Throbbing Gristle - DOA: Third and Final Report

What a difficult record to describe. First however, Throbbing Gristle themselves should be reviewed. For a band with such a cool description and background (and even a pretty good name, which I suppose doesn't mean much), they fail to deliver on almost all levels. Their music is among the most cheesy, pretentious, boring, and painful music that I have ever heard. Upon reading about them and their crazed antics, you expect music to match. This is not so. However, of all of their bad albums, this is the best. The worst part about it is, it is quite good in parts. The song "We Hate You (Little Girls)" is the kind of stuff the band should have been doing all along. But also on this record is among the most cheesy and bad Throbbing Gristle recording I have heard yet, "AB/7A". The album is pretty split as far as quality and garbage go. Click the album cover above, if you're willing to take a try.

This will be upped later today.

Whitehouse - Dedicated to Peter Kurten

One of the harshest records of its time, Dedicated to Peter Kurten is in my mind Whitehouse's very best album. Recorded in the same year (1981) as the groundbreaking Erector, this takes the bands harshness from that great album and increases it (in addition to adding strange sounds of water pouring?). The album starts off with the great "Ripper Territory", which is primarily a sample of a man reporting on capture of infamous "Yorkshire Ripper" Peter Sutcliffe played over the bands signature electronic noise. The album doesn't let up after this however. A couple tracks, "On Top" and "The Second Coming", are covers from the bands debut record, Birthdeath Experience. The two tracks are obviously made noisier and generally more harsh, and fit perfectly in the album. Speaking of which, the entire album, though never repetitive, has a consistent tone and the songs flow together rather well. The entire album is as acidic and cruel as any Whitehouse has ever released. Also, it should be noted that this is the first Whitehouse album to feature a fascination with serial killers. Excellent Record, Get it.

This album will be posted later today.