No Spyz thread yet. They were relegated to the outer reaches of radio/MTV play during the glorious funk metal revolution. Not surprising either, considering their lead singer's name was "Peter Fluid"; the horny hippie vibe that Fishbone cultivated so well on tracks like "Bonin' in the Boneyard" failed miserably on Spyz cuts like "Culo Posse."
However, after half the band left in the early 90s, they released an ep of much tighter and more soulful material - "This Is ... 24-7 Spyz" - that was one of my favorite joints of '91.
I haven't listened to these guys in over a decade, but I'm considering trying to stock up. Are they worth digging around in the $0.99 bins for?
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Thursday, 19 July 2007 20:57 (eighteen years ago)
They were pretty killer live. I wouldn't mind hearing the first two full-lengths again. Didn't much like that EP, though.
― unperson, Thursday, 19 July 2007 21:01 (eighteen years ago)
"glorious funk metal revolution"
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 19 July 2007 21:06 (eighteen years ago)
Are Rage Against The Machine basically funk metal? I think they are.
― Matt #2, Thursday, 19 July 2007 21:07 (eighteen years ago)
yes
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 19 July 2007 21:13 (eighteen years ago)
Tongue-in-cheek about gloriousness of funk-metal revolution, btw. But when I was 13, I identified fully with it and am trying to go back and separate the duds from the crap.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Thursday, 19 July 2007 21:17 (eighteen years ago)
Uh, you know what I mean. I never really got RATM.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Thursday, 19 July 2007 21:19 (eighteen years ago)
Infectious Grooves haha
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 19 July 2007 21:26 (eighteen years ago)
"I sang with Aqueduct Pocket! I sang with Relaxed Atmosphere! I sang with Third World Lover! ... You ever heard of them?"
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Thursday, 19 July 2007 21:31 (eighteen years ago)
Heads Up!
― Matt #2, Thursday, 19 July 2007 21:32 (eighteen years ago)
these guys were pretty dope back in the day
― chaki, Thursday, 19 July 2007 21:54 (eighteen years ago)
esp. live as was mentioned
― blunt, Thursday, 19 July 2007 22:37 (eighteen years ago)
yeah, i used to love these guys
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 19 July 2007 23:41 (eighteen years ago)
damned if i can remember a single song but i recall a fishbone/faith no more/urban dance squad vibe
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 19 July 2007 23:42 (eighteen years ago)
which is probably way off - those were other bands i liked back then, though!
It's spot-on, maybe add Living Colour too
― blunt, Friday, 20 July 2007 00:07 (eighteen years ago)
why Bad Brains even
― blunt, Friday, 20 July 2007 00:09 (eighteen years ago)
Yeah, maybe it's because I actually saw them live (where they didn't have any horn players), but I think more Quickness-era Bad Brains + early Kool & The Gang (the Spyz covered "Jungle Boogie" on their first album) + maybe thrash-era Suicidal Tendencies (Rocky George = forgotten black rock hero).
― unperson, Friday, 20 July 2007 00:51 (eighteen years ago)
Rocky was the man. I know that the Spyz counted Nuclear Assault/Scatterbrain among their contemporaries, by way of John Connelly. There was definitely a strong thrash element on the first two records.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 20 July 2007 00:58 (eighteen years ago)
rocky is in fishbone now btw
― chaki, Friday, 20 July 2007 01:02 (eighteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYBFIT8_jLA
― kkvgz, Thursday, 21 October 2010 00:46 (fifteen years ago)
I wish the funk-metal revolution worked better than it did.
― Remember the Dayne! (u s steel), Thursday, 21 October 2010 10:54 (fifteen years ago)
I was thinking about this band this morning for some reason. Listening to Harder Than You now and while it definitely sounds like 1990 to me (it came out in 1989 but I didn't hear it until '90) but I'm digging it.
I think I put "Spyz Dope" on every mix tape I made during college.
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 13:44 (eleven years ago)
I saw them live & fell asleep :/ but it was because I moshed so hard to the opening band, Follow For Now, who were so fucking good that night
― droit au butt (Euler), Wednesday, 5 November 2014 13:46 (eleven years ago)
Aw man, this sucks. RIP P. Fluid. https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/01/14/bronx-man-found-beaten-death-ambulette-was-groundbreaking-rocker
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 15 January 2025 06:35 (one year ago)
Damn. That's sad news. Not what I was hoping for when I opened the thread. R.I.P. Peter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUMmHTcYeSU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjl2vBHn5E8
― peace, man, Wednesday, 15 January 2025 12:35 (one year ago)
An update:
https://www.stereogum.com/2293662/man-charged-in-murder-of-original-24-7-spyz-frontman-p-fluid/news/
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 20 January 2025 19:36 (one year ago)