BASTRO Sing The Troubled Beast LP HOMESTEAD 1990 HOL SQUIRREL BAIT-GASTR DEL SOL
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BASTRO
Bastro was the more prominent of guitarist David Grubbs' two immediate post-Squirrel Bait projects (the concurrently running Bitch Magnet being the other). Grubbs originally joined the Louisville, KY-based Squirrel Bait while still in high school, and was actually one of the oldest members of the group; when he and bassist Clark Johnson left for college, it effectively spelled the end of the band after two important releases. Grubbs went to Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and formed an early version of Bastro in 1987 with bassist Dan Treado, who soon left. Even though Clark Johnson had gone to Chicago, he and Grubbs reteamed as the new core of Bastro, and pursued a more twisted and abrasive style of post-hardcore punk than their former band. Backed by a drum machine, they issued a six-song EP, Rode Hard & Put Up Wet, on the Homestead label in 1988
"SING THE TROUBLED BEAST"
1990 LP HOMESTEAD RECORDS STEREO HMS 164-1
MADE IN HOLLAND ORIGINAL PRESSING
SINGLE COVER
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: 8 711315 016410
Label Code: LC 6990
Other (boxed): EFA LP 16599 08
LABEL: HOMESTEAD - RED LABEL w/YELLOW LOGO on TOP - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine) HMS 164-1 (rear) 08-030418-20
Catalog on labels: HMS164-1 08-030418-20-1 EFA LP 16599 08 / HMS164-1 08-030418-20-2 EFA LP 16599 08
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): 08 30418 20 1A1 HMS164 1
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): 08 30418 20 1B1 HMS164 1
On labels: rim text "All Rights.........Made in Holland"
STEMRA
© Gastr Virgo
℗ Homestead Records
On Back Cover: Tracklist + Notes
Released under license by Boudisque Records. Printed in Holland
© Gastr Virgo ℗ 1990 Homestead Records All Songs Are By Bastro
tracklisting
Side A: DEMONS BEGONE - KRAKOW, ILLINOIS
I COME FROM A LONG LINE OF SHIPBUILDERS - TOBACCO IN THE SINK - RECIDIVIST
Side B: FLOATING HOME - JEFFERSON-IN-DRAG - THE SIFTER - NOISE/STAR - RECIDIVIST
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RECORD NEAR MINT but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
While the full-length debut Bastro Diablo Guapo found David Grubbs' post-Squirrel Bait project mining Chicago-styled noise thrash, Sing the Troubled Beast offers the first hints of the fractured melodicism he would embrace with his next group, Gastr del Sol. Tempering his extremist nature with actual hooks ("Demons Begone," "Krakow, Illinois") and subtle guitar textures (the mournful "Tobacco in the Sink"), Grubbs creates music that is compact and expressive, although he brings back the noise on cuts like "The Sifter"...(AllMusic)
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