Bludge

Bludge is a Grindcore/Metal/"Spitecore" band based in ANNANDALE, Virginia (US), formed by Scott Evans and Brad Derrick. Only released album "You Probably Suck" (2005) recorded at the salon Anandale VA, between January and October 1999 - is entirely made and produced by Scott and Brad. This album is available for free download from here. line-up: Brad Derrick - drums. Scott Evans - vocals, guitar, bass, recording/mix. credits: Mad Maxine. self-portrait. Sean Evans. cover. This band "Bludge" does not have anything to do with "Bludge" from Sweden (and they don't care).

Only released album "You Probably Suck" (2005) recorded at the salon Anandale VA, between January and October 1999 - is entirely made and produced by Scott and Brad.
This album is available for free download from here.

line-up:

Brad Derrick - drums.
Scott Evans - vocals, guitar, bass, recording/mix.

credits:

Mad Maxine. self-portrait.
Sean Evans. cover.

This band "Bludge" does not have anything to do with "Bludge" from Sweden (and they don't care).

Bludge myspace

Interesting excerpt about making this record is written by Scott:

A little history: Brad and I wrote and recorded the basics for this record in a weekend, in January 1999. On Friday evening we set up mics and got sounds. We wrote for the next day and a half, keeping notes on a whiteboard. Then we loaded tapes into the ADATs, pushed record, went back downstairs, and ran through each song until we got it right. We tracked 24 songs in less than 90 minutes.

We started recording guitar on Sunday night, but ran out of time. I spent the next few weeks recording guitar when I felt like it. Then over the course of a few months, I wrote and recorded the vocals, doing 4-5 songs at a clip. I wrote lyrics when they occured to me -- mostly at the shitty dotcom job that inspired some of them -- and sat down every few weeks to work out vocal parts and record them. Then I'd reel from the headache and forget about the project for a while. Finally, in October, I mixed everything in a day or two, burned CDs for a few friends, and that was that.

We did this record before my studio was PC-based. There's almost no airbrushing here, save for multitracking itself. Drums and bass are exactly as they went to tape. Guitars and vocals were tracked in a few passes, with a few comps. There are no triggers on the drums, no software fixes.

For gearheads: I tracked to a pair of ADAT XTs and mixed on my old Allen & Heath GS3 mixer to DAT. Mics were mostly 57's, with Crown CM-700's on overheads and probably something like a 421 in the kick. Mic pres were nothing to write home about, though I may have had a Sytek MP-4A at the time. Compressors were mostly RNC's and a couple dbx 163x's. EQ was mostly on the mixer though I think I had some outboard then... Orban, Rane, nothing exotic. We tracked everything but vocals in my shitty-sounding basement.

I dug through my email archive to figure out when all of this happened, and I was surprised to see how long it took. I think of this project as taking a week, maybe ten days. In sum that's probably what it was, but those ten days were stretched out over nine months. Nothing like a sense of urgency to keep your nose to the grindstone.

Well, here's your sense of urgency: 23 songs in 14 minutes. Yeah. Download, listen, and beat your head into something.



Lyrics for "You Probably Suck"


1. TELEVISION I
i love tv
sitcoms are really clever
late night shows crack me up
the news is important
talk shows are stimulating
cable is worth money
i love tv


2. SUCK FILTER
i wonder if you noticed that your band completely sucks
get off the stage
get off the stage
quality control doesn't seem to be your strong point


3. PIERCE THIS
anti-individual understatement
subliminal infected uniform
gaping compliance
you are so fucking different


4. FUCK YOUR RECORD STORE
thanks so much for acknowledging me
you're wicked cool
that's why you work here

excuse me, where's the attitude section
would you go there and die

never mind i'll find what i want the internet

but at least you're putting your high school education to good use
talking down to me
the customer is always a loser
yeah that'll make me buy something


5. LOOP ROCK
turn some knobs
it's musical
they eat it up
the fuckers eat it up
let me guess
big groove
phat beat
fuck you
funk soul brother
with nothing to say
they eat it up
the fuckers eat it up


