ALBUMS THAT SHAPED OLIVER #4

Just aquick entry before I go off getting tattooed today is this album by Bloodlet. They existed in the late 90's, released a few albums on Victory Records, split up, got back together and released another album before splitting up for the last time.
They where the black sheep of the Victory roster. Dubbed by many as "Evilcore", there sound was a mixture of slowed down hardcore, dissonance, technicality and something approaching noise-rock. Add to this the fretless bass, the lo-fi production and the hoarse vocals and you have an album that is still as impressive as it was when I first heard it all those years ago. Certainly a oddity in the hardcore scene but definatly one of the most influenctial bands for me.

DOGMAN WITH HORNS




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ALBUMS THAT SHAPED OLIVER #3

Now its not really cool or underground in the slightest. But who cares about gay stuff like that. I bought this from a second hand record store in Blackpool when I was a kid. SOIA really deserve the title of hardcore godfathers in my opinion ( much more than Agnostic Funk ). People understand it, if you don't then you are to young.



WHO SETS THE RULES



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BACK IN THE DAWN OF TIME..............

..well the 80's to be precise. Saturday morning TV was full of cartoons. Some havn't aged well others have. Sabre Rider was a adaption of a Japanese OAV series. They changed all the dialogue, added extra scenes and scrapped other elements and we had Sabre Rider And The Star Sheriffs, another addition to the line ( Bravestarr and Galaxy Rangers beat it) of space cowboy/western cartoons.
I vaguely remember this. Never to watch it as a kid more just the image of it popped up somewhere. What prompted this post was the discovery of the first DVD ina local second hand shop for the grand price of 100 pence, a bargain you will agree. Well about a year ago I came across the original soundtrack to it by the very talented Dale Schacker and couldn't believe it.



You see, Dale was given compelte freedom of artistic license to do whatever the hell he wanted with the score. He created a huge, sprawling work. Synth and pop elements are present as is a lot of "real" electric guitar. The music itself has the recurring country/western feel as well as a hugely dramatic nature that stands out amongst many other similar animations. Here we have the full OST. Including all the different world versions of the main theme and the many variations and edits/remix's of some tracks. It concludes with a interesting at times boring at others interview with Mr Schacker. I can't get enough of this at the moment.

GIVE HIM A LUBE JOB AND SUGAR LUMP

Enjoy gang
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IN 2 HOURS.............

...I will be another year closer to death. Depending on who you talk to most bets where made it would happen about 7 years ago. Sadly I have managed to keep going for 28 years.
Happy Birthday me.



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JOHN HUGHES RIP

Sad sad times.
February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009