Welcome to the album that got me banned from the Vinyl
Junkies group on Facebook! Haha!
There was some spat happening on there over the use of the nude female form as album artwork. The usual pros and cons were discussed, where the line between pornography and art lies etc. etc., and I argued (quite sensibly, I would like to think) that no matter what the image may be, if the band or artist has chosen that image to represent their sound, it becomes art. It is irrelevant if the image is crass, offensive, moving, beautiful or plain boring. It is now art. A lot of people argreed with me so I posted this record sleeve as a kind of hamfisted example – and was promptly booted from the group. LOL!
But fuck those prudes, this is German techno porno gore
grind, bitches! I’m here to dance, not moan about nudity! This is by far the
most lo-fi of all Libido Airbag releases, and it is often mistaken for the
band’s debut album, but it’s actually a collection of two tape demos. It was
released on CD and went out of print many, many moons ago, but Goatgrind
Records did the scene a massive service and re-issued the collection on vinyl
record for the first time.
Side B has a much better sound than side A, as it’s from a
different session. All in all I listen to this album much more now that I have a
decent pressing of it; the already muddy sound was crapified even further in
dodgy mp3 downloads that I’ve possessed in the past. This pressing was fairly
limited to, I think 200 copies, so if you’re gonna get it, I’d get it sooner
rather than later (you ever seen the price on out of print Libido Airbag
vinyl?).
Rock out with yer cock out!
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