Dry Humping the American Dream

Gutbucket | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 13, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cantaloupe
• ASIN: B0001WJNTG
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #467,606 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get the Hump!, May 3, 2004

By 

Onaps (Bklyn, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dry Humping the American Dream (Audio CD)

It's a feat to capture the live energy of some bands on tape. Most often what occurs is a shallow representation of a powerful experience. Not so with "Dry Humping" - the folks at K-Sound Studios definitely pinned the meters on this one. It's a demanding affair to put all that sound into two channels. But what you wind up with is an aural assault that is as thoughtful as it is mean, articulate as it is nasty. Are you afraid of dissonance? Do you find yourself uncomfortable in anything other that 4/4? Don't worry, Gutbucket the Iconoclast is here to shatter your mind and spin your head like a top that's trying to avoid a whirlpool of sulfuric acid. (mid-review-plug: I hate reading about music. It's like talking about food - let's just EAT already! In other words, HEAR it for YOURSELF!) The Gutbucket experience to me feels like trying to ride atop a New York City Subway train like holding for dear life onto Falcor. Yeah, your brain might get seriously battered, but you'd also come away with a fantastic story! (that might never end...) In the world of "read the book, then see the movie", this disc is the 'book' to Gutbucket's live frenzied 'movie' - only this time, it's like "The Shining": the book and movie are both special in such different and exciting ways.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars second coming, April 30, 2004

By 

Alexander Vagenas (Athens, Greece) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dry Humping the American Dream (Audio CD)

This review is probably useless to anyone who has already got Gutbucket's first album, as you won't need any more encouragement. To those that haven't yet, let me say that they should give them a try if they have time for a band that can combine the edge of Hasidic New Wave, the genre bending craziness of Estradasphere and the sheer energy of John Zorn's Naked city with an amazing level of musicianship, a solid jazz grounding and raw, rock and roll productions!
I am a jazz as well as extreme metal fan, I like electronic music and the blues as well, and this band can do it all with an exciting sense of gusto and enthusiasm that has made them irresistible to me. They can be as cerebral as Mr Bungle, but with a sense of fun and a rockier attitude. They can reach total punk craziness via Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane or just give you some of the most lyrical and airy passages in unexpected arrangements. I wouldn't say that they are the most original band I have heard but their enthusiasm and audacity makes up for their few (if any) shortcomings.