By request, Bootbeast (Bootbeast Carnival as they were know on the More Coffee compilation)
Two reviews sum up their sound nicely, which is a gloomy blend of punk, metal and pre-grunge.
From fuzzlogic.com
Bootbeast
carnival 7"
noiseville. 8 / 2 tracks / 1989
feat. ex-Drunks with Guns / Mighty Sphincter members. 500 made, some on gold vinyl. + label flyer.
Experimental (post-)hardcore remotely resembling Die Kreuzen's sound. Strange guitar riffs, vocals are rather sung than screamed. Despite the experimental approach the music is powerful & compact.
The following year, after they released a self-titled cassette tape which New Times writer David Koen (April 1990) accurately describes their sound:
If Anne Rice invited Rush, Vincent Price, and Led Zeppelin over for drinks and rolled this tape to provide some instant atmosphere, no one would complain. Bootbeast is a postmodern, haunted-house cruise through the inner sanctums of art-metal.
Sometimes the Tempe band chokes on the songs' own atmosphere. But then sometimes Bootbeast emerges from the fogginess. It's this kind of well-balanced horror movie/rock 'n' roll hybrid that appeals to the doomster in us all.
they released this 4 song self titled 12".
Bootbeast:
Jim Andreas - Vocals
Mike Doskocil - Drums
Jeff O'Rourke - Guitars
Lloyd Whittaker - Bass
Lyrics- Andreas Music Andreas/Doskocil,O'Rourke, Whittaker
Produced by Greg Horn
Engineered by Andy Kern
Recorded at Cereus Recording
Download Bootbeast - Carnival 7"
Download Bootbeast 12"
8 comments:
Thanks alot for that one! What a great band!
DD
Singer went on to sing for Trunk Federation in the 90s which had a fair amount of regional success
I don't suppose you could upload this again? I heard John Peel play "Doris Day's Doorstep" about a hundred years ago and I still hear it in my mind with disconcerting regularity...
Please can we get a re-up of Doris Day Doorstep?
For my friend Carl. And me!
Thanks
Pad
Well, here they are:
http://www.mediafire.com/?h0atypi41c72h64
http://www.mediafire.com/?3gh2qxsruys5fwg
HTH
DD
Woo!
Donut Duck, you're a marvel.
Many, many thanks.
Sounds just like I recall, except just a little bit weirder.
This is a good thing.
Cheers!
You, sir, are invited for drinks with Rush, Vincent Price, Led Zeppelin and Anne Rice.
One thousand thanks from the inner sanctum!
Pad
Original Bootbeast Carnival line up on the 7" EP was Jim Andreas, Andy Lewis, Lloyd Whittaker, and Phil Riggins. Mike played drums on the 12"
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