Case in point...Hunger Farm.
As I was reading through the recent Nemesis Records book, I came across the Hunger Farm entries. I'm sure that I must have heard this name at one point or another, but if I did, I promptly ignored them, and never bothered to check them out.
Reading the one-page write up for each record, Big Frank mentioned numerous times that he was certain that Hunger Farm was going to be a huge success. Out of all the bands on Nemesis, he thought that this band was really going places. With his high praise behind the band, I figured that the least I could do was check them out.
After getting burned on that Fishwife record a few years back, I wasn't taking any chances, and I hit up youtube to preview a couple of Hunger Farm songs before investing any money into this chase.
These two records are full of quirky and catchy punk songs, that really remind me of that early 90's time period. Not as tight as those first Green Day records, but definitely in that same fun pop punk vein. I don't really hear that next-big-thing potential that Big Frank was picking up on at the time, but I still really like these records.
No special colored vinyl pressings for these two 7 inches...black vinyl only...and given that these aren't the most popular Nemesis records, I was able to scoop them up through discogs for cheap. Over 25 years after their release, and I'm still able to pick them up for what it would have cost me to buy them through Ebullition's distro back in 1990. Good deal.
3 comments:
Never heard before. Checked them out and they are good. Just ordered for 3 bucks. Sometimes this feels like before the vinyl hype when no one cared about records. It´s just that today no one cares about a lot of records that are beyond the radar. Thanks.
Just to be clear, I never did drugs or broke down in front of Frank. He has me confused with someone else, I think.
Second, we played plenty of live shows.
But I do appreciate his help releasing our music, especially with his excellent distribution.
And his kind words are much appreciated too.
It sounds like I was saying I never did drugs- not true. I just didn’t do any in front of Frank.
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