Godheadsilo

The original bass/drums noise-rock duo which would influence such later acts like Lightning Bolt or even Thrones (which is only one guy actually). When I first heard the duo over ten years ago while working in a mainstream music store, they became prime examples of what "alternative" music was supposed to be: it wasn't exactly rock, there were no clearly sung vocals but plenty of cool riffs; it wasn't really metal (although the artwork would sometimes make you believe otherwise), the music wasn't fast enough, no crunchy distortion and crazy guitar solos. It was somewhere in between and also had had a certain degree of weirdness. Cro-magnon rock would be a nice description.

I remember seeing them live in a small venue in Montreal opening for the then up and coming Trans Am. Godheadsilo stole the show away from them. The drummer was sitting behind a minimal set up (if I remember right it was only a bass drum with the skin side up and two cymbals) and the scrawny bass player, sporting a small moustache and a Rocky the movie t-shirt, was blasting away his four strings and yelling like a madman in his microphone. Intense! I don't know why I never purchased anything by them before, but I bought all four albums when I found them on sale in a mainstream music store here in Sweden.

The Scientific Supercake L.P. Label: Kill Rock Stars Release: 1994 Format: CD Cat. no: KRS 226
Song list:
Nuts To You (3:27) Ventrilloqueef (0:20) Birthday Sandwich (5:11) Another Schizoid Ambelism (2:42) Rainbow Connection (0:58) Mr. Push Up (6:41) I Luv U... Nicorns (3:15) Two Peanuts Are Walking Down The Street (1:06) Hopefully They Will Learn (1:53) Bereft Rescue Mission No. 43 (2:57) Battle Of The Planets (11:32)

Elephantitus Of The Night Label: Kill Rock Stars Release: 1995 Format: CD Cat. no: KRS 242
Song list:
Elephantitus Of The Night (3:24) Multiple Organic (3:04) Rad 180 (3:04) Dan Vs. Nature (5:45) Friendship Village (4:13) Master Of Balance (2:43) You Must Pay (3:47) Precipice Of Ice (2:37) Nutritious Treat (2:27)

Skyward In Triumph Label: Sub Pop Records Release: 1996 Format: CD Cat. no: SPCD 347
Song list:
Echo Challenge (2:30) Booby Trap (3:36) Chuckanut Overdrive (3:06) Just Friends (1:56) Guardians Of The Threshold (15:20) Dan Vs. Time (0:18) Buttress Of Solitude (2:15) French Loan (4:45) Skyward In Triumph (2:50)

Share The Fantasy Label: Sub Pop Records Release: 1998 Format: CD Cat. no: SPCD 416
Song list:
Friend Island (Rotten Grandma R.I.P.) (1:31) Goin' Commando (3:27) Bunson Over The Junson (6:40) Relationshit (4:38) Time To Feed The Pythons (3:17) Braincloud (4:46) In The Air Tonight (5:32) Nap Attack (4:19) Dan Vs. Fellow Dan (5:23) Home Crap Home (1:24) Your Fighting Me Now (7:11)