Horror Asparagus Stories

Driving Stupid (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 1, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sundazed Music Inc.
• ASIN: B00007EHW4
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #563,007 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. My Mother Was a Big Fat Pig

2. Hide the Lobsters

3. East City!

4. The Reality of (Air) Fried Borsk

5. We've Come to Take the Earth Away

6. Green Things Have Entered My Skin, Glady's

7. I'm Gonna Bash Your Brains In

8. Water My Doing Here?

9. Girl's Got a Turtle

10. How Do You Tell a Stranger?

11. Happytime Springface and Flowers

12. Greensleeves (The TWA Corbies)

13. Fast City!

14. We've Come to Take the Earth Away

15. The Reality of (Air) Fried Borsk

16. Hide the Lobsters

17. Green Things Have Entered My Skin, Glady's

18. Horror Asparagus Stories

Editorial Reviews

They came careening out of New Jersey, where else? In the summer of '66 and released one fabulously rare, incredibly insane 45 that instantly became the stuff of legend, then disappeared in a puff of smoke. But unknown to all, they also recorded an entire album, which has lain dormant...until now! Few 60s groups were this raw, this untamed, this...just plain weird! Sundazed. 2002.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pre-Psychedelic Psychedelia, December 30, 2002

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Vince Pecoraro (Scottsdale, Arizona United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Horror Asparagus Stories (Audio CD)

Ever since I heard the song Horror Asparagus Stories on pebbles volume three I've wanted to know more about this band. Who would have thought that they recorded a whole album of material. This stuff comes from the summer of '66 which puts it way ahead of the free association acid induced music that was going to pour forth one year later with Sgt. Pepper, Piper At The Gates and the like. Captain Beefhart is about the only other guy who was making acid fried music like this in '66. I guarantee you will feel mentally disturbed by the time you've listened to the last track.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars So Stupid It's... Well, Stupid, March 5, 2003

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Jason F. Johnson "comicbook devotee" (Duluth, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Horror Asparagus Stories (Audio CD)

The quote by a record executive reads, "So stupid, it's fantastic!" That's a little strong, but it's certainly clever. If 60's schlock-filmmaker Ed Wood made a rock album, I suppose it would sound like this: Avant-garde garage rock (or "garbage rock," if you're so inclined). A lot of cheesy lyrics, either horror-oriented or just weird. Features a lot of screaming and chanting, keeping the songs pretty simple. "Fast City" is a funny parody of those "fast-car" songs, but most songs just make you shake your head and think, "What the hell IS this?" Fortunately, I like this kind of schlock, but it's an acquired taste, to be sure. Ironically, they fall kind of short with the "straight" pieces, which are kind of ho-hum; also, the original demos are just as good and somtimes better than the "polished" (such as they are) studio tracks. And speaking as a postman, I'm not offended by the uncencored version of "Hide the Lobsters," which features such lines like, "You don't see the postman's wife / We have stuffed her into his feet." How can you not love that?

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If Ed Wood had a band it would be "The Driving Stupid", October 29, 2004

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D. Silvia "yetanotherporscheguy" (South Dartmouth, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Horror Asparagus Stories (Audio CD)

So awful that it is entertaining. Great late evening listening it is not. Actually, I'm not sure if it would ever be appropriate mood music. Music like you've never heard it before. If you buy this expecting to get great music from the 60's you will be disappointed. If you love that born in the garage and slapped together in a weekend sound to your music then throw this in your cart!