tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post7420531008133718402..comments2024-03-02T07:40:22.786+03:00Comments on Only Solitaire blog: Angry Samoans: STP Not LSDUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-70364159173487893902011-04-14T14:44:52.289+04:002011-04-14T14:44:52.289+04:00nah, the one-string fuzz leads before every verse ...nah, the one-string fuzz leads before every verse of DEATH OF BEEWAK are totallly SRC lead style. i was thinking "Quackenbush!" everytime i stepped on the ancient blue/red early 70's Unibox giant stomp pedal. i loved the 1st/2nd lp best SRC stuff. (3rd lp was a snoozer). MILESTONES was solid top to bottom, but they (SRC) were on a terrible "sign everything/anything and throw them all against the wall at once" label that could barely move many Steve Miller Band album without shooting themselves in the foot.<br /><br />if you're doing crude West Coast style, that's gotta be KAK. which i mimicked (plus some feedback/tones0 all over THE MISTAKEN recording (7 songs, samoans w/o the regular rhythm section) the previous year. i like that record FAR better than either samoans record straddling it during 1986-1988. songs, performances especially, we did good pre-production work getting the guitar sounds and drum parts figured out and down before the recording weekend. <br /><br />the www.facebook.com/angry.samoans "photo album" that's the 1985-1988 lineup has a picture(s) of the little practice amp that the 1st guitar was done with on the STP NOT LSD album. weird thing that was carried by the Colton Piano stores. but only a certain model (had the gonzo overdrive channel). it's way too squashed (for EQ) BUT if you have an original issue PVC cassette, that's a good approximation of what's on the master tape (and the test pressings). the retail pressing done 1/2 year later (the label was chapter 11 heading towards dissolution that year) is UNLISTENABLE. later CD/digital, probably worse. but the cassette PVC presed up didn't fuck up the "dark" EQ on the guitars (and snare drum also). we didn't want one sound/tone on that Side 1 that couldn't have been on an album from the 1969 Midwest -- dark and heavy rhythm guitars, w/plenty of lead guitar. it was there on the master tape (and test pressings). ahhhhygrrrgh and the BACK cover photo should have been on the front (cover). junked auto picture.metal mike /angry samoanshttp://www.facebook.com/angry.samoansnoreply@blogger.com