How many people would have heard of Flipper had the late Kurt
\nCobain not mentioned them as one of his musical influences?<\/p>\n
Too bad Cobain’s not here anymore. I’d like to slap him silly
\nfor bringing this band back into the forefront. Once best known for
\nthe drug overdose death of bassist\/vocalist Will Shatter, this band
\nseemed fated to remain in obscurity. But once Cobain opened
\nPandora’s box, not only did their earlier catalog get re-released,
\nbut the band got back together to record even more sewage.<\/p>\n
Their 1981 debut,
\nGeneric<\/i>, has about as much charm to it as a cattle prod in
\nthe back. Each instrument seems to want to go in its own direction,
\nand the vocals are more shouted than verbalized. If you are a fan
\nof riffs being repeated over and over again ad nauseam, then have I
\ngot the album for you.<\/p>\n
I guess things don’t start off that terribly with “Ever,” an
\nangst-filled number which poses numerous questions to the listener.
\nThe problem with Flipper early on is that they sound like a garage
\nband who have been left alone in a recording studio after maybe two
\npractice sessions, and are allowed to bang away for as long as they
\nwant.<\/p>\n
The drone of the repetitious chords hits bottom on numbers like
\n“(I Saw You) Shine” and the totally depressing “Sex Bomb,” which
\nfeatures saxophone work that sounds like it came from a Mothers Of
\nInvention session courtesy of Ian Underwood. Problem is, this isn’t
\nso much music as it is an orgasm of cacophony – or is that
\n“ca-ca”?<\/p>\n
Shatter gets his turns in front of the microphone – in maybe the
\nonly bright spot on the whole album, his vocal style sounds a bit
\nlike a thrash group I like, Life Sentence. (Anyone remember
\nthem<\/i>?) But the same story happens when he’s in charge of the
\nband. “Shed No Tears” falls into the same trap of repetition..
\n(click)… repetition… (click) … repitition… (click)…<\/p>\n
I would have been able to stomach the roughness of Flipper’s
\nsound a bit more had there been some more variety to the music.
\nEven at Nirvana’s worst, they were able to inject new musical paths
\ninto the songs, making things a little more bearable. This is the
\nmusical equivalent to having a root canal without Novacaine; by the
\nend of the album, I was ready to claw my eyeballs out.<\/p>\n
\nGeneric<\/i> is an album that appears to be mercifully out of
\nprint. If the powers that be are smart, they’ll leave it there this
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