Following the much awaited merging of its members, Spare The Rod quickly became a favorite amongst the masses. Every cool cat and mouse in the country possessed a copy of their prolific debut EP 'Take Six of the Best', which was incredibly conceived, written, recorded and produced in a week. In an extravagantly furnished underground recording studio in the depths of the Welsh hills, the band put together one of the most exalted and celebrated EP's of the century. 'Take Six of the Best' carries the listener through a journey of exhilaration and ejaculation; side effects include hallucinations and loss of bowel control. When the album finally dropped from the top 10, after having spent 1,480 agonizing weeks in the charts, the album was inevitably milked to fuck. Rehabilitation camps were quickly formed all over the country to cope with the mass depression of STR's millions of fans, who, realising that their musical idol's were never going to write the much awaited album and were simply going to re-hash tired B-sides of their EP and desperately squeeze every last penny out of their once original and cutting-edge art, caused what was to become knon 'The Second Great Depression'.
Toward the end of the group's fortnight long career, sex, drugs and Nu Jazz music drove a peg between its members. STR suffered a horrifying death, subjecting its members to a 'cold-chicken' withdrawal, a term created by journalists to describe the band's demise as 'cold-turkey' seemed insufficient to describe the level of their suffering.
Ned fell destitute, now a 'post-operative' he walks the streets of LA, reciting an unrecognized mantra: "saki saki five dallah - i ghive yo good tahm o yo monay bak!". Gareth currently drives a big rig named Percy an average of 3,200 miles a week! (....She is currently on a diet, but says weight watchers is shit). He smokes 42 a day, has athlete's foot all over his body and swears at children. Mathew got a first in his degree at Dartmouth, he also became the most powerful union man in his block and came first in a 'cell songs' contest. Despite this the courts of justice said he could shove his parole up his arse. Mathew (or Mickey Mouse the Motherfucker as he likes to be called) was sentenced to life for torturing a parking warden with his drum sticks.
Such was the tragic demise of Spare The Rod, a name that will no doubt live on in infamy.
The great Carnival Of Souls archives amnesty continues …
Check out our musical tributes to ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ and ‘Terminator’!!!
Also this week:
An industrial remix of ‘Hang On To Your Id’ …
Three jams, including one featuring Lee KJD and Bishop Dante …
Three studio tracks from the 2007 Kore sessions …
And, from way back in the nineties, ‘In Amorata’ – the first EVER Carnival Of Souls studio recording, featuring George Apsion on 12-string guitar and lead vox, Andy Overend on violin, and Harriet Mallinson on backing vocals …
This week on the Carnival Of Souls player: a live Kicks Joy Darkness cover; an instrumental paean to the Spanish hills; an acoustic version of a Souls classic; and three studio tracks including a rare ‘Unit 13’ outtake. Come on in and enjoy!
More gems from the Carnival Of Souls archives up now! Including remixes of 'Joy' and 'Just Because', the full-length version of 'Embers', and the Souls' only foreign-language song ...
Horribly, some of the half-finished tunes that have been fermenting in the Lo-Fi Larder have evolved semi-sentient life - and are oozing and squirming their way to a gig near you ...
Gems from the Carnival Of Souls archives – now available for FREE download from our MySpace site!
Every week we will be making new songs from our extensive and diverse back catalogue available for download from our MySpace site, for the bargain price of NOTHING … Check it out and keep checking in!
This Sunday (today 30th Nov) COLOSSUS upload their previously
unheard track called:
YOU MUST BE HIGH!
Stop by and listen to something kaleidiscopic, melodic and snappy!
Spider and the gang x
P.S We have an interview with ART and SOUL magazine which is currently online! We are on page 20 saying stuff like:
4) What music inspires you and who are your main influences?
Spider: Obvious ones are Hendrix, Nirvana and The Beatles.
All modern music plays a part in our ability to write new material. I am fascinated by notions and emotions being given a sound/expression.
You DONT have to always listen to a fav song by your fav band to come up with the goods...Forget Matt Bellamy from Muse's feelings and modes of expression. What the fuck are YOU really feeling inside?
All change in Gronk’s Lo-Fi Larder! 4 new tracks and 2 oldies, all themed around the winter weather that cradles this little island like a hot water bottle gone cold … Put your feet up with a glass of mulled whine and sample the latest batch of home-made aural marmalade from my Lo-Fi Larder … Come on in, you’ll catch your death …
New Carnival Of Souls song 'H5N1' is up on our MySpace page, we hope you like it! Also check out our new site at www. freeyoursouls. net, where you can HEAR and DOWNLOAD music, SEE pictures, READ our blog and PERUSE upcoming gig listings from the comfort of your armchair ...
4 new songs simmering in the cauldron at Gronks Lo-Fi Larder! Including 2 instrumentals from a summer sojourn Stateside ... My American collaborator Scott Durum has added his usual tenor sax licks, plus some nifty ocarina, hand-marimba and various pieces of Afro percussion nestling in the mix ... Drop in to Gronks Lo-Fi Larder and sample a soupcon!
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To answer speculation made by various members of the press world-wide: the second singer on Lobotomy is not me having my balls sqeezed by Gareth - Joni Hurst did the honours (of singing, not squeezing).
We realise that the sound and performance quality of our first songs is a bit shakey, and I'd like to qualify a couple of things about our EP, if anyone with a critical ear should listen! The entire EP was put together in what was (cumutively) one week. Two of the songs (Lobotomy and Falling Grey) were written from scratch, and the whole lot was recorded and produced in what was left of that time. What's more is that we had to do all of the recordings live (because we didn't have the time to do seperate recordings) through shitty equipment: only two mics for the drums, the guitar through a PA (Gareth's Marshal head was broken) and the bass through a crappy little amp. We hope to eventually re-record all of the songs properly, but for now this is all we have to offer! Ned
