Flagpole. (Athens, Ga.) 1987-current, January 06, 1988, Image 5
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MELLIFLUOUS TWOSOME RATTLE FILLINGS IN LOW-END SHOVE
Swimming in cold water gets you where you want to be. deserted highway. Two lights, dusty
red, move, gila monster, quickly, a sinuous curve, shroud and figures, silhoutted light, pouring
through, out of the ciypt and into the sunlight. Bum into a death, hand shake and a quick grin
over the counter, eyes slide down cheek
stop. Nervous explosion of laughter,
caught somewhere in the stomach hyena
and coyote share a beer and chuckle, to
reminince for these guys is no sin. Chea]
Budda lamps from the thrift store
stare at me. Damn peeping prophets.
Ha. Fell in a hole, laughed really
hard. These hands, fucking hands.
Over the edge reaching
for me. No, really.
I mean it.
I swear it
happened.
Cool--Crush--Opera
Judging lrom the momentous debut of (please change the name) BOLT UPRIGHT, Athens
audiences will have a great deal to cope with in this oft-abused genre—the genre being noise, the
conflict being that this is powerful, real, and thoughtful—no haha hoho splatter drunk
ego-jams here. The 69 white noise/heat low-end WALL and Indian-monkey WAIL sent most of
the attending audience running, those who stayed should consider pacemakers for the next
performance. This stuff will challenge your ribcage capacity and your patience for other party
noisemakers.
2 guitars, all bottom no end. no drums, no yelling. This is it.
—John truck