{"title":"TAD","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"tad-gods-balls-vinyl-lp","title":"TAD - God's Balls - Vinyl LP","description":"TAD was a mighty force in the late-‘80s\/early-‘90s Seattle scene. Their heavy, churning rock\/metal\/punk buzz was a crucial part of Sub Pop’s early years, and, along with peers like Mudhoney, Nirvana, and Soundgarden, they defined the sound that reinvigorated the rock world in the early ‘90s. TAD was led by the physically imposing yet incredibly sweet singer\/guitarist TAD