Thursday, October 23, 2008

A brief survey of pornogrind

To me, most grindcore sounds like tuneless shit played by retards that don't have two brain cells to rub together. Which is exactly what it is. If there is any genre of music that has lower barriers to entry, I haven't come across it (although, as one of our readers pointed out, bedroom black metal comes close). In spite of the fact that grindcore makes me want to jam sharp objects in my eardums post-haste, I have a real soft spot for it's kissing cousin, pornogrind. Unlike grindcore, which emphasizes playing garbage as fast as possible, pornogrind places a premium on groove and actual songwriting. Plus, I never get tired of porn sample intros. I'm far from an expert on the genre (and who really wants to be?), but here are some of my favorites:



Meatshits
The Meatshits were my introduction to pornogrind, and what an introduction! I bought "The Ecstasy of Death" at the Tower Records in Bellevue, Washington when I was in high school, and to this day it's one of my favorite records in the genre. I still think they have the best song titles, far better than more ironic peers like Anal Cunt. For example: ""Bullshit Lottery", "Let There Be Shit", "Bobbing For Stools", "Cancerous Foreskin", "Dead Fag Quilt", and so on. (At the risk of being PC, I want to be perfectly clear that I am completely laughing at, not with, this stuff) "Sniper At The Fag Parade" is the most jawdroppingly, subhumanly retarded/brilliant thing I've ever heard. It's literally like what your 12-year old, white trash neighbor with fetal alcohol syndrome and severe head trauma would come up with if you gave him a microphone and a 4-track. Basically, I love the Meatshits because they represent the absolute bottom of the barrel of the human race! Listening to them makes me feel like I should be wearing a helmet when I leave the house.

There are lots of other great things about the Meatshits, like how every record has a song or two where he raps over a drum machine and corny Casio-style keyboards, but I've already gone on for too long. I could literally write volumes about how much I love the Meatshits, but I'll leave it at that for now.

Here is a link to download almost all their 7"s.


Cock And Ball Torture
I am going to go out on a limb here and say that CBT have probably listened to Gut once or twice, because they sound almost exactly the same. That's definitely not a bad thing, though, and the world could certainly use more Gut tribute bands. The only real difference is that CBT aren't quite as funny/clever, and I think they use a pitchshifter, which I am kind of philosophically opposed to. But they have massive, moshtastic riffs and the super thick production on their records really puts them over the top. If you like Gut, definitely check out CBT! The video above is pretty good, I especially like the part with the Pope singing.



Gut
Man, I never get tired of YouTube videos that put grindcore songs over silly, mismatched footage! For example the part in this video with Hulk Hogan playing guitar at :24, solid gold. In any case, Gut are perhaps the originators of pornogrind as we know it today. The Meatshits were first, but they more or less just played noisecore with porn lyrics and samples. Gut were the first band that I know of to play the slow, groove-oriented style that defines the genre these days. I think they also pioneered the concept of writing odes to various adult actresses. I totally appreciate this idea, but I feel like their taste in porn chicks is a bit dated, perhaps betraying their age. For example, writing songs about Jenna Haze and Aurora Snow in 2006? Come on dudes, get with the times and write some jams about Eva Angelina, Cody Lane, or Audrey Bitoni. Shit, I'll even settle for Next Door Nikki. What would be some truly next level shit (to borrow their phrase) would be a collabo with Johnny from In The VIP!

Which brings me to the other thing that sets them apart: they have a strong wiggerish element. Needless to say, I love this. For example, the list of influences from their MySpace:
Impetigo, Kool Keith aka Dr. Doom aka Dr. Octagon, Cryptic Slaughter, Repulsion, Notorious B.I.G., G.G. Allin, Lord Of Putrefaction, Macabre, Ol´ Dirty Bastard, Detroit Grand Phubas, old Xysma, Ulcerous Phlegm, very old Demilich, Blowfly, Mike Jones, Gorilla Biscuits, Mehr Kohle Atzen, Interment, S.O.D., Blasphemy, Malediction, Necro, Skateboy P., Righteous Pigs, old KKS, old D.R.I., old Pungent Stench, old Celtic Frost, N.W.A., Gucci Crew II, Autopsy, Bobby Digital, Unseen Terror, old Carcass, Bun B...
On their newer records, they have some songs that are as much rap as they are metal (like "Gigolo Warfare"). It sounds like a terrible idea but I honestly think it's their best stuff! Other good rap songs include "How Low," "Three Handsome Guys" and "Next Level Shit." It's definitely an unlikely combination, but wigger-porno-rap-grind might be my favorite new genre of music. That said, I love wiggerish influences as much as anyone, but I have to draw the line at Bun B, Silkk The Shocker, and Ludacris! Yuck.

Anyhow, make sure you hop on their Myspace and check out their stuff, especially "Gigolo Warfare." If I had to pick a favorite pornogrind band, it would definitely be Gut. If I'm ever in Germany I want to hang out with these guys, they seem like a fun, chatty bunch! But what do I know, I'm listening to New Found Glory as I type this.

DEAD live at Obscene Extreme Festival 2005

Dead
Aside from having a very difficult-to-Google name, Dead is yet another German pornogrind band that's very much in the vein of Gut. Like CBT, they play extremely thick, groovy moshgrind with pit riffment to spare! They have particularly catchy songs, though, so if you like this style, you definitely won't go wrong with Dead.

Dead on Myspace

15 comments:

  1. http://www.myspace.com/splatterwhore

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  2. I know I've mentioned this before on M.I., but my brother and I used to write with the dude from MeatShits (Rob right?), we sent him a copy of our friend's zine as part of a trade. The zine had a typical grindcore slant (political, pro gay rights, pro choice etc) and he sent us back a letter that said "don't send me PC fag shit". This was in 1994 or so.

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  3. A genre of music even more worthless than wigger slam! Amazing. What is the point of writing porn lyrics or any other sort of unusual lyrics if nobody can understand a word of it?

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  4. I think pornogrind and wigger slam are the death of metal as we know it. Bunch of clueless tards. Listen to real grind like Nasum,Rotten Sound,Relevant Few,Splitter,Afgrund,Early Napalm Death,etc. The only gore I like is Blood Duster,Regurgitate and early Carcass.

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  5. Meatshits are grind...for god's sake, they did a split with Anal Cunt!

    Pornogrind is a form of goregrind, which is a form of grindcore, which is what you hate.

    You like goregrind and are confusing some bands with it due to their disgusting pornographic nature.

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  6. dude... listen to CBT and Gut. they don't sound anything like goregrind (for example, Last Days Of Humanity). i like goregrind just fine, but it's an entirely different (though related) genre. it's like the difference between slam metal and wigger slam!

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  7. I can't wait to tell about my MySpace one man drum machine porno grind project!!!

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  8. Well said Sarge. Just wanted to say that the fancy italics at the beginning of the post made me think I was reading a quote from somebody famous, like Johnny Cash or something.

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  9. theNotMan - Dude, that Death band (which I had never heard before sounded just like Regurgitate (especially their stuff on Sickening Bliss). If I didn't know what Regurgitate looked like I would have sworn it was them.

    -Great post Serg.

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  10. What, no love for Anal Blast?

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  11. Hey Anonymous- were you referring to the band Dead?

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  12. Talkin about "depressing trends in metal"... but anyway, Jesus Is My Friend, ZAP!!!

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  13. Explore the sicknes bitches!!!!

    http://whenporngoes-grind.blogspot.com/

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  14. M.I - How could you forget the legendary pornogrind classic
    'Pornstorestiffi' by Blood Duster?!

    http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=8v5Jwz_JwYQ

    for shame!

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