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Those who have the nerve to call all those new bands (3 Doors Down, Nickelback, Alter Bridge...) "grunge" should listen to the mighty Tad and learn what grunge is REALLY all about. Tad puts all those college crybabies to shame and makes them sound like f**king Westlife! Yes, grunge can be massively heavy and those 4 Seattle heavyweights show it, pound for pound, in their best work to date. A solid album, with enough variety to please any hard rock fan. Check out the power of "Grease Box", the punk fury of "Throat Locust", the nice piano touches in "Luminol" (my personal favorite), the crescendo emotion of "Paregoric", the sludgy mayhem of "Pansy" and the great melodic finale of "Gouge".

This is grunge at its very heavy best, this side of Melvins, Alice in Chains and early Soundgarden. Ya can never go wrong with the Tadster...

This is a pretty sweet, yet forgotten album. "Tad" normally get catagorized as grunge, and though they are, they could also be metal too. In fact it really is more metal, just played by guys wearing flannel. Not alot of smash hits came from this album, but "Grease Box", "Leafy Incline", and "Gouge" are a few of my favorites. "Luminol" has some nice touches too. As a whole though it's a great listen. This was also produced by J Mascis of "Dinosaur Jr." fame, not that it sounds anything like them. Worth checking out if you ever come across it.

This was one of the greatest records I bought in 1994. Tad was known as that one "metal" band from seattle. Take a listen to the track Grease Box, and try not to get a ticket speeding to the Record Store's dollar-bargin bin! The first time I saw TAD they opened for Alice in Chains, any ways Tad stage dove and nobody caught him. If you didn't know, Tad weighs about 300 pounds. This Cd is so heavy it weighs 10 pounds, and it is produced by J.Mascis-if anybody cares. -Dragoon

The opening track, like someone mentioned before, will compel you to drive to your record shop above the speed limit. Never fear: There's plenty of these around because it got MISSED! From the pummelling first track, you realize that these guys have what Metallica was trying to do on Load/ReLoad with the energy that the Metallicats left behind: These tracks smoke, simmer, melt, crank, rock, and the pounding drumming keeps it from getting slow. I'd say the energy in the drums is reminiscent of Season To Risk's 2nd record, and if Martin Bisi has produced this one, the drums would be in the room you're sitting in. Ah, a minor detail: Just crank this sucker!
Highly recommended to Metallica fans, although it's grungier, it could be covered by them.
Tad are one of the greatest overlooked Northwest powerhouse bands and should be in your collection YESTERDAY!

If you never got to see TAD live, this will give you a hint of the power they could unleash. The band is just BALLSY with absolutely stellar drumming by Mr. Josh Sinder. The production is spot on and this disc is one of my "test recordings" that I use when listening to new sound gear I'm purchasing. A great bunch of songs to have on your I-Pod during a hard work out, or interstate crime spree!

my review/

get this one/ not tomorrow/ RIGHT NOW!

i took a chance on INHALER and have kept it spinning in the cd player for a long time

the vocals sound a LOT like Hetfield and this has some of the heaviest guitar youve heard ever

GET IT GET IT NOW.....................

Whew! I hadn't seen nor heard anything new from these Seattle grunge rockers in at least ten years now. I saw the band play at least twice in a small club back in the mid-'90's. Even remember hanging out after one show, talking with Tad frontman, guitarist and vocalist (lumberjack-like, 300 lbs.+) Tad Doyle while he was gulping down a cold one. Tunes I liked best were "Grease Box", "Ulcer", the rocking "Just Bought The Farm" and "Pansy". Never one of my favorite grunge bands, but decent. Might appeal more to some fans of the Melvins, Faith No More, Therapy?, Dig and Mother Love Bone.

I didn't know what to expect from Tad when I bought the CD. I had already owned Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Paw and Hammerbox and I didn't think Tad would be able to stand up to them. After a few listens to this album, I was proved wrong. Every song is awesome but my favorites are Leafy Incline, Just Bought the Farm, and Luminol.
I know Tad can't sing but he makes it work. It wouldn't make sense without his vocals.
This was the best $3.00 I ever spent.

I first remember hearing TAD when I went to see the movie 'Brainscan' when I was 15; "Grease Box" was played over the end credits of the movie. I thought the song was excellent, and I absolutely HAD to buy the album it came from. It may sound silly to younger people, but besides word of mouth, that's often how we heard of new bands back then...this predates mp3s.

Anyway, TAD are a canonical example of '90s grunge/metal done flawlessly. There's plenty of thrash metal influences to be found on this album, along with references to post-punk and other early alternative bands. Aside from some inevtiable 1990's flannel-covered cheese, this album is just about perfect.

History is indeed written by winners, even music history. By "winning" I of course mean the thing that all bands dream of: long-lasting popularity for future generations. Unfortunately, TAD wasn't one of those bands...although they should've been.

You like Testament, Metallica, Exhorder, Pantera, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, or The Melvins? You'll most definitely dig this.



P.S. - I shouldn't neglect to mention that I was shocked to see that this album is out-of-print, which is funny because I remember my local Wherehouse Music consistently had about two copies in stock. Oh well, get it before it's gone forever! [That is until it's reissued by some random Canadian indie label.]

A different take on grunge than maybe, (if you even know what grunge is), you're accustomed to. I like it.