Negative Capability... Check It Out!

by The Urinals

Negative Capability... Check It Out! cover art

Gathering the entirety of the Los Angeles trio's brief, hyper-prolific late-1970s output, this collection captures the absolute genesis of American DIY art-punk. The Urinals utilized rudimentary instrumentation, highly repetitive two-chord structures, and bizarre, Dadaist lyricism to create songs that rarely broke the one-minute mark. Their incredibly primitive, highly influential 7-inch EPs profoundly inspired the Minutemen and the broader 1980s independent rock underground.

Genres

  • Art Punk
  • Garage Punk

Tracklist

  1. Dead Flowers
  2. Hologram
  3. Last Days Of Man On Earth
  4. Surfin' With The Shah
  5. Black Hole
  6. I'm White And Middle Class
  7. I'm A Bug
  8. Ack Ack Ack Ack
  9. Sex
  10. Go Away Girl
  11. U
  12. Scholastic Aptitude
  13. I Hate
  14. She's A Drone
  15. Male Masturbation
  16. The Return Of Jake Boodler
  17. Presence Of Mind
  18. Sex (Acoustic)
  19. I'm Like You
  20. Orange Anal Sin
  21. Salmonella
  22. I'm A Bug
  23. Ack Ack Ack Ack
  24. Mr. Encore
  25. Why Are We Sleeping?
  26. Shape Of Things To Come
  27. You're Gonna Miss Me
  28. Hologram
  29. Jetsons Main Theme
  30. Don't Make Me Kill Again
  31. You Piss Me Off