BIG BLACK / RAPEMAN / related bands, albums

Version 6.0 Posted 4//94

Changes since last time:
New Additions:
HEADACHE clarification
PIGPILE correction

btw As always, this is being posted to the ftp-site at cs.uwp.edu

On with our program:

  1. BIG BLACK 1982-1987

    Members:

    Steve Albini: ching guitar, vocals (most shit on "Lungs" EP)
    John Bohnen: sax bleats on "Lungs" EP
    Pat Byrne: drums on "Bulldozer" EP
    Santiago Durango: vroom guitar (listed as "Melvin Belli" on SONGS ABOUT FUCKING)
    Jeff Pezzati: bass ("Bulldozer" EP, "Racer X" EP, "Il Duce")
    Dave Riley: bass (ATOMIZER-end)
    Roland: Roland

    1. "Lungs" EP
      Ruthless Records (recently reissued on vinyl by Touch and Go) (1982) RRBB02 or TG89
      Track Listing:
      Steelworker
      Live In A Hole
      Dead Billy
      I Can Be Killed
      Crack
      Rip

      "In the original edition of 'Lungs', there were also supplementary inserts, some of which included: dollar bills, rubber animals, locks of Will Tizzard's hair, tiny fish hooks, crayola sketches, Trini Lopez albums, bloody gauze, blasting caps, firecrackers, razor blades, squirt pistols (loaded), antique shop cutlery, Bazooka comics, Bruce Lee trading cards, scary photographs, old condoms, and a bunch of other shit."
      -- Steve Albini, from the HAMMER PARTY liner notes

    2. "Bulldozer" EP
      Ruthless Records (recently reissued on vinyl by Touch and Go) (1983) RRBB07 or TG90
      Track Listing:
      Cables
      Pigeon Kill
      I'm A Mess
      Texas
      Seth
      Jump The Climb

      "'Bulldozer' was much simpler. It came with an insert and a poster of some scary old people in a nursing home. There were 200 of them made in acid-etched galvanized steel jackets though. Weighed a friggin ton, too."
      -- Steve Albini, from the HAMMER PARTY liner notes.

    3. "Racer X" EP
      Homestead Records (recently reissued on vinyl by Touch and Go) (copies MIGHT still be available on MC) HMS007 or TG91
      Track Listing:
      Racer X
      Shotgun
      The Ugly American
      Deep Six
      Sleep!
      The Big Payback

    4. THE HAMMER PARTY LP/MC/CD
      Homestead Records HMS044 (1985) Touch and Go TG92
      LP/MC is A + B
      CD is A + B + C

    5. "Il Duce/Big Money" 7"
      Homestead Records HMS042 (1986)
      (OUT OF PRINT)
      (Has been reissued by Touch&Go) TG96

    6. ATOMIZER LP/MC
      Homestead Records HMS043 (1986) (Blast First! UK BFFP11)
      Track Listing:
      Jordan, Minnesota
      Passing Complexion
      Big Money
      Kerosene
      Bad Houses
      Fists of Love
      Stinking Drunk
      Bazooka Joe
      Strange Things
      Cables (live)

    7. "Rema Rema" 1-sided 7"
      (FE002) insert with an issue of FORCED EXPOSURE, a Waltham MA zine around 1984 (GOOD FUCKING LUCK!!!!) (reportedly HAS been booted tho)

    8. "Heartbeat" 7"
      Touch and Go Records T&G#21
      Track Listing:
      Heartbeat
      Things To Do Today
      I Can't Belive

    9. "Headache" EP
      Touch and Go Records T&G#20 (Blast First! UK BFFP14)
      Track Listing:
      My Disco
      Grinder
      Ready Men
      Pete, King of All Detectives (aka "King Dick")

      1. MC includes "Heartbeat" 7"
      2. There is a limited version of this that goes for about $100, in a black polyvinyl "bodybag", foil seal, and an upclose picture of a shotgun suicide victim. Also includes red vinyl copy of "Heartbeat" 7" (Blast First! editions have "Il Duce" instead of "Heartbeat" for some obscure reason)

    10. RICH MAN'S 8-TRACK TAPE CD
      Touch and Go Records TG94 (Blast First! UK BFFP23)
      Includes F, H, + I (sans "Strange Things" from ATOMIZER. Don't ask me why.)

