Shooby Taylor, The Human Horn

Shooby Taylor was and is without a doubt the greatest scat singer ever. His choice of sounds and syllables were so bizarre that he never received any critical success. The records that he chose to sing over were also very unusual ranging from Johnny Cash to Mozart. For more on Shooby go to www.shooby.com were there are more MP3's and also lyrics!?

Shooby Taylor - Stout-Hearted Men


Shooby Taylor - How Great Thou Art

Karp, Big Business, and The Melvins

Karp were a band who split up ten years ago and were once described as "possessing the kind of energy that most metal bands have wet-dreams about". The band name was inspired from a newsletter/zine that one of the members put out in school and is an acronym that stands for "Kill All Redneck Pricks". They released 3 LP's on different labels that are apparently quite hard to get hold of. This song comes from their self titled LP:



Karp - Spelling Trouble







After Karp split up in 1998 the singer Jared Warren formed Big Business with Coady Willis, the drummer from Murder City Devils. This drum 'n bass duo continued Karp's sludgy punk sound and pushed it even further. This song comes from their latest album Here Come The Waterworks.



Big Business - Hands Up





The Melvins along with bands like Flipper pretty much invented grunge. They have influenced countless bands old and new and although they have never had much commercial success, they paved they way for bands like Nirvana and Soundgarden. In 2006 Melvins recruited Big Business to join forces with them and record the album (A) Senile Animal. They also toured with a tour title of "the Double-Drumming Rock for Peace tour".


The Melvins - A Civilised Worm

My first ever post!

For my first post I thought I would put up one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite albums of 2007. For those who don't know, Deerhoof are a band from San Francisco who make amazing noise pop music. Their album Friend Opportunity came with 12 different covers all designed by David Shrigley and was officially the best album 0f 2007.

Deerhoof - +81