FUNCTIONAL IDIOTS: IN PURSUIT OF TOAST

Formed in 1986 in New Paltz, NY by Mike Adair, Mike Gurdin, Doug Beans, Anthony Ferrara and Bruce Gussin. This is their second demo.























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In Pursuit of Toast (1998)

ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT:SCREAM, DRACULA, SCREAM!

Scream, Dracula, Scream! is an album by the San Diego, California rock band Rocket from the Crypt, released in 1995 by Interscope Records. It was the band's first major-label release. Music videos were filmed for the singles "On a Rope," "Born in '69" and "Young Livers," and the band embarked on extensive tours of the US, UK and Europe. They experienced a surge of popularity in the UK, where "On a Rope" entered music charts at #12 and was a hit on MTV Europe, earning them rave reviews in New Musical Express and allowing them to play Top of the Pops.

The album also made the band an alternative rock hit in the US, where their videos were featured on MTV and the album received many positive reviews in both mainstream and underground music presses. A large headlining tour in support of the album ensued in 1996, as well as supporting tours with Rancid and Soundgarden. During these tours the band gained a reputation for a series of interesting and, at times, seemingly ludicrous gimmicks and stage antics which included holding raffles during live performances, spinning a large game show wheel to determine set lists, onstage fire breathing, annual Halloween and New Year's shows, and the wearing of coordinated and progressively more ornate stage costumes. In Europe the band also hosted a German variety show, played children's shows and morning shows, and did interviews with fashion magazines. While unorthodox, these antics increased the band's reputation as an energetic live act and helped to increased album sales.

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Scream, Dracula, Scream!

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HOCKEY FIGHT OF THE DAY

MCRAD: ABSENCE OF SANITY

Us old guys with bad knees remember McRad from back in the days when skate videos were events just because they came out, not because some publicist was hyping them with a YouTube ad campaign. The songs heard in those videos were new pieces of ear candy that were soon blasting on a sticker-covered boom box at the local ramp. That was back when Skate Rock belonged to skaters, and we had the best secret in the world. McRad was one of those secrets.

McRad was in a few of Powell Peralta’s
classic vids—Public Domain, Ban This and Propaganda—bringing an energetic sound based in hardcore and punk to the post-Bones Brigade team. The song “Weakness” was the soundtrack to the world’s introduction to Ray Barbee in Public Domain, while McRad was also fast and loose enough to keep up with Tommy Guerrero as he destroyed the hills of SF. Coming out of Philly in 1983, McRad released a classic hardcore record, Absence of Sanity.

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MCSHRED

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