Rumblepuppy-Rumblepuppy (1990)

 

Artist: Rumblepuppy

Title: Rumblepuppy

Label: WGNS

Format: 2X 7"

Cat:  no number

Year of Release:1990

Country and Year of Edition: US 1990 Yellow/Red Vinyl 155/500

Sell Price: $10.49 11/19/22  VG+/VG some edge wear on top of sleeve

Discogs Last Sold: 9/10/22 NM/NM $7.22

Low:$6.50

Median: $10.00

Average: $10.99

High: $25.00 1/7/17 NM/NM

Current low price: $12.37

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 11

Have/Want: 29/15

Where Sold: East Patchogue, NY

Time it took to sell:  8 years

Where and When Purchased: Boston early 90's Newbury Comics

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C+

Sad To See It Go: No

"You fucked me bad. And you fucked me GOOD!"

Rumblepuppy I thought were a DC area band in location and sound.  No shock there that drummer Colin Sears was in Dag Nasty early on and Alloy after that.  The surprise to me  was that the band address was in Northampton, MA although the label was out of Bethesda, MD.  While I eagerly bought records like this, Rumblepuppy looked better than it sounded.  Vocalist Emil Bushi went on to Grass Records band The Marshes.  I had no idea about any of this until poking around.

There were some musical good moments spread on the 4 sides of this double single.  The chugging guitar opening leads to an ok solo in "Before The World Falls Apart" and the unexpected bleating horns at the end during "Crazy Fees."

The vocals were the atonal side of Dischord.  Artier (and more tolerable) than pop punk.  That said I liked the lyrics of "Mole's Eye" and "Retreat" and the shamble-melodies of "When I'm With You" and "High Hills."   Sorry you can't stream any of these, but the next and final release, Jeez-Ooze from 1992 is up for you to ponder.

They're putting in a parking lot!