09 May 2008

BIG BLACK


A while back, I did a little post on the best American punk band ever, bar none. In case you missed it, I'm referring to Big Black.

At the time, I wasn't specializing in rarities, so I only included one non-album song in the post. Looking back, that seems a shame, since they have so many fantastic songs that weren't on the albums.

So, to make up for it, here's a few more:


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Big Black - "Il Duce" Released as a single, but never put on an album.

Big Black - "Crack Up" One of two songs on the God's Favorite Dog compilation.
Big Black - "Everyman For Himself" The other song from God's Favorite Dog, and one of my favorite songs.
Big Black - "In My House" (Mary Jane Girls cover) Issued on a clear vinyl single given free with some copies of their live video, Pigpile.
Big Black - "Strange Things" From the Atomizer LP, but left off when they transfered it to CD.
Big Black - "Newman Generator" A Peel Session of a song they never officially released.
Big Black - "Hunter's Safety (Tommy Bartlett Dies in Pain)" The one in the original post. From the Middle of America compilation.

Big Black discography:

Lungs (EP) (1982)
Bulldozer (EP) (1983)
Racer X (EP) (1984)
The Hammer Party (CD compiling first 3 EPs) (buy)
Atomizer (1986)
Headache (EP) (1987)
Heartbeat (Single) (1987)
The Rich Man’s 8-Track Tape (CD compiling above 3 releases) (buy)
Songs About Fucking (1987) (buy)
Pigpile (live) (recorded in 87, released in 92) (buy)




4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great site. Il Duce was on the Homestead collection The Wailing Ultimate, well worth the search as a great overview of this wonderful label.

DeadBilly said...

You are correct, sir (or madam), Il Duce was indeed on The Wailing Ultimate compilation. I am shamed in misstatement.

But, honestly, thanks for the correction, and thanks for visiting the blog.

Anonymous said...

Awesome, thanks a ton for these.
Although your bandwidth has been used up with that box place so I guess I'll just keep coming back here until I can get these files.

DeadBilly said...

Yeah, sorry about that bandwidth thing. Seems to be getting worse each month. I switched services back in mid-year, so all the newer posts should still be working. Check back at the beginning of each month, and you should be able to get these.