KILLEN getting re-released :)

Eyesore wrote:

Has anyone ever heard Metal Tit?

The "sounds" page on the website Toho linked above (dated 2003) sez that their stuff used to be on MP3.com but it was all taken down when that site went under.

**EDIT** But wait!! There's also a link to Dethkorpz' ancient MySpace page, which amazingly still works AND it has a music player on it!! The search is over, brothers!! At LAST we can hear the legendary Metal Tit!    

https://myspace.com/dethkorpz/music/song/metal-tit-46857645-50194207

...and yes, it's just as horrible as you're probably imagining. Definitely worthy of being the flip side of a split LP with Killen.

Ouch... that's just as bad as expected!

thejokeriv wrote:

Ouch... that's just as bad as expected!

Yeah, but I'm pretty sure it's bad on purpose... unlike Killen, who come by it naturally.

You knew this was coming, folks... the news about the mighty KILLEN reissue inspired this entry at my blog. Tr00! Grimm! Kvlt!  


http://fatfreddyscat.hubpages.com/hub/Forgotten-Hard-Rock-Albums-KILLEN-1987

The 'ol coach just bought the one of the few available copies on line. I really enjoyed it, I don't know why it was made fun of. I can think of far worse acts than Killen. I must have really bad taste. Can someone tell me why they're mocked here so bad? I mean it's not Energetic Disassembly, Black Future or Mekong Delta, but I found it very fun to listen to.

John Madden wrote:

Can someone tell me why they're mocked here so bad?

Oh man, the Killen thing... I guess that was just one of those running gags that you had to be here for.

I was the main instigator of said running gag, so here's my take on it.

I went to college in Killen's home base of Staten Island, NY and saw them live once. They made very little impression on me at the time -- they didn't rule, they didn't suck, they were just one of many local yokel metal bands I saw during that era. I pretty much forgot about 'em till years later when I learned that their self released LP had suddenly become a pricey collectible in the Internet age.

The mockery stemmed from how certain corners of the underground hyped that album up like it was some kind of awesome, solid gold, long-lost classic... yet when you listen to it, it's so ... strictly average. Like "Sooooo... this is Killen? THIS is what everyone's so crazy about? Big deal."

Therefore, the idea that the "arcane steel" collector crowd willingly paid hundreds of dollars for that LP on eBay (and were smug about it) was utterly hilarious to me.

I agree, there are far worse bands/albums out there (like Thrash Queen and/or Killer Fox, both of whom are mentioned earlier in this thread) but in my experience very few are as overrated.