Lung
An obscure band from New Zealand. Three Heads on a Plate – LP/CD Cactii – LP/CD They only had a few releases, including several 7″ records. Check our review of Cactii: See our review of the Cactii CD
Noise Rock
Essential Noise Rock Record Labels:
Amphetamine Reptile Records – Some of the best on this label are Hammerhead, early Cows, and Today is The Day.
Trance Syndicate Records – Best bands: Crust, Distorted Pony, and Cherubs.
Skin Graft Records – Best bands: Mama Tick, Mount Shasta, and Shorty.
Gasoline Boost – Bands: Big ‘N, Shorty.
Choke, Inc. – bands like Milkmine, Jaks – lesser known label, so many of these bands went unnoticed.
Shorty
An obscure noise rock band from Chicago. This band later became US Maple. Most of their releases came out on Gasoline Boost Records. Thumb Days – LP on Gasoline Boost Fresh Breath CDEP Chris Dodge (Slap a Ham Records) gave a bad review, in Maximum Rock and Roll, to the Thumb Days LP. Shorty followed-up [...]
Of Cabbages and Kings
A noise rock band sometimes compared to the Swans. Heavy slower noise rock. They released several full length albums. Their best one is Basic Pain Basic Pleasure.
Janitor Joe
One of the best bands on AmRep Records. Previously called Bastards, and then later became Gnomes of Zurich. If we had to pick the top 5 noise rock bands, this band (and their related bands) would in that list. Big Metal Birds – LP Lucky – LP Boyfriend/Yellow Car – 7″ Bullethead – 7″ pic [...]
Kittenz – Tiger Comet CD
This is an intense, hard to find Canadian Noise Rock CD, similar to Cherubs or Milkmine. They released 4 CDs in the 90′s (on Sonic Unyon Records). Hard to believe nobody talks about them. Okay, I discovered them by chance – a $1 budget bin purchase. Their song ‘Cougar’ sounds like The Melvins gone psycho. [...]
