“Devoid of melody and focused on their feral-pounding rhythm and primal-tonal assault.” Mystery Copter – Infrared Riding Hood (1995) “For promotional videos, the band were encouraged to behave like forest-dwelling psychopaths who wielded chainsaws and thirstily licked the blades of their pocketknives.” “They offered eardrum-piercing volume, pounding riffs and a singer who didn’t care what rock stereotypes said about frontmen and just got on stage and killed it.” “Testosterone-fuelled, dropped-D metal guitar and vocals.” “Sludge-encrusted monster riffs, drunk and wilfully dumb as hell, all played with punk abandon and noise rock overkill.” I hope you enjoy this TAD Top Ten and go on to explore the rest of their recently remastered back catalogue. Later, when signed to Giant Records, the label quickly got cold feet and dropped the band when a poster promoting Inhaler surfaced featuring Bill Clinton smoking a joint with the caption ‘it’s heavy shit’ ( source: Wikipedia). Sub Pop changed the album cover to a group shot. The couple in the photo, one of whom had since become a born-again Christian and remarried, took exception and sued. Another lawsuit was filed due to the cover of 8-Way Santa which featured a found picture of a man cupping a woman’s breast. No luck, bad luck and lawsuits – Jack Pepsi was released as a single but Pepsi filed a lawsuit against the band due to the cover art, a stylised Pepsi logo with TAD in the place of the product name. The bands were from the arse end of America and we were from the arse end of the UK and it was exciting.” It was fresh new music being made by kids who looked like us. Whether it’s the no-nonsense smash of 8-Way Santa or the riff heavy Inhaler, TAD are unapologetically indebted to the sound of the 70s.Īnton Brookes, the UK publicist for the Sub Pop label to which TAD were signed, said “This new wave of bands was coming over, courtesy of John Peel, and it was really exciting. There’s not even a whiff of punk on TAD’s skull-caving material – heavy metal is the dominant force here. Coming up at the same time as Nirvana, the four-piece never got the recognition they so rightfully deserved when compared with some of their counterparts. TAD are still respected and revered as one of the most ferocious bands to come from the US west coast.” ( from the band’s official website)Ĭertainly one of Sub Pop’s finest bands, TAD were probably the noisiest group to emerge from Seattle. “TAD were one of the heaviest Seattle bands to emerge from the mid to late 80s, fashioning a loud, slow, lumbering grind that, unlike many of their peers, was inspired far more by 70s metal than punk. I’ve still not lived this down despite seeing both bands many times over the next couple of years. Friends have been ringing to see where I am and finally the phone wakes me at 10.30pm. It promises to be a great gig – except I come home from a long day at work and fall asleep on the sofa and miss it all. It’s the 25th of October 1989 and TAD and Nirvana are playing at my local, The Duchess in Leeds, and I’m excited.
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