Intellectuals Are the Shoeshine Boys of the Ruling Elite

The debut full-length from the Madison, Wisconsin trio offers a grinding, intentionally ugly slab of midwestern sludge and noise rock. Michael Gerald's menacing, distorted vocal growl delivers pitch-black satire over slow, punishingly heavy rhythm sections. It established their distinctively cynical, blue-collar aesthetic, highly influential to the 'pigfuck' and grunge movements that followed.