I've Visited the Island of Jocks and Jazz

The Hospitals

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 23, 2005)
• Original Release Date: August 23, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Load Records
• ASIN: B000ADWDFM
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #69,801 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars WTF???, December 11, 2005

By	Aquarius Records (San Francisco) - See all my reviews

What might one find on the Island Of Jocks And Jazz? You might be surprised to discover it's mostly amp buzz, and cord crackle, snare drums that sounds like someone throwing stones at a trash can lid from across a yard, vocals that sound like they were recorded from the bottom of a sheet metal pit, all that cacophany broadcast through a bank of 200 broken car speakers, recorded on a handheld cassette recorder, and then mastered to aluminum foil. WTF?!? The Hospitals make Guitar Wolf sound like the Osmonds. There are some killer riffs, some warbly organ, some almost dubby rhythms, even some hooks, but they're all barely discernible, wrapped in sonic barbed wire, lit afire and set careening down an obstacle course of empty metal trash cans, aluminum shed siding and all matter of rusty scrap metal. Ultra chaotic and wild and scuzzy screechy blown out garage rock blur. Just the thing for all of you mourning the end of SF's Coachwhips, and will probably also tickle the ruined eardrums of folks who love stuff like the Country Teasers, The Fall, Black-Eyed Snakes, Liquor Ball, Guitar Wolf and any of that acid fried, amp melting speaker blowing garage trash-n-roll!

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1.0 out of 5 stars I wish I could give it a 0., July 7, 2006

By	Maxwell Voettiner "The Champ" (Orange County, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The most god awful CD I have ever listened to. I bought it randomly at a CD store, and it was a huge waste of money. I like some bands that are really messy (like Guitar Wolf), but this is just garbage. It isn't even understandable. It isn't music, it's noise. I can't believe these guys got a record deal. Don't believe anyone that says it is good. If you buy this album you will seriously regret it.