"On Soul Food, Jack Oblivian, Eric Oblivian, and Greg Oblivian trade off on guitars and drums (no bass) in a 30-minute album of guitar chicken scratching with bent note solos, some church organ, spitting vocals, and thud-and-crash drumming. The songs are delivered like a fire-and-brimstone preacher who dabbles as Mr. Hyde on weekends, full of spirit and depravity. Few bands sound as possessed by the belief in the power of {rock & roll}. Like similarly veined groups the Cramps, Tav Falco, and the Gories, th...   [ read more ]

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Oblivians live in Atlanta, GA, 8/19/94.... as Byron Coley put it in SPIN magazine (top ten lps you never heard for the year)..."There are a lot of sloppy-assed drunks in the world, but damn few of them know how to put together a truly great record. One trio of booze-addled creeps who do know how to slap out beauty is Memphis's own Oblivians. This live album is the crude and vital distillation of fluid that runs from the Downliners Sect to the Gorillas to Halo Of Flies to Thee Headcoats, straight into the O...   [ read more ]

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Parental advisory stickers be damned, this warningless sophomore effort from the Oblivians is packed full of explicit photos of very naked women. Mixed among the photos are shots of the Oblivian boys -- Jack, Greg, and Eric (aka Jackie-O, Gregi, and Erica) -- in drag. Needless to say, the only thing dirtier than the pictures is the actual music, some of the most spirited garage-abilly this side of the late, great Gibson Bros. With a bassless set up of two guitars, drums, and shifting vocal duti...   [ read more ]

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