Tuesday, January 24, 2006
The Geeky Dorks - My Pussy Hurts
The Geeky Dorks My Pussy Hurts 7" (Slutfish, 1999)
While no one really comments on it, the shadow of Flipper hovers over punk rock like the brilliant black cloud that is. When thrash was taking over punk rock in the early 80s, Flipper came around to slow the damn thing down. You go fast and the amount of interesting things you can do with punk rock kind of comes down to a bag of tricks. The result is hodge podge, the sound equivalent of one of those houses where the owner just keeps adding shit on with no thought of what the addition is connected to, or, in other words prog-punk (and its brother math rock). No need to dissect prog-punk because, by my ears at least, punk ain't prog rock, therefore what we think of as prog-punk ain't really punk.
You want smart guys doing punk? Slow the fucker down and hear what people do with the sound, not to it. Sometimes the slow shit sounds dumb, but it isn't really. In fact, it is what I call smart-dumb. Some examples of smart-dumb besides Flipper? Drunk with Guns, the Brainbombs, Monoshock, and, as far as contemporary bands, A Frames.
Add to that list the Geeky Dorks, who for one record had all the smart-dumb, slow punk groove that any Flipper fan craves. This two song 7" came out at the tail end of the 1990s on the Slutfish label, home and creation of New York City's king of DIY punk, Billy Syndrome. Like most Slutfish recordings, Billy and his main cohort Evil Jim Friendly play and produce this. This is not a regular band but a one-off with a couple of cartoonists (Mary Knott & Beppi) from Baltimore, Maryland.
While both songs are good sounds, in the spirit of trying to get you lazy asses to track down this stuff, you get just one. -Scott S.
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i sent this link to my man Cliff Ferdon who layed drums on this but i guess he was too tired bored and angry to take credit for that. billy syndrome had a fucking stroke last august and last i saw evil jim he was losing mind. anyway i let y'all know me and cliff and walter play smart-dumb music once or twice a week and we try to keep it fresh.
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