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Emerging alongside the aggressive Los Angeles hardcore scene, this incredibly anxious debut completely shattered the structural norms of the era's punk rock. Jack Brewer's spoken-word, beat-poetry vocal delivery clashes violently with the jagged, jazz-inflected guitar dissonance that characterizes the instrumentation. It was famously championed by Kurt Cobain as a monumental influence on the development of the 1990s alternative underground.