tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973923496224458138.post7608573343473545130..comments2023-10-10T07:31:43.782-07:00Comments on Nostalgia isn't what it used to be: The Larry BrrrdsSeth Graveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133192693772451598noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973923496224458138.post-29988512306386255242016-06-14T07:28:07.757-07:002016-06-14T07:28:07.757-07:00Martin! Please do that! I mean, I'm the last g...Martin! Please do that! I mean, I'm the last guy to demand someone take hours out of their lives to undertake a time-consuming project; I can barely get anything done myself. But if you ever decide to, I know I'm not the only person who would be thrilled and grateful to hear a lost Larry Brrrds album (or just any new/unheard songs by them).Andrewhttp://yeahigot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973923496224458138.post-34058081922447379462015-05-17T11:49:14.965-07:002015-05-17T11:49:14.965-07:00The full length may actually be up in the stock ro...The full length may actually be up in the stock room at a record store in Seattle now. Long story short, the Rhetoric catalog ended up in a basement in Portland. It was eventually dismantled and the owner of a store on Capitol Hill grabbed a U-haul and bought what was left of the collection in bulk. Speaking with the owner last year, he mentioned there were a bunch of unlabeled masters and test-pressings he had no idea what they were. If I have the time - as I worked at Rhetoric in the 90s and live in Portland now, too - I might head up there and try to match those up with their respective catalog release schedule. Regardless, the unreleased album sounded great from what I recall.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03666503973954465627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973923496224458138.post-39851843345363937802008-05-01T12:02:00.000-07:002008-05-01T12:02:00.000-07:00These guys did record a full length in around 1996...These guys did record a full length in around 1996 (for Rhetoric) but it was never released, and presumably the master was lost. I have a copy of the 11 or so songs though, and they're all really great. I put out their split 7" with Lynyrd's Innards (who incidentally celebrate 20 years as a band in 2008) as well as a split 7" with Jon Cougar Concentration Camp. Joel (the bass player) and Dave (the drummer) went on to play in The Barnhills, and Eric moved to Portland and played in Kil Kare and some other bands I think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973923496224458138.post-7521690019406191432008-03-01T21:08:00.000-08:002008-03-01T21:08:00.000-08:00god, i'm so 13 again...god, i'm so 13 again...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13932871895067042098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973923496224458138.post-89441234997424149732008-03-01T12:52:00.000-08:002008-03-01T12:52:00.000-08:00A few notes:Eric, the guitarist for the Larry Brrr...A few notes:<BR/><BR/>Eric, the guitarist for the Larry Brrrds, is a Portlander. I was introduced to him, shortly after moving here in the early part of the decade, when a mutual friend pulled a '90s zine of mine out of the local zine library and discovered I'd reviewed a Larry Brrrds record. We had a good conversation about how they'd played at least two shows in Alabama which inspired me at a young and impressionable age. (We'd also shared a compilation, as my band Themack was on that <I>Punk TV</I> record with them.)<BR/><BR/>As an aside, I believe Eric was probably the gruff-voiced singer who dominates the earlier single.<BR/><BR/>As far as the <I>Punk TV</I> compilation is concerned, I'd hardly call it "haphazardly assembled"—more like haphazardly mastered. In addition to the song on the included 7" which was mastered at too slow of a speed, a number of songs on the LP itself were as well. This was a mastering plant error that was never corrected, and a quick run-through of the record just now reveals that it afflicted the tracks by Braid, Hellbender and Themack.<BR/><BR/>Illustrious company, to be sure; I recall being thrilled to appear on a record with so many other bands I was into at the time—Zoinks!, Propagandhi, Less Than Jake, in addition to the aforementioned—but I was always bummed that our one brief moment on nationally-distributed vinyl was marred by the fact that I sounded like a monster! One of these days I'll send you an MP3 of what the song was <I>supposed</I> to sound like, and you'll understand what could have been.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751002547600930609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973923496224458138.post-53807027257468297092008-02-29T19:05:00.000-08:002008-02-29T19:05:00.000-08:00Awesome! I love the Larry Brrrds!Awesome! I love the Larry Brrrds!Vertical House (Records & Photography)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17438635072593406402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973923496224458138.post-39694867111507418662008-02-29T19:03:00.000-08:002008-02-29T19:03:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Vertical House (Records & Photography)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17438635072593406402noreply@blogger.com