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Label Spotlight:
For Philadelphia’s Nancy Boy Records (AKA Chris Engineer),
it all started in the very late 90’s with a V/A punk tape of his
friends’ bands, titled “How To Master Gung-Fu”. From there,
1999 saw two 7’s, both splits featuring two bands each. The
first 7” (NBR02) features Cleveland, Ohio’s “Uncle NO!”, a
rapcore band that definitely fits the bill with some of the more
popular MTV bands like Papa Roach. The guitars in the first
song sound like Rage Against the Machine. Though they disbanded
about 4 years ago, some members are now in Run
Devil Run, on Victory Recs. The other side is the band “82nd
Floor”, who also disbanded a while back, which is Chris and
his friends from 1998. Both songs are recorded pretty badly,
possibly on a boom box, but the music is still decent, and
sounds like some punky metal kids having a good time, so
be it. The second 7” (NBR03) has Kentucky’s “Redheaded
Stepchildren”, who just broke up. They’re cool greaser-style
punk with upbeat hooks, reminiscent of Social Distortion.
Again, the other side is another of Chris’ bands “Enlist”. It
was a nice suprise to hear a female vocal. The quality of the
recording is basically still live basement-style with a couple of
mikes, but the music is tighter and more melodic.
Now two years later (‘01), Nancy Boy has released a threeway
split CD featuring Pittsburgh’s “McCarthy Commission”
and two of Philly’s better hardcore punk bands, “Autotrophs”
and “Kids United”. Maximum Rock n’ Roll (Sept. ‘01) gave
this a shining review, and I do as well. If you follow the PA
hardcore punk scene, or want a taste, this is the perfect CD
to pick up. 15 songs- 5 each. All the songs are full battle
cries and really political, talking about everything from class
wars to capital punishment to censorship to neo-Naziism. For
hardcore punk, this one hits the nail on the head.
As with anything, use a little persistence and hard work, and
things will begin to grow and flourish, and so goes with
Nancy Boy Records. In the near future, Nancy Boy is set to
release a Low Budgets 7” (ex-members of the Dead Milkmen
and Town Managers) titled "Go Bargain Hunting with the Low
Budgets". It’s going to be colored vinyl, and only 300 will be
pressed and numbered, and keeping in the punk rock tradition,
the street date has been posted as indefinite. Chris has
also talked about projects with the likes of De La Hoya, The
Insurgent, Pull 130, and Always the Victim, but nothing is
official as of yet, and his current band ‘Tell-Tale-Heart’ (plus
othe ex-members of Enlist) is working on a demo.
For more information on Nancy Boy Recs or these releases,
you can contact Chris at:
Nancy Boy Records
3143 Olympia Place
Philadelphia, PA 19145
chris@nancyboyrecords.com www.nancyboyrecords.com
David Candy “Play Power”
Who is David Candy? The mysterious man who so elegantly
contemplates Vladimir Mayakovsky and mafarca pudding.
Don’t worry, he’ll look after you, he understands you, you’ll
never feel abandoned again. He knows you’ve been searching
for him, reach out you hand, and you’ll find... Ian
Svenonius of the Make Up! During “Diary of a Genius”, a 19minute
beatnik jam, Ian goes off on purposely idiotic and
overly pretentious prose, which got tons of laughs out of me.
The last song is a goofy version of "Komeda's Lullaby", from
Rosemary’s Baby. If you don’t know this is a high-brow 60’s
throwback joke, you’re going to want to smash this CD
against the wall, but if you’re prepared, you’ll be laughing
your ass off. (Jetset)
Black Box Recorder “The Worst Of...
The Complete B-Side and Video Collection”
As the title says, this is a collection of their singles and four
unedited videos. Imagine a more obscure, chilled-out Robert
Palmer (the 80’s suit guy), but infatuated with puberty, and
life’s letdowns. These monotone Brits have had many-a-lyric
banned on radio and MTV, most notably a line from the song
Child Psychology: "Life is unfair; kill yourself or get over it."
Minimal synthetic drum beats and sparse guitars give a very
sober feeling. Some of the covers include Bowie’s “Rock n’
Roll Suicide” and Terri Jacks’ “Seasons In The Sun”. The
highlight is the video for “The Art of Driving”, in which they
dress up like crash test dummies. (Jetset)
These releases available through: Mail order, Nancy Boy website, Local record shops, the bands’ shows, & smaller distros