These Arms Are Snakes gave MTV’s Subterranean Blog a behind-the-scenes look at their new video for “Red Line Season.” You can check it out below. The band is currently on tour with Russian Circles over in Europe, but they have a few West Coast dates lined up with Trap Them and Narrows. Check out all the biz after the jump.
For this installment of The 7-Inch Corner, These Arms Are Snakes/Russian Circles bassist Brian Cook reminiscences about discovering Steel Pole Bath Tub and their “Bozeman” 7-inch, which was released in 1992 by Boner Records. TAAS just released their new album Tail Swallower & Dove via Suicide Squeeze and you should go buy it now. Read on!
Band: Steel Pole Bath Tub
Title: Bozeman
By Brian Cook
Growing up in the little town of Kailua, Hawaii, I had very little exposure to what was going on in the world of underground music in the early ’90s. I’d caught onto some moderately cool stuff by watching videos on MTV’s 120 Minutes. They Might Be Giants, Pixies, Camper Van Beethoven, and Faith No More were my gateway drugs. But when a classmate hooked me up with a mix tape of various punkbands, my life was changed. The tape turned me on to so much new shit: Fugazi, fIREHOSE, Suicidal Tendencies, and Bad Religion, just to name a few. But the tracks that really blew my mind were by The Dead Kennedys. I became obsessed. I special ordered their records to my local music store. I spent a month’s allowance on a bootleg copy of Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables. The Dead Kennedys were my springboard for discovering this whole new world of music.
I found an interview with Jello Biafra in a back issue of Thrasher and began to explore all the music he referenced. This was in the age before the Internet. There were no zines to be found in Kailua. I found new music by reading bands’ thank you lists and scouring mail-order catalogs. Vinyl wasn’t even on my radar. It wasn’t until I visited Jelly’s, a record store in Honolulu, that I realized that bands still even made records. Jelly’s was Oahu’s version of Amoeba. It obviously wasn’t nearly as well stocked, but in my teenage eyes, it had everything I could possibly want. Overwhelmed by options and short on funds, I picked up a 7-inch by a band called Steel Pole Bath Tub. All I knew about them was that they supposedly had another band with Jello Biafra called Tumor Circus. That was enough of a selling point for me.
Read more of Brian’s column after the jump.
Crime In Stereo have posted a track “Everywhere And All The Time” from their rarities album Selective Wreckage on MySpace. That album is out Sept. 30th and according to the Bridge Nine Blog, they will start selling the re-issue of The Troubled Stateside on vinyl tomorrow.
The title track of the new Jenny Lewis album Acid Tongue can be heard over at NPR’s “All Things Considered” website.
Seattle post-hardcore shredders These Arms Are Snakes have posted “Red Line Season” from their Suicide Squeeze debut. They also announced a split 7″ with Minus The Bear will be forthcoming.
Photo by Ryan Russell
Seattle-based post-punk screamers These Arms Are Snakes have signed to Suicide Squeeze. The band will have a new album in October so be on the lookout for that.
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