Amer$ide: Rock & Roll Is Dead - Long Live Rat at Rat R

by Rat at Rat R

Amer$ide: Rock & Roll Is Dead - Long Live Rat at Rat R cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Neutral
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 37:38
  • Community rating: 3.81/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: John Myers, David Tritt, Sonda Andersson

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Emerging from the confrontational New York underground, this abrasive debut acts as a crucial bridge between no wave dissonance and 90s noise rock. 'Amer$ide' is characterized by screeching, highly unconventional guitar tuning, pummeling tribal drums, and venomously anti-capitalist lyrical themes. The incredibly intense, scraping sonics championed by producer Glenn Branca heavily influenced the trajectory of the East Coast noise rock scene.

Genres

Descriptors: noisy, dissonant, rhythmic, political, abrasive, guitars, lo-fi

Tracklist

  1. Plague (3:21)
  2. No Ears (3:11)
  3. Bloodshot (3:36)
  4. Wild P.S. (3:50)
  5. Assassin (3:53)
  6. Asshole (3:21)
  7. Rape (6:19)
  8. Amer$ide (3:00)
  9. Home, Boyh! (3:58)
  10. Big Rock Joke Doll (3:09)

Credits

  • Sonda Andersson - bass guitar, bass [bowed bass], backing vocals [backing voices]
  • David Tritt - drums, percussion, performer [rib-cage], backing vocals [backing voices]
  • John Myers - lead guitar, slide guitar, guitar [bowed guitar], backing vocals [backing voices]
  • Victor Poison-Tete - lead vocals [lead voice], guitar, slide guitar, violin, harmonica, lyrics by

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