Slicing Grandpa

Slicing Grandpa has been around for a while now. We sound like fresh garbage sprayed on a convent, in other words we are kind of noisey. The band was formed in Elmira N.Y. way back in 1993. We practice once a year. ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------Slicing Grandpa “Family Restroom” CDR review by Sparkle Girl - - -We like Slicing Grandpa. This disc, “recorded at the Shit Shack Jan 2005,” is a refreshing tonic against the oceans of pretension most “artists” swim in. Unadorned, bombastic shit-noise recorded (apparently) with cheap guitars, drum machine, and dense squalls of keening feedback striated with actual riffage and shouted voices. Pictures of toilets abound, alongside a reference to a “Scatological Liberation Front.” With track titles such as “Electric Diaper,” Grandpas Revenge IV,” and “Fuck You,” the listener is warned in advance what she is getting herself into. Slicing Grandpa carry on the grand tradition of lo-fi aggro pioneered by such noise loving hotheads as Throbbing Gristle and SPK. Delay abounds, as echoing voices fragment among guitar drones and various unidentifiable clouds of growling, hissing sound. We understand that there is also an orange vinyl record available from these sonic terrorists on the cheap. Their presence has also made itself felt on WFMU’s vaunted play lists. We should also mention track 4 (“Reanimator”) which is so hypnotic and dreamy it threatens the malicious vibe the rest of the disc maintains-beautiful, chiaroscuro waves of echoing voice and bass guitar(?). The band photos (via “photo-booth”) seem to indicate these folks are a duo. Perhaps that is why Sparkle Girl is so enchanted by them. Or perhaps it is because we love bands that share our initials. Or perhaps it is merely because they roar, spit, hiss, burn, and make no concessions to “taste,” “quality,” or “talent”. One of those rare projects that make us think “We need to jam with these guys!”