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Junkfish - About You/She Said

14-02-2024

Junkfish - About You/She Said front cover

Junkfish rises from the ashes of Mensen Blaffen in the city of Aalst, 1988.
Jan Van den Brande guitar
Mario Segers synth & sampler
Steven Lorie drums
Etienne Schockaert bass
Peter Schelck (in 1989) lead vocals

After concerts with Tad, Alice Donut and Victims Family, Junkfish was increasingly profiling itself as Belgium's most idiosyncratic group.
Their music is a fusion of Fugazi's hardcore and Meat Beat Manifesto's punk rap house. Judiciously, infectious, psychotic guitar riffs are combined with driven rhythms and wry, commanding vocals.
Hysterical samples and synthesizer parts round off the whole, driven by critical - but always with an underlying sarcasm - lyrics.

Their first double-single "About You / She Said" was recorded at the Brussels Studio Caraïbes with engineer Pascal Flamme in Oct. 1990.
The recordings were done by Karel De Backer, the band's live engineerLieven Callens.
Sleeve design: Isabelle Deman.& Onno Hesselink
Label: Hageland Records (7” - HR21)
Special thanks to medical advisor Dr. Keuk en Eric.

Press quotes:
"Dit ruikt naar Subpop (Jaren '90 grunge label in de US) maar doorzwemt z'n eigen wateren". (Hageland records)
"Van "About You" gaat een dreiging uit..... het is dezelfde vocale partij die de in wezen klassieke song "She Said" naar een niveau tilt dat de meeste Belgische groepen zelfs na jaren klauteren niet bereiken. De drums rollen vooruit als naar beneden stuiterende rotsblokken en de gitaar spuwt een rif dat plots veel weg heeft van mensenbloed".(Rif Raf)

Tracks

  1. About You
  2. She Said

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