Squirrel Bait

Squirrel Bait | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 27, 1997)
• Original Release Date: February 11, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Drag City
• ASIN: B0000019S0
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #121,585 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Genre: Popular Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 11-FEB-1997

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nevermind Nirvana, buy this!!!!!!, February 28, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Squirrel Bait (Audio CD)

The Squirrel Bait record truly was a revelation for the small group of kids who discovered it in '85. It predates Nirvana's first full-length by about 3 or 4 years--and a lot of the original Squirrel Bait fans, myself included, are still bitter that Nirvana grabbed all the glory.

Similarities between the bands notwithstanding, Squirrel Bait were a lot more intelligent, were mere kids when their record came out, and frankly, make Nirvana sound like corporate hair metal. The first time I heard "Hammering so Hard" I couldn't believe my ears it was so good. It was hardcore gone rock, with hooks galore and zero loss of intensity.

Peter Searcy's voice just has to be heard--he outdoes Cobain. As for the drumming, sorry Dave Grohl, the kid behind the kit was phenomenal!! We used to air-drum to it over doobies in the rec room.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ROCKS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT/SMELLS LIKE TEEN ANGST, February 24, 2004

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Thomas A. Corpino (Hartsdale, New York United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Squirrel Bait (Audio CD)

An absolute monstrosity. Easily, THE most powerful 20 some-
odd minutes of music ever recorded. A complete, cacophonous
roar led by twin-barrels burnin' buzzsaw guitars and a drummer
named Ben who sounded like Keith Moon AFTER he destroyed the
skins. And Peter Searcy screaming/mewling/howling/caterwauling
over this riotous din like Paul Westerberg after a few
"whatever you're havings". As good, if not better, than
anything those Husker Dudes were doing at that present time.
As frontman Searcy anguishly laments on the final song "You
won't see-you won't know-that everything was PERFECT"...
believe me Peter...it all was.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars slint, junior, April 12, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Squirrel Bait (Audio CD)

in the immortal movie "summer school," one of freddy shoop's students, who's slept through class all semester, turns out to be a male stripper. when the shoop truck confronts him, larry responds with a question, "what if you could be 18 again, but you would know then what you know now?" of course, shoop agrees. so is squirrel bait, the noisy, highly intelligent punk band you wish you would have formed in high school. each song of the record is pounded out with all the angst these teens could muster, resulting in, to quote grant hart of husker du, "the best $400 [he's] ever heard." the liner notes are also a juicy read, comparing the record to, among other things, "i ain't marching anymore" by phil ochs and "light my fire" by jose feliciano. anarchists indeed.