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Avg: 4.5 (12 ratings)
- Date Released: March 24, 2000
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Punk, Garage Rock, Rock
- Label: Amphetamine Reptile / The Orchard
An essential document of a generation's brutal scuzz.
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We Say...
Motörhead as a mod band? The MC5 stripped of the blues? The baseball bat with which the Ramones beat on the brat? All of this and more. AmRep's aesthetic-defining flagship released singles and comps of singles, and this is just one jaw-dropping smart bomb after another, thanks to Hazelmyer's saw-toothed guitar slashes and a frantic, Who-ish rhythm section. "Music" starts with the band's 1991 swan song, the downright melodic "Tired and Cold," and closes with early (and comparatively lo-fi) salvos such as "Clowns" and "Thoughts in a Booth." The sprawling middle section is just amazing — everything from "No Time" to a gnarly cover of the Cramps' "Human Fly" is thrillingly tight, relentlessly aggressive basement punk, an essential document of a generation's brutal scuzz.
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They Say...
Mostly collected from singles and compilations, Music for Insect Minds documents a raging, powerful band at the peak of its career. Titles like "Ballad of Extreme Hate" give an idea of where this Minneapolis trio is coming from. This is angry music made by angry people, even a catchy rock song like "Tired & Cold" bubbles over with songwriter Tom Hazelmyer's contempt for humanity. For the most part, this is an engaging exercise in hardcore, much different from Minnesota contemporaries like Soul Asylum and the Jayhawks. At times it may get repetitive, but Halo of Flies have enough sense to mix up the punk with some slower, edgier dirges to keep the mix from getting stale.
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| 01. |  |
Tired & Cold |
2:43 |  |
| 02. | |
Wasted Time |
2:44 | |
| 03. | |
Death On A Fly |
2:48 | |
| 04. | |
Ain't No Hell |
1:59 | |
| 05. | |
Spit It Out |
2:54 | |
| 06. | |
Ballad Of Extreme Hate |
1:08 | |
| 07. | |
No Time |
2:17 | |
| 08. | |
You Get Nothing |
2:36 | |
| 09. | |
Headburn |
4:10 | |
| 10. | |
Easy Or Hard |
2:23 | |
| 11. | |
Father Paranoia |
2:58 | |
| 12. | |
Drunk (In Detroit) |
5:14 | |
| 13. | |
Garbage Rock |
1:56 | |
| 14. | |
D.D.T. Beat 69 |
2:45 | |
| 15. | |
One Barrel Spent |
3:35 | |
| 16. | |
I'm Clean |
2:53 | |
| 17. | |
Richies Dog |
2:41 | |
| 18. | |
How Does It Feel To Feel |
2:59 | |
| 19. | |
M.D. 20,20 |
2:10 | |
| 20. | |
Pipebomb |
1:22 | |
| 21. | |
Sinner Sings |
2:54 | |
| 22. | |
D.D.T. Fin 13 |
4:15 | |
| 23. | |
Can't Touch Her |
2:04 | |
| 24. | |
Rubber Room |
2:03 | |
| 25. | |
Thoughts In A Booth |
3:37 | |
| 26. | |
Human Fly |
2:29 | |
| 27. | |
I'm A Bug |
1:06 | |
| 28. | |
Jagged Time Lapse |
2:24 | |
| 29. | |
Clowns |
2:01 | |
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Credits
- Halo of Flies - Main Performer // Eric Pierson - Drums // Bill Bailey - Drums // John Bigley - Vocals // Tom Hazelmyer - Guitar // Tom Hazelmyer - Vocals // John Anglim - Drums
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