    11. "He's A Whore/The Model" 7"
      Touch and Go Records T&G#23 (Blast First! UK BFFP24)
      One Cheap Trick song, one Kraftwerk song, covers are parodies/tributes to the album covers that the songs were originally on.

    12. THE INCREDIBLY CORPORATE WHORISH BIG BLACK INTERVIEW ALBUM LP
      Touch and Go Records T&GINT.#1 (1987)
      aka TALK ABOUT FUCKING (Blast First! UK)
      Interview album
      T&G edition promo-only
      Blast First! editions come with a script with which one can ask the band questions, even though the answers don't match up. ALso the band is in the left channel and the "German Interviewer" is in the right, so with a little tweaking it sounds like the band is interviewing itself.

    13. SONGS ABOUT FUCKING LP/MC/CD
      Touch and Go Records T&GLP#24 (1987)
      (UK: Blast First! Records BFFP19)
      (AUSTRALIA: AuGoGo Records ANDA24)
      Track Listing:
      The Power of Independent Trucking
      The Model
      Bad Penny
      L Dopa
      Precious Thing
      Colombian Necktie
      Kitty Empire
      Ergot
      Kasimir S. Pulaski Day
      Fish Fry
      Pavement Saw
      Tiny, King of the Jews
      Bombastic Intro
      He's A Whore (not listed on MC, but it's there!)

    14. PIGPILE MC/CD/VHS
      Touch and Go Records TG81 (1992)
      Track Listing:
      Fists of Love
      L Dopa
      Passing Complexion
      Dead Billy
      Cables
      Bad Penny
      Pavement Saw
      Kerosene
      Steelworker
      Pigeon Kill
      Fish Fry
      Jordan, Minnesota
      Heartbeat (Video only)

      1. Released posthumously in 1992, from their last tour
      2. Video AND album were recorded in the UK
      3. There was a limited edition of this that included the LP, the video, a poster, a T-Shirt, AND a clear unlabeled 5" record of the boys covering the Mary Jane Girls' "In My House."

    15. Compilation Appearances:

      THE WALING ULTIMATE
      (Homestead Records) (1987) HMS079
      "Il Duce"

      FAST 'N LOUD PRESENTS MIDDLE OF AMERICA
      (H.I.D./Hits of Middle America)
      1. 2 songs: "Big Payback" and "Hunter Safety (Tommy Bartlett Dies in Pain)"
      2. Not sure if this is the name of the comp., but in any event it was put out in the mid-'80s by WNUR, the Northwestern University radio station. Also has NAked Raygun

      HOG BUTCHER FOR THE WORLD
      (Mad Queen Records) (1987)
      1. "Big Money" (live 11/29/86, Den Haag, Holland)
      2. Another WNUR comp.

      GOD'S FAVORITE DOG
      (Touch and Go Records) T&G#11
      1. 2 songs: "Every Man for Himself" and "Crack-Up"
      2. Out of Print (I think...)

      NOTHING SHORT OF TOTAL WAR
      (Blast First! UK BFFP13) (1989)
      2 songs: "Kerosene (live)" and "He's A Whore (special mellow remix)"

      DEVIL'S JUKEBOX
      (Blast First! UK BFDJ1-10) (1989)
      Basically a ten-7" box set of NOTHING SHORT
      OF TOTAL WAR. Has the same Big Black and
      Rapeman tracks.

