Lard-70's Rock Must Die (2000)


 Artist: Lard

Title: 70's Rock Must Die

Label: Alternative Tentacles

Format: 12" EP

Cat: VIRUS 235

Year of Release:2000

Country and Year of Edition: US 2000

Sell Price: $13.99 11/29/22  VG+/VG+

Discogs Last Sold: 10/5/22 $20.82

Low:$8.34

Median: $16.15

Average: $16.62

High: $31.25

Current low price: $14.81

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 16

Have/Want: 1013/298

Where Sold: Greencastle, IN

Time it took to sell:  8 years

Where and When Purchased: Boston Nuggets used early aughts

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+

Sad To See It Go: No

Lard was the Jello Biafra  project with various Ministry characters, primarily Jorgenson on guitar.  I stuck with them  but was a little more excited when The Power of Lard came out.  As for this one, the final EP, I was an enjoyable listen.  

The title track A-side of the 12" sounds like a cross of AC/DC and Slade.  Of course, one could make the argument that Jello himself is 70’s Rock even if they were outside AOR radio.  Jello does the the best he can to belt the song out.  Not a traditional Biafra trademark warble.  The B-side opens with some Lords Prayer-ish action.  Or whatever it's called, probably a parody into a environment protest industrial style.  "Ballad of Marshall Ledbetter" features the late guitarist Michael Sciaccia who collapsed on stage in 2012 in Texas backing the singer of his band Rigor Mortis.  

I never realized this was the final Lard release.  Even more bizarre is that Lard's 1990-2000 existence was shorter than the time from this to Sciaccia's passing.

The title track is still going through my head a day later.

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