Head Of David - 'SoulSpark' 10"

Holy mackerel! HoD are playing the Supersonic festival in Birmingham this summer. Fancy a bit of that

I posted this to the metal thread, but me too, yes. There's footage of them doing Bugged in a rehearsal rooms last November on their myspace.

!!!!!!

You know, I think this might have been my first post on the board.

And to answer my own question, it did come out and it wasn't very good.

Further info - there's probably re-releases of LP and Dustbowl this year too.

Never really enjoyed these blokes. They always seemed like a bad pantomime compared to proper fucked-up stuff like 'Jordan, Minnesota' or '22 Going On 23' or whatever else from the Blast First era.

Well I was only a nipper when they were around but I never get a real drive to convey fuckedupness from their records... they were just really adept at rocking with that kind of blank anger

"dogbreath" is up there with the best of blast first imo.

If I get even one out of 'Jack Nicholson', 'Metal Texas Psych-out', 'Joyride Burning X or 'Newly Shaved Saint' it'll make the whole thing worth it.

weird. used to love these guys

I used to love 'em too. Played them years later and couldn't understand what the fuss was about. I don't remember this 10" at all. I guess by the time Seed State came out, I'd quit paying attention. Well, they were cool for their time, I guess.

bad pantomime compared to proper fucked-up stuff like 'Jordan, Minnesota' or '22 Going On 23' or whatever else from the Blast First era

main reason being that these were not of the "blast first era", but rather notes cribbed from other eras (labels)

have several lps and a tape i got for 99p. Great stuff.

Seed State is the one i got on tape. Preferred the other lps i had got a few years previously.

i deeply regret selling "CD" a while back. and i remember seeing soul spark on 10" at vinyl fever in tallahassee, but seed state was so crap that i didn't buy it.

my copy of LP got warped and I have never seen another one :(

http://shinygreymonotone.blogspot.com/2009/02/head-of-david-lp.html

thanx

I bought LP when it came out in '86 - it wasn't the greatest thing ever recorded but it was pretty cool, as far as being the only noise coming out of the UK at the time that seemed in line w/ what was going on in the states.

I've got a copy of HODICA, too. story behind it was that HOD were getting a lot of buzz, and industry types were planning to show up at their ICA gig, so they played a set of total noise. the b-side is a loop of one of those gag laugh boxes. buzzkill!

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/HODICA.jpg

dustbowl was kind of a disappointment, but I chalk that up to the poor engineering job (by albini of all people). lost track of them after that. looking back I guess they get lumped in with UK also-rans like AC temple, and godflesh seems to have had more of a lasting impact?

I used to have HODICA as well, but I think I sold it. No way to check right now.

Yeah, Dustbowl never grabbed me as much as LP.

I liked Dustbowl more, go figure.

I found my lp of Dustbowl but the cassette of seed state is up the loft somewhere, it appears I dont own LP after all.
anyway i came here to post that there's an interview in the latest Rock A Rolla.

Will read TY. I am excited for next month OFFICIALLY.

White Bastard
I'll Fall At Your Feet
Bugged
Grand Rift Faultline
Rocket USA
Snake Domain
(I Am) Roadkill
Dog Day Sunrise
Skin Drill
108
Cult of Coats
Newly Shaven Saint

This wasn't nostalgia, it was just fucking awesome. Even if they did fuck up Grand Rift, and Eric still can't play Rocket USA properly.

Well impressed with these guys at Supersonic as well. Again, I'd never heard a note before seeing them, and hadn't even heard of them before Supersonic, but it was a great show. I'll definitely be trying to hunt some stuff out.

Never really enjoyed these blokes. They always seemed like a bad pantomime compared to proper fucked-up stuff like 'Jordan, Minnesota' or '22 Going On 23' or whatever else from the Blast First era.

― Frank Sumatra (NickB), Monday, February 16, 2009 3:16 PM (5 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lol on Sunday the singer growled something I couldn't make out by way of introducing a song and someone shouted "PANTOMIME!!" really loud when everyone else was silent - I thought the set was totally ace and *possibly* my favourite thing of the weekend after Corrupted but a zing's a zing, good work NickB

This was my favourite thing, no question, with Corrupted a close second.

Head Of David @ Supersonic 2009

http://krakow.zenfolio.com/img/v4/p834484432-3.jpg

Looks like he's about to do some armpit beatbox there.

Further info - there's probably re-releases of LP and Dustbowl this year too.

Did this ever happen, because it's overdue.

Not as far as I can work out.