Tusk

The Dead C | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 29, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Siltbreeze Records
• ASIN: B00000581M
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #448,463 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What's Wrong With You People ?!?!?!?!?!, August 28, 2002

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"yabbee" (Theethertonville) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tusk (Audio CD)

Sad, so sad to see that nobody has reviewed this lonely little album. The Dead C are, alternately, either one of the most groundbreaking "rock" bands of the last couple of decades, OR they are a huge hoax played on the record collector scum of the universe. Either way, they get my vote for BAND of the ERA. Anyone with even the slightest interest in drone, heavy sound experimentation, hypnotic repitition, DIY recording, improvisation, and general guitar and drums clutter and clatter, needs to get their hands on anything this band from New Zealand has produced before they all disappear from this veil forever. TUSK, in particular, is a fine place to start. Sometimes executed with a quiet reserve that is downright ominous, the (mostly) lengthy songs spill over into orgies of feedback. Sheer bliss, but make no mistake, it ain't pretty.

1.0 out of 5 stars Empty anarchy, December 9, 2009

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IRate - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tusk (Audio CD)

Fans of anti-music will be psyched with these noise palliates, but while I am no stranger to atonal texture as composition, these droning odes to unhinged feedback come across sloppily haphazard, with very few nightmare-grade industrial pockets of hypnotic sound to thrillingly freak out to.

4.0 out of 5 stars One of their "best", April 2, 2009

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john the lawyer - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tusk (Audio CD)

First and foremost:you either get them or you don't. I firmly believe that if you play any Dead C disc for a neophyte and they don't dig it, there is zero chance they'll like something else from their catalog. No point pitching what you see as the merits, your friend will never hear what you hear.

I love all of it, and this is one of my favorites. Marginally more song and "rock" oriented, I tend to play this much more than, say, Future Artists or Eusa Kills. I like the longish, faintly Neil Young-sounding droners best, but to me, it all just works.

The curious would do well to start with The Whitehouse, Harsh 70's or this and proceed in any direction from there (assuming of course you're in the dig it category) Potentially appealing to fans of (especially) Bardo Pond and their myriad offshoots, Sonic Youth's SYR series, and Flying Saucer Attack. Never ugly in a purposeful way and often stunningly beautiful, their best stuff lurches unpredictably from sorta rock to sorta art to who knows what Everything sounds improvised; nothing seems random. There are days when I can listen to 3-4 hours of these guys at a time.