6. IDLE WORSHIP
slacker queen
sleeps all day
pay up - support the cause - call it art - defend the cause
found a fucking goddess to worship from afar
pay up - support the cause - it isn't art - defend the cause
everything that this reflects is everything that i expect
on your screen
you're impressed


7. WORK III
what the fuck are you doing here on a weekend
don't you have a couple fucking kids and a wife
why the fuck is work the only fucking thing you care about
i tell you what, your new job is to get a fucking life

get a fucking life
get a fucking life
get a fucking life
get a fucking life


8. FUCKING JUMP ALREADY
don't just threaten
you're not threatening me
do it already
i'm late for work


9. TELEVISION II
sell me something
sell me something
sell me something
sell me something


10. THAT'S OUR FUTURE RIGHT THERE
investment banker with a pierced tongue and barbie lunchbox and the
dope dj mix tapes
vp of marketing with his pants around his ass
senior consultant dressed in black with dyed hair fishnets and a
dozen tattoos

you think you're different than the dumbass cheerleader jock fucks
that you hate bad news you're as useless as them you have the same
lack of goals the same sorry future the same conformist friends
you're gonna wind up at some suck-ass office job throwing around
nothingspeak on the elevator so welcome to the real world you lazy
fuck it's what you do not how your friends dress

you're the real deal
you're the real deal
you're the real deal
you're the real deal


11. A TRULY FULFILLING EXISTENCE
bed car job car couch bed


12. TELEVISION 5
mind numb
mind numb
mind numb
mind numb
thank you for helping me achieve this state of enlightenment
and bringing me closer to oneness with myself
thanks for teaching me to grow outside of my boundaries
and find strength through improvement
mind numb
mind numb
mind numb
mind numb
thank you for baywatch


13. FIX IT IN THE MIX
you can't play your part
if i give you 50 takes
you're a perfectionist
but you suck

you suck
you suck
you suck
you suck

i know it's very "important"
that's why you're so prepared
keep flailing around on tape
i know talent when i see it


14. THAT'S OUR FUTURE II
oh yeah you're keeping it real
you've got something to say
shut up
oh yeah you're keeping it real
you've got a lot to say
shut up


15. RUBBERNECK
get out of the way you fucking morons
stop and look from hell motherfucker
it's the same as the last one and nobody's dead and i wish you were
get out of the way you fucking dipshits
you've seen it all a million times before
what the fuck is wrong with you
you die you die die die


16. WORK I
this is amazing
only 40 years to go
i appreciate the opportunity to sit on my ass for the rest of my
life and act like i care about ways to make you money. and thanks
for treating me like an intelligent human being when you feel like it.
is this for real
is this my life?


17. YOU LAZY FUCK
get the hell up
you lazy fuck
are you going to spend the rest of your fucking life sitting
around alone watching cable - are you going to try and accomplish
something before you die - are you worth the space you occupy - is
there any chance that you'll fulfill two percent of your potential
- did you forget that you even have potential

build something
read a book
go outside
take a class
exercise
volunteer
see art
write a letter
watch a film
take a walk
take a drive
write a song
get a date
think try just do something

you lazy fuck you lazy fuck you lazy fuck you lazy fuck


18. HELP MIKE LONG FIND A BAND
be "serious"
practice in your bedroom
covers are a plus
say "baby"
listen to van halen
don't return phone calls

19. FUCK EBAY
let me buy
i want to buy
i love buying useless shit that i would never buy in person

let me buy
i want to buy
i'll buy your fucking garbage if you put it up for sale


20. RECORD NOISE (LOOP ROCK II)
formula repeats
understructured non-attempt
i'm not sure but i think we've heard this idea before
please burn your stupid vinyl collection

is this a fucking fashion show?
is rooting through record stores some kind of equivalent to writing music?


21. WORK IV
get me up
dress me up
i don't care
i don't care
own the day
make the day


22. I HOPE THERE'S A HELL
thanks for doing it for us
we'll piss on your grave


23. WORK XXIX
that's it
fuck this


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