      SUB POP 100
      (Sub Pop Records SP010)
      "Spoken Word Intro Thing"

      "Happiness is Dry Pants" 7"
      (Chemical Imbalance CI 005)
      "Burning Indian Wife"

      TELLUS ALL GUITARS MC
      Harvestworks Records (1985)
      2LP (Blast First! UK BFFP21/22) (1988)
      "Pray I Don't Kill You Faggot"
      Steve solo on this one, under the name Run Nigger
      Run; a duet with Nate Katrud from Urge Overkill.

      CODE BLUE
      (1984) Last Rites
      "Texas (live)"

      HEAD OVER EARS
      (1987) Playhard (UK)
      "Dead Billy"

    16. Promo Records
      12" 5-song EP on Homestead (HMS060)
      Track Listing:
      Big Money
      Il Duce
      Rip (live)
      Cables (live)
      Pigeon Kill (live)

    17. Bootlegs
      [I will put bootlegs into this discog. IF AND ONLY IF I can get GOOD, RELIABLE INFO (such as track listings, cat. numbers, etc.) about them. I do NOT have the time nor the patience to type in half-assed info. Sorry to be a dick about it, but you try doing one of these and see how irritable you get. :)]

      KEROSENE
      Black Death Records 252 87 678
      Track Listing:
      Bad Penny !
      Kerosene !
      The Model @
      Fists of Love @
      Dead Billy @
      Jordan, Minnesota @
      Big Money @
      I'm a Mess @
      Cables @
      Rema-Rema #
      L Dopa #
      Newman Generator #
      Rip @

      ! = Live, Dutch FM Radio 8/87
      @ = Manchester Boardwalk 7/25/87
      # = University of London 6/2/87 (?)

      Allegedly a bootleg of a Blast First! Limited Release. According to all accounts, side one sounds great but side 2 sounds like shit.

      TONIGHT WE WALKED WITH GIANTS
      Live July 24, 1987 - Hammersmith Clarendon
      Track Listing:
      Cables
      Bad Penny
      Pavement Saw
      Kerosene
      Steel Worker
      Pigeon Kill
      Fish Fry
      Jordan, Minnesota
      Heartbeat
      "Heartbeat" featured Bruce Gilbert and Graeme Lewis of Wire as guests. At the end Albini says "...and tonight we walked with giants..."

      BIG BLACK LIVE
      (Vienna, Austria 1987) Oblivion Records OR CD 9104
      Track Listing:
      Fists of Love (mistake)
      Fists of Love
      L Dopa
      Big Money
      Dead Billy
      Cables
      Pigeon Kill
      Passing Complexion
      Kerosene
      Jordan, Minnesota
      Bad Penny
      Deep Six
      R.I.P.
      Rema Rema

      DEATH WISH
      Big Music Records BIG 049
      Track Listing:
      The Model
      Fists of Love
      L Dopa
      Passing Complexion
      Cables
      Bad Penny
      Pavement Saw
      Kerosene
      Steelworker
      Pigeon Kill
      Fish Fry
      Jordan, Minnesota
      Big Money
      I'm A Mess
      Rip

      Peel Session boot
      King Dick Records 7"
      (no info., but etchings say "shoot guns 1" and "eat pussy 2")
      Track Listing:
      Dead Billy
      Ugly American
      Newmangenerator
      L Dopa

      Recorded for BBC Radio 5/6/87

    18. (You got it all, Dad! We're gonna hit!) SOUND OF IMPACT
      I've decided to give this particular boot. it's own section just because it's so notorious and it's been such a bitch getting info. about it. 

      
                INSERT LISTING                  ACTUAL SONG



Side 1 Muncie IN 1986



                The Strong                      Ready Men

                Big $ Rush                      Big Money

                Elephant Joke?

