Drunks With Guns Live CD
Remastered live set from this cult St. Louis band that released three 7” records and played four shows during their original ’80s run. Emerging around the same time as bands like MELVINS and NO TREND, DRUNKS WITH GUNS took misanthropic, slow-motion, My War B-side reverse hardcore to new depths of sludge, and do it again on this record. Thick, monolithic riffs envelop the audience with stacked, crackling distortion, while pounding drums, played on this set by Weasel Water of the FLYING LUTTENBACHERS, propel the band like a workhorse. Vocalist and founding member Michael Doskocil hollers with his full chest, sounding like John Brannon on downers. It is awe-inspiring and fucking heavy. “Zombie” might be the bummer punk national anthem: atop the bludgeoning riffs, a chorus of howls engages in anti-harmonic vocalizations that last way longer than is comfortable. “Tomorrow We Kill” keeps Glenn Danzig awake at night in his black satin pajamas with jealousy nightmares of not writing it first. “Drug Problem” gets close to a catchy chord change/vocal hook before receding back into the sludge, like the sneaky wink of a rock song stepping out a window. If you like your punk syrupy with contempt, your hardcore on the verge of entropic implosion, check this out and wish you were there live.
