Razz - Pleasantries

 

Artist: Razz
Title: Pleasantries
Year: 2016
Label: Warm Wet Records
Tracks: 1.) No Time, 2.) Pleasantries, 3.) We Complain, 4.) Wish You Well (Ballad Of J + B)

Razz might be best known for featuring bass player Andy "Human" Jordan, and his bass playing is tight, but the direction of band comes from singer and guitarist Dan Wood. Dan has been around since the early 1990s with Flathead, but really came into his own with The Pets in the mid-2000s.

Razz continues along the same lines as The Pets but arguably has a more mature vibe. They have a LP from 2017 that is really good, too. 

Sample: here

The Silverkings - Warning: 100% Shit!

 

Artist: The Silverkings
Title: Warning: 100% Shit! 
Year: 1997
Label: G.I. Productions
Tracks: 1.) Class Trash, 2.) Bomb Threat, 3.) Turpentine, 4.) Don't Tread On Me

I remember G.I. Productions being pretty active during this stretch of the mid-90's but I didn't pay them much attention. I felt like they seemed like a lower tier label and with limited money and no internet to listen to things, I focused on other labels and records. 

I only just got hip to this. As far as I know this is the first record featuring Joe Pestilence. Joe would go on to play in 10-4 Backdoor with King Louie Bankston, had a run playing keyboard with The Spits, and then upon moving back south played bass on perhaps the best Buck Biloxi & The Fucks records. 

This record stands up with everything he did after. It's just really good, catchy, heavily rock 'n' roll influenced trash rock. They did one other 7" on the Swedish label Ken Rock. I still need to get that. 

Sample: here