                Kill The Cow                    Cables

                Yanomamo Indians

                Bird Thang                      Pigeon Kill

                Black Sab Crack                 Crack Up

                Way Hap Y'All                   Rip

                Toytown Daddy Oh!               Jordan, Minnesota



Side 2 Minneapolis and Cleveland 1986



                Firecrackers

                Loud Cow                        Cables

                Bird Bag                        Pigeon Kill

                Gas Jockey Huff                 Kerosene

                I Think I Fucked Your

                    Girlfriend Once             Bad Penny

                Hey There

                Big Truck                       Deep Six

                People Like That?               Rip

                Bumbandit                       Rema Rema
      1. NONE of the songs are listed by their actual names. "Firecrackers" is pretty self explanatory, and the rest of the tracks without "real listings" are just Steve yammerin'.
      2. The version of "Cables" on side 2 is the same on ATOMIZER, et al

  2. RAPEMAN 1987-1988

    Members:
    Steve Albini: Guitar, Vocals
    David Wm. Sims: bass
    Rey Washam: drums

    [Interesting sidenote: the name comes from a Japanese comic book about a rapist-for-hire]

    1. "Hated Chinee/Marmoset" 7"
      (Limited Touch&Go release)

    2. TWO NUNS AND A PACKMULE LP/MC/CD
      Touch and Go Records T&G#36
      (UK: Blast First! BFFP33)
      (AUSTRALIA: AuGoGo Records [red cover])
      Track Listing:
      Steak and Black Onions
      Monobrow
      Up Beat
      Coition Ignition Mission
      Kim Gordon's Panties
      Hated Chinee
      Radar Love Lizard
      Marmoset
      Just Got Paid
      Trouser Minnow

      CD includes BUDD EP

    3. BUDD EP LP/MC
      Touch and Go Records
      (UK: Blast First! BFFP27)
      (AUSTRALIA: AuGoGo Records)
      Track Listing:
      Budd
      Superpussy
      Log Bass
      Dutch Courage

    4. "Inky's Butt Crack/Song Number One" 7"
      Sub Pop Records SP040
      A single for the Sub Pop Singles Club. Rare, probably
      way too expensive now. Cover is a blow up of a panel
      from the RAPEMAN manga, with the Rapeman laying on the
      bed and some kana-script.

    5. Compilation Appearances:

      THE WALING ULTIMATE NOTHING SHORT OF TOTAL WAR
      (Blast First! UK BFFP13) (1989)
      "Dutch Courage" (studio demo)
      "Just Got Paid"

      DEVIL'S JUKEBOX
      (Blast First! UK BFDJ1-10) (1989)
      A ten-7" box set of NOTHING SHORT OF TOTAL WAR.

    6. Bootlegs
      I know there are some out there (not as many as Big Black, albeit.). BUT the same rules from [I., R] apply, cheese.

      SHUT UP 7"
      (no info given, but since the etchings say "BLOW-400-A" and "BLOW-400-B", we can make an educated guess that that's the company name and cat. #.. Cover has what looks like the Rapeman dragging a "blond superhero" by the hair...)
      Track Listing:
      Log Base (sic)
      Kim Gordon's Panties
      "Untitled" (actually "Radar Love Lizard")
      Trouser Minnow

      Live at London Astoria 1988

      Untitled
      (no name, but cover has a hockey-masked rapist [NOT The Rapeman, trust me on this one ;)])
      [etchings: "R-MAN-001-A" "ALBINI IS GOD" "R-MAN-001-B"]
      Track Listing:
      Introduction by Limey Wanker DJ
      Log Bass
      Wheelchair Epidemic (an old Dicks song)
      Steak & Black Onions
      Just Got Paid

      Live in Chester UK 1988

  3. SHELLAC 1993-Present

    Members:
    Steve Albini: Guitar, Vocals
    Todd Trainer, Drums
    Robt. Weston IV, Bass

    1. "The Rude Gesture, A Pictoral History" EP
      (Touch and Go Records)
      (Shellac Record 1)
      Track Listing:
      The Guy Who Invented Fire
      The Rambler Song
      The Billiards Player Song

    2. "Uranus" EP
      (Touch and Go Records)
      (Shellac Record 2)
      Track Listing:
      Doris
      Wingwalker

    3. "The Bird is the Most Popular Finger" EP
      Drag City Records DC34
      (Shellac Record 3)

