Love-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU.UUCP (03/20/87)
Really-From: think!haddock!chrisb (Chris Baxley) > some members of the Suns and some members of Dump Truck just recorded > an LP that's due out next week. I have no idea what the band name is-- You're probably thinking of Big Dipper. Their bass player played with both Dumptruck and Volcano Suns at different points in the past. They have a new record out on Homestead which sounds quite good to me, a little on the pop side of the fence, but generally pretty eclectic. Also in the band is a former member (singer I believe) of the Embarassment, legendary band from the Midwest a few years back. They're on tour as we speak, and well worth checking out. The Ideals are from Austin, and contains a couple of members (gtr & bass at least) of the Hickoids. They have an album out as well which I haven't heard. It's good shit, but actually pretty civilized in comparison with the Hickoids (name kinda sounds like somethin that gets caught in your throat?), who were a truly unique brand of hardcore-meets cuntrified blues-y slop, with cruel slide guitar and crooning vox. Their album contains a cover of the Hee Haw theme, no less.