The Snout - We Were a Band
I'm going to tell you a story. It;s going to take a while, but I think it's worth telling. You'll hear the entire recording career of a band that never really was a band & almost no one ever heard. We played in an attic for 3 or 4 years. I recorded everything and recently found the lost tapes. It's been 25 years & I want to go throught it all with you & let you watch a thing happen from scratch and then get forgotten for 22 years only to be revealed here on my podcast. I'm John Dundas & this is The Snout - We...
Episode 43
Side 2 from our last tape together. It's somewhat sad to me that there are no more tapes, but I may have a solution for that. Most of this side is Calling Me Back to Cattle Lake. It's very good as Mike revisits William Peterson for another cool tale. This is very laid back & chill. It also goes on for over 20 minutes and is consistently good. Crazy Clown Song is the last thing we ever played & we did it in such a glib way. It ends with a fuck this and we are done. I feel like there should have...
Episode 42
After our last tape from April 1999, we jump ahead over a year to 8.2.2000. Matt had moved to NYC and the band was done. He came back to visit and we made this tape. I believe it is the best we ever did. This episode covers side 1. Side to will finish thing up next episode. Everything here is good. Vibing Our Way turns into Once it Was Forgotten which tells the tale of how civilizations rewrite history to suit themselves. Pop This Rock starts as a nice pop bass line and devolves into Snout feed. Picking Up On the Urgency...
Episode 41
This tape is from 4.11.1999. Are you dedicated to Arturo? Do you still have all your limbs? Mikes tale of sacrifice and dedication gets pretty dark. Deconstruct Your Theories is very strange, but good. Add freedom to you mind! There is something very regal about Marching on Geniuses Toes & Swing for the Denses, which I renamed It's Our Density. Chaos is Soothing is aptly named, as Mike talks about always wanting to be king. Chaos is Soothing ends things on an interesting note.This is a cool tape.
Episode 40
Today we are listening to a tape from 2.15.1999. It is only side A as side B has some weird sound effects I recorded for another project. This is an all instrumental tape. There is some really cool & weird stuff that culminates in Soft Rock Lullaby, renamed Soft Rock Anthem and it is beautiful. I really had no idea we could play something so nice.
Episode 39
The sides of this tape are from 2 different days. 1.31 & 2.12 1999. Both sides a good. Side one is mostly Snout evolutionary weirdness. Gazing Into the Eyes of the Snout starts it off and it gets very energetic. Side 2 has Cookin with Mike, which features Mike's screaming guitar. What Right Did He Have to Get So High? is out there for sure. Repairing Relationships with Power Tools rocks. My favorite here is You Can Enjoy This & Still Not Like It. It kicks ass.
Episode 38
It's 1999 and we have our first tape that year. This is a fun one. Moving with Purpose & Style In Social Settings is alot of fun once you get past the annoying breaking glass keyboards. Camel Walking bombs was renamed How to Become Journalist. It tells a tale of education & senseless war. The rest of the tape has really fun instrumental jams. We have come a long way.
Episode 37
This tape was discovered completely blank. I believe it is late 1998, so I put it here. This starts with just Me, Matt & Mike doing Thankyou Ladies & Gentlemen & it's very good. John joins us after arriving late. Trying to Think of A Story has Mike in Egypt. Painted By John is really nice. Born to Be A Coward rocks, but has tape damage. Skinned Alive is cool too. Side 2 has How Did We get Here?, which is very slick. Let's make Some Stew is an ADHD wet dream. Your Rejection is the sad closer, but it has great stuff in...
Episode 36
This is a tape from 12.15.98. It starts with a nice instrumental called The Sun Also Rises & then we roll past miles & miles of oil rigs. Turn That Shit Down is a rocker. Full of It rocks as well. Left Wing Cowgirl Rides as wild. I Feel Dirty is solid. Imaginary travels is a good closer with some nice mellow sounds.
Episode 35
Mike watches TV alot, apparently. Some TV personalities died horrible deaths, apparently, as well. We figure out a melody mike came up with. Harem Dream is really nice and dreamy & I try some weird drum delay effects for a dub effect. Side 2 starts with Calling Them Home which is such a cool, dark thing with Mike telling a story of demons & minions. The Grinding Wheel grinds & We wind our way to oblivion to close. This is a good tape. They keep getting better.
Episode 34
This tape is from 12.3 & 12.5.98. We've been at it for a couple years now and it shows. This starts out with Groovy Toes which is, uh, groovy. Crowded Spaces brings out a hideous sound from my keyboard. Super Collider is cool. Side 2 has Mike more miserable then ever and we do along slog that is actually very nice.
