Skag Heaven

Squirrel Bait | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 27, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Drag City
• ASIN: B0000019S2
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #105,525 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a proto-grunge masterpiece, October 2, 2006

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Chris Stolz (canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Skag Heaven (Audio CD)

John LeLand called it on this one, way back in '84-- "many bands have rolled around on this mat, trying to nail it down. Squirrel Bait renders them all irrrelevant."

This disc-- which also contains their eponymous debut-- is fabulous. Loud, dense punk rock, with complex drumming and enough interesting rhythmic shifts and smart arrangmenets to keep the ear interested. Kurt Cobain idolised these guys, and guitar god Bob Mould once called this his favorite record of the '80s, and it isn't hard to see why. Indeed, in "Rose Island Road," SB have written a youth-is-gone tune as good as Husker Du's "Celebrated Summer," which smartly avoided metal party-rock cliches by acknowledging that one can only celebrate what disappears. Peter Searcy's vocals bridge the yowl of punk and grunge with smart pop sensibility and the lyrics are elliptical and intriguing. The guitar work is masterful and drummer Ben Daughtry is simply sensational here-- fluid, complex, groovy and massively heavy.

Essential punk/grunge/guitar-rock/whatever.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ahead of the curve, March 17, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Skag Heaven (Audio CD)

Quite simply, the best band you've never heard. Aggressive, intelligent rock n' roll with the sub-par recording charm of a true indie record. If you like to expose your friends to bands they don't know, this is a great opportunity. I agree with a previous review in that their first EP is even better than Skag Heaven.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Crucial Album, January 5, 2009

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mousetrapx1 "MT" (Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA, The World) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Skag Heaven (Audio CD)

Don't think of them as a pre-grunge band, or as a pre post-rock, math-rock, or moth-rock band; this was a hardcore album, apparently made by guys who took prideful shame (or shameful pride) in mowing their own lawns...see the sleeve photos. A DIY ethic for American suburbia.

This, Skag Heaven, is an amazing album; much better than the first album.