Underrated: TAD

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packing up my music for an impending move, and decided on a whim to listen to Tad's "Jack Pepsi" and "Loser" 7"s - forgot how much they rocked!! Granted, everything post-Inhaler was sorta dull, but can anyone deny the intensity of the early shit??

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Saturday, 27 September 2003 20:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Tad are the only "Seattle band" I can still stand to listen to. (Shit, they were one of the only ones I really liked even at the time. Mudhoney were all right, and Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger has its moments, but Salt Lick is one of the greatest records of the 1990s.)

― Phil Freeman (Phil Freeman), Saturday, 27 September 2003 22:32 (twenty-two years ago)

"loser" and "jack pepsi" are classic. which reminds me, one day i should probably listen to that copy of "God's Balls" i bought all those years ago

― the surface noise (electricsound), Saturday, 27 September 2003 22:45 (twenty-two years ago)

TAD fucking rules!! What about JinX?

― Cacaman Flores, Saturday, 27 September 2003 22:49 (twenty-two years ago)

8-way Santa is THEE classic cutout bin CD.

― Aaron A., Saturday, 27 September 2003 23:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, I used to love Jack Pepsi. Silly videos, though.

― adaml (adaml), Sunday, 28 September 2003 00:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Tad ruled. The early shit! I loved all their albums. Loved all the shit they did that had to be recalled too - the original 8 Way Santa cover, the Bill Clinton poster. I heard one Hog Molly tune. It was cool to hear ol' Tad's voice again.

― Johnny Badlees (crispssssss), Sunday, 28 September 2003 01:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Tad was great, especially the early things like 'God's Balls', but I even thought 'Infrared Riding Hood' had its moments, and is among the best album titles of all time. The really smoked live too. Seeing Dirt open for Tad was one of the great evenings of the '90s for me. Right up there with Screaming Trees opening for Firehose.

― John Bullabaugh (John Bullabaugh), Monday, 29 September 2003 20:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Not only one of the best album titles, but that cockroach on the cover is fucking insane! One of best covers ever.

― Johnny Badlees (crispssssss), Monday, 29 September 2003 21:04 (twenty-two years ago)

the Tad peel sessions feature the most albini-ish imitations of albini sound you'll ever hear, an improvement even. search search search.

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 29 September 2003 22:28 (twenty-two years ago)

jack endino was THE MAN

― the surface noise (electricsound), Monday, 29 September 2003 22:33 (twenty-two years ago)

TAD fucking rules!! What about JinX?
-- Cacaman Flores (cacama...), September 27th, 2003.

Hahaha. How I knew you would post a couple down from the first. 'Sup buddy? I'm eatin' shit back home. Had to drop out again. Two words: Moctezuma's Revenge. E-mail me for more details.

BTW, surface noise, you would get along real well with this here guy. I can vouch for 'im. And I have to second the Jack Endino worship.

― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 03:16 (twenty-two years ago)

four years pass...

I've been listening to Infrared Riding Hood tonight. It scares the shit out of me. It's also one of those great records that got lost in the mid-90s transition from grunge to nu metal; severely underrated. I wish Sub Pop would re-release TAD's back cat. And WEA could give us the major label shit again, too.

― MacDara, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 22:46 (eighteen years ago)

add Tad's sub pop albums to the 'need to be remastered on CD' pile. the vinyl sounds great still

― electricsound, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 00:41 (eighteen years ago)

I'm just your pork chop baby, that's all I'll ever be.

― sexyDancer, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 12:27 (eighteen years ago)

two years pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX0WiCJEnUA

^ sheer bloody poetry

― Chaim Poutine (NickB), Saturday, 14 August 2010 21:14 (fifteen years ago)

...but man I fucking hated stage divers

― Chaim Poutine (NickB), Saturday, 14 August 2010 21:17 (fifteen years ago)

six months pass...

listening to salt lick gods balls

― |Z|I|M|Z|A|M| (jdchurchill), Friday, 11 March 2011 00:03 (fourteen years ago)

it's been a while but last time i went on a Tad binge I was surprised how well the records aged compared to their contemporaries.

― taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Friday, 11 March 2011 00:13 (fourteen years ago)

four years pass...

feel like the guy from Seven Mary Three stole this dude's vocal style

― you are no man. take the balls. (Neanderthal), Sunday, 21 February 2016 22:04 (nine years ago)

eight months pass...

Just got my copies of the CD reissues in today's mail.

― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 31 October 2016 15:42 (nine years ago)

Picked up Salt Lick and I can see why I loved it as a teenager, still do today. So heavy.

― Lawsonomy Domine (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 7 November 2016 06:47 (eight years ago)

one month passes...

Wow, Salt Lick is much, much better than I remembered. No way I'm going deep with all these reissues, but as long as I'm traveling back in time, which is better, * Way Santa or God's Balls? And anything redeeming about the post-Inhaler stuff?

― Wimmels, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 16:27 (eight years ago)

8 Way Santa >>> God's Balls, but you definitely need the song 'Behemoth' off the latter

― Rae Kwoniff (NickB), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 16:32 (eight years ago)

three years pass...

This sounds slower than I remember, but such a brutal track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVTwNIsw-5M

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 15:44 (five years ago)

four years pass...

Never listened to these guys back in the day, but they have been kicking my ass at the gym this week. Good stuff.

― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Friday, 17 May 2024 17:00 (one year ago)

one year passes...

12/5/89
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8Gb4JE-D0w

― imperial frfr (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 13 August 2025 19:02 (two months ago)

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