    4. "Shellac At Action Park LP/MC/CD"
      TG141 (Shellac Record 4)
      Track Listing:
      My Black Ass
      Pull the Cup
      The Admiral
      Crow
      Song of the Minerals
      A Minute
      The Idea of North
      Dog and Pony Show
      Boche's Dick
      Il Porno Star

  4. RELATED PROJECTS

    1. Steve Albini
      has been mainly a producer since Rapeman, although as of a month or two ago he has a new band (see SHELLAC). He also plays on the new Pegboy EP ("Fore"). In addition, he has played on the GUITARORRISTS(#) album (which also includes Thurston Moore and J Mascis), and with Cath Carroll on one track of the LAST TEMPTATION OF ELVIS charity CD that the NME put out a few years back. In any event, here's a small sample of bands he's produced/engineered for.

      Jesus Lizard:
      "Pure" EP
      HEAD
      GOAT
      LIAR

      Pixies
      SURFER ROSA

      Breeders
      POD

      Superchunk
      NO POCKY FOR KITTY

      Poster Children
      1/2 of DAISY CHAIN REACTION (*)

      TheWeddingPresent
      "Brassneck" EP
      SEAMONSTERS

      Head of David
      DUSTBOWL

      Nirvana
      IN UTERO

      Pigface
      GUB (%)

      Murder Inc.
      MURDER INC.

      PJ Harvey
      RID OF ME

      Tad
      "Salt Lick" EP

      bunch of Zeni Geva stuff...

      ....and others too numerous to mention :)

      (#) - GUITARRORISTS: CD (No.6, KAR009, US) 1991 2LP (Glitterhouse[No.6], KAR009, Germany) 1991 "Nutty About Lemurs"

      (*) - The other half produced by Iain Burgess, noted mostly for being Naked Raygun's producer...

      (%) - He also plays on some tracks on the album, namely "Tapeworm," "Point Blank," "The Greenhouse," and "Tailor Made"

    2. Santiago Durango
      recorded two EPs under the name Arsenal ("Manipulator" and "Factory Smog is a Sign of Progress"), but has since put himself through law school, successfully, and now is a practicing barrister in Chicago for a firm which represents, of all people, Steve Albini. The song "Little Hitlers" from "Manipulator" is also on the NOTHING SHORT OF TOTAL WAR comp. He is also married to Cath Carroll, and both him and Steve played on her album ENGLAND MADE ME, on the track "Train Your On."

    3. Jeff Pezzati
      went on to form another local-Chicago-legend, Naked Raygun, but we'll let them speak for themselves.

    4. Dave Riley
      put out a 7" under the name BULL ($), but I heard that he tried (and failed) to kill himself during the past year. He also, apparently, is no longer in Bull.

      ($) - BULL 7" Compulsive Records (CPS01)
      Tinbox
      Revolver
      Dehaired Pickled and Baited

    5. Roland
      is somewhere in drum-machine heaven, more than likely. :)

    Special thanks to J. Castaldi, Nick Myers, Todd Deckard, Ian Rans, Henry Weld, Paul Silver, CraigO, Boris, Rob Piltz, Chuck Spiekerman, John Litchfield, Dave Miyares, John McLaughlin, Hans Tebbens, Peter K. Schulz, Matt Kelly.

    EXTRA SPECIAL THANKS TO: Jason Harenski and Charity Stafford for being the first people to send me info. about SOUND OF IMPACT.

    Thanks but NO THANKS to: Pasha Naini, who, even though I'm grateful for the BIG BLACK LIVE and DEATH WISH info., bitched at me for not being able to tell him WHERE to get the shit listed on this discog.

    EXTRA DOUBLE WHAMMY FUCK-ME-ANYTIME THANKS to: Charity Stafford (again) for sending me a dub and photocopies of the inserts to SOUND OF IMPACT. *mwah!*

    Any corrections or additions would be appreciated, and can be sent to: 00GDWESSEL@BSUVC.BSU.EDU

    Thank you. I'm outta here.