1991 - 1992 Lyrics and Music



Jamming @ The Dungeon in Marietta, GA

Copyright 1991 - 1992 Todd West

SUCCOTASH 7-8/91

After spending the first months of 1991 mastering the Wild LP for release, and trying to form a couple of bands (nothing doin). I relaxed for a while and put together the Succotash album. It's straight forward power stuff with some intermixed polyphonic pieces making use of delay stack tracks. It's pretty hard hitting but kinda mellow at the same time, go figure.

Contents:

Indian Tee House
Petrified
Invasion
Espionage
No Rules
Telecomm
Model Art
Thankless
Jersey Boys
Buffoon


INSTITUTION 2/92

Wherever this album came from, I don't know. Since late 1991 was a slow period, when I started working on the Godfathers LP in February of '92, I came accross a bunch of uncompleted songs in my working folder. These songs were for the most part shored up and partially finished, and they became Institution. Some rewrites and added parts done up in 2023. Nothing fancy, just lots of power chords, 7/8 time, and screaming!!

Contents:

Masters Chamber
20121 again
Whirling Dervish
Pump N Puss
Watchin Over
Succulent Splendor
Take Some Action
Swollen Knot
Cussy Cuss
Governmemt Of the Beast
Big Daddy's Rib Shack
Power Pop Redux


GODFATHER 2-5/92

I wrote most of this LP while on vacation in the beautiful Cobb County Correctional Institute, then finished it by preparing all the music in the first few weeks of freedom.. This LP isn't about gangsters per se, but about the biggest gang of all, Uncle Sam's System. These songs reek of anger, frustration, and irony.

Contents:

Different Game
Infidelity
Young Man Blues
Blues File
Pill Call
Citatio
Cut That Hair
Welcome to Cell Block C
Jumpsuit
Cement Shoes
Stand Up To The Man


RUMOURS CAN KILL 6-7/92

I put together a great band in the summer of 1992, with Philbro on drums and Mark Spellman, a prodigy, on the bass. Some of the songs we were working on came from LP's over the last couple of years prior, and some new ones were spun off and became the Rumours Can Kill EP. As good as the band was, for too many reasons it never really got off the ground, each one of our gigs was a mix between brilliance and complete disaster. I feel that 'ol black magic a workin'.

Contents:

Rumours Can Kill
Cinder Block
Root Doctor
Thumbscrew
Pound Puppy
Rebirth

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