminaries On Drugged, Dangerous, & Damned

4 November 2021 By jesse Leave a Comment

On the one hand, I typically despise writing about remix records but on the other, I love the Lord Of Lard. That said, I’ve recently come to the realization (Or was it a revelation?) that a remix album done right is akin to a new album unto itself utilizing the ebb and flow a regular record would have in place. As is the case with Drugged, Dangerous, & Damned which takes that embedded Raymond Watts DNA found in all the tracks and tweaks them to somehow dig down deeper in the roots to present listeners with a coherent collection of tracks that’s like classic KMFDM and early Skinny Puppy. In fact, the only flaw found here is the fact that the release should’ve been timed more perfectly to actually coincide with Halloween. We’ll take five days removed, though, and move on.

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Armalyte Industries, Die Krupps, Filter, Jagz Kooner, John Fryer, Night Club, Pig, Raymond Watts, raymond watts pig, Richard Patrick, Rock And Roll Fables, Sara Taylor, Youth Code

The Joy Thieves Assemble An Army Of Greats For Post-Punk Heist Of The Century On American Parasite

21 July 2021 By jesse Leave a Comment

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: The best kinds of albums are the ones you weren’t expecting. Sure, I’m aware that the Industrial juggernaut known as The Joy Thieves is out there making killer tunes but legitimately had no clue that not only was a proper full-length on the way but that it features the legendary vocalist (And frequent collaborator/Joy Thief) Chris Connelly on ALL 15 tracks. And let’s be honest here, who else is more suited to act as the maniacal ringleader over a veritable army of musicians who have collectively backed such diverse vocalists as David Bowie, Henry Rollins, Iggy Pop, Jaz Coleman, Al Jourgensen at one point in time?

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Andy Gerold, Ania Tarnowska, Armalyte Industries, Bradley Bills, Brandt Gassman, Chris Connelly, Chris Haskett, Dan Milligan, Dave Bachta, David Suycott, Destiny Scott, Eric Liljehorn, Geoff Matson, Grant Sutton, Howie Beno, i!, James Scott, Jason Kottwitz, Jaysun McBain, Jeff Harris, Joe Haggerty, John Fryer, John Haggerty, Julian Beeston, Katzen Hobbes, Killing Joke, KMFDM, Lana Guerra, Laura Glyda, Lauren Milligan, Louis Svitek, Marcus Eliopulos, Matt Clark, Matt Mercado, Matt Noveskey, Mike Czarnik, Mike Gould, Mike Reidy, Mimi Wallman, Paul Ferguson, Phil Owen, Pigface, Rock And Roll Fables, Ryan Henderson, Scott-David Allen, Stabbing Westward, Taylor Busby, The Joy Thieves

PIG Pounce With Packed Collection Of Potent New Pork On Powerful Pain Is God

18 November 2020 By jesse Leave a Comment

With an association as prolific as the one that Raymond Watts had with KMFDM, it’s inevitable that there will be comparisons from time to time. While Watts’ work as <PIG> is definitely its’ own monster, the latest offering in this current second coming of the Industrial giant is easily Watts’ Nihil. Filled with all the substance to back up that larger-than-life swagger, Pain Is God is a hefty record encapsulating all that’s made <PIG> great yet soaked in this mid-90’s synthetic haze.

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Armalyte Industries, En Esch, Galen Waling, Guenter Schulz, Metropolis Records, Pain Is God, Pig, Raymond Watts, raymond watts pig, Sasha Grey, Steve White, Z Marr

The Joy Thieves Conjure Up Industrial’s Next Great Romantic Anthem With Genocide Love Song

5 June 2020 By jesse Leave a Comment

I just can’t keep up with the amount of awesome that The Joy Thieves seemingly put out there on the regular.

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Armalyte Industries, Chris Connelly, Dan Milligan, Rock And Roll Fables, The Joy Thieves

The Joy Thieves Put The “Super” In Supergroup With Massive Line Up And Massively Impressive Debut EP, This Will Kill That

26 June 2019 By jesse Leave a Comment

“I wanted to do something big. When I saw how tall Dan (Milligan) is, I knew it was the right project for me. Also I hate Joy.” – Marcus Eliopulos

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: 16Volt, Andy Gerold, Armalyte Industries, Chris Connelly, Dan Milligan, Dave Suycott, Drownbeat, Eric Liljehorn, James Scott, Jayson McBain, Marcus Eliopulos, Mary's Window, Matt Clark, Mike Czarnik, Mike Gould, Ministry, Murmuur, Pigface, Ravens, RevCo, Rock And Roll Fables, She Rides Tigers, Sons of the Silent Age, Spyderbone, Stabbing Westward, The Joy Thieves, This Will Kill That

Lard Help Us All! PIG Offers Up Some Sweet Treats On Candy Coated Covers Record

5 June 2019 By jesse Leave a Comment

The Lord of Lard is an unstoppable machine lately. Whether it’s new <PIG> classics, remixes or covers, Raymond Watts is beyond reinvigorated during this second coming of the swine. Which brings us to the latest helping of pork in the form of Candy, an epic new album filled with covers done in a way that only <PIG> can.

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Armalyte Industries, Candy, Damien Rice, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, INXS, Kylie Minogue, Pig, Prince, Randy Crawford, Raymond Watts, Rock And Roll Fables, Sasha Grey, The Righteous Brothers

Cubanate Enter The 21st Century With Ease On Biting Kolossus

29 May 2019 By jesse Leave a Comment

Marc Heal and Phil Barry have not missed a beat. In their first collaborative release as Cubabnate in about twenty years, the duo propel Cubanate into the 21st Century in the most fitting way as elder statesmen of a genre showing the kids how it’s done.

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Armalyte Industries, Cubanate, Kolossus, Marc Heal, Phil Barry, Rock And Roll Fables

Cubanate Prove They’re Still Ahead Of The Game On New Compilation Brutalism

13 April 2017 By jesse Leave a Comment

Cubanate was ahead of their time in the ’90’s. They might still be which is why there’s no time like the present to celebrate these techno industrial titans with an all new collected works. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Armalyte Industries, Brutalism, Cubanate, Marc Heal, Phil Barry, Rock And Roll Fables

Marc Heal Delivers Career-Defining Tracks On Debut Solo Album The Hum

3 November 2016 By jesse 1 Comment

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As an industrial music fan I’m embarrassed to admit that I was never into Cubanate back in the day. Sure, I dug what they did but for some reason never invested in anything beyond “Oxyacetylene” off the Mortal Kombat soundtrack in the mid ’90’s. Cut to today and I’m scrambling to find a copy of Cyberia because who knew in the digital age that it’d still be hard to legally obtain a copy of an out-of-print classic. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Armalyte Industries, Cubanate, Marc Heal, marc heal solo album, Rock And Roll Fables, The Hum

Compound Eye Sessions Out Now, Features Marc Heal And PIG!

30 April 2015 By jesse Leave a Comment

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PRAISE THE LARD, Pig has risen again and blessed his herd with not one, but two releases this year with hopefully more to follow (New full-length please?). If you’re impatient (Like me!) and can’t hold out until the EP with Primitive Race is released in June (Our review is here) then how about some instant gratification in the form of the Compound Eye Sessions? [Read more…]

Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Armalyte Industries, Compound Eye Sessions, Cubanate, Marc Heal, MC Lord of the Flies, Pig, Pig band, PIG vs MC Lord of the Flies, Raymond Watts

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