Swanic Youth-Sonic Yoot b/w Swan Jovi (1987)


Artist: Swanic Youth

Title: Sonic Yoot b/w Swan Jovi

Label: The Only Label In The World

Format: 7"

Cat #: OL 055

Year of Release: 1987

Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1987

Listed Condition: VG+/VG+

Sell Date: 4/28/21

Sell Price:$4.99

Discogs Last Sold: 2/3/21 M/NM $4.99

Low: $1.16

Median: $4.25

Average: $4.07

High: $7.23

Current low price: $3.00

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 32

Have/Want: 263/85

Where Sold: Caledonia, MI

Time it took to sell: 6 years

Where and When Bought: Worcester, AL Bums new $3.99 1987

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B

Sad To See It Go: No

This was a parody record by the NYC band Artless, known for releases like Crassdriver and Boy With A Cunt.  Leader/Producer Mykel Board was one of the more interesting scribes at Maximum Rock 'n Roll.  Some columns you read like him and Jennifer Blowdryer, and some you'd skip.

When I bought this, I had no idea what the fuck it was.  For all I knew it was a mishmash of the bands they were making fun of ala Minuteflag.  The A-side is calypso meets "SY Style" noise, the B-side filters Bon Jovi through a Swans lens.  I don't know how I found out it was a parody, maybe MRR itself.  Oddly enough, with the Placebo release, I placed Artless on par with those bands around 1986. 

 The "cult" of these bands was not quite upon us even with labels like SST and PVC that got them out after Neutral Records put them on the recorded map.  Yet, clearly they had an impact on Artless.  They could smell something on the horizon even G.G. Allin couldn't muster after chugging laxatives.

The stench of acceptance. 





 

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