The group’s final release as Crass was the “Ten Notes on a Summer’s Day” 12″ single in 1986. Crass Records was closed in 1992; its final release was Christ’s Reality Asylum , a 90-minute cassette of Penny Rimbaud reading the essay that he had written in early 1977.
It was not until 1986 that the Cramps found a suitable permanent bass player: Candy del Mar (of Satan’s Cheerleaders), who made her recorded debut on the raw live album RockinnReelininAucklandNewZealandxxx . This was followed by the studio album Stay Sick! in 1990, which spent one week at No. 62…
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Albini claimed to be aiming for a “big, massive, slick rock sound” with Racer-X , which was less frantic than Bulldozer , but ultimately felt that the EP was “too samey and monolithic.” The band had already begun writing new songs by the time Racer-X was released, stating in the…
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Branch played bass in Peter Murphy ‘s band from 1986 to 1992, appearing on several albums.
Atomizer was a polarizing record that was praised in the national press and became an underground success, surpassing the band’s expectations by selling three thousand copies soon after its release. Big Black secured a European distribution deal for their records through Blast First , a label recommended to Albini by…
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In 1986 the group recorded the album V.A. Rocks Your Liver, which was produced by Sylvia Massy and released on Boner Records . Although the record’s credits list Joie Mastrokalos as the only guitarist, at least three other guitarists appear on the recording. Jason Shapiro contributed significantly to the songwriting…
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Prior to forming Jawbreaker, Blake Schwarzenbach and Adam Pfahler were childhood friends in Santa Monica, California and classmates at Crossroads High School. In 1986 they moved to New York City to attend New York University and decided to start a band. Seeking a bassist , they responded to a flyer…
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Signing to Enigma’s Restless Records division, Wipers released 1986’s Land of the Lost , featuring the song “Let Me Know”, used in the film River’s Edge . It was followed by Follow Blind (1987) and The Circle (1988). All three records were recorded in Sage’s studio 421 Sound .
The compilation album The Hammer Party , combining Lungs and Bulldozer , was also released through Homestead Records in 1986, but later that year Big Black had a falling out with the label and its distributor, Dutch East India Trading. According to Albini, Dutch East India’s accounting practices were “always…
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In 1986, Maniac Subsidal changed their name to the Offspring. The band released their first single ; the 7-inch ” I’ll Be Waiting “. They released the single on their self-made Black Label record company, named after the brand of beer . An earlier version of “I’ll Be Waiting” (then-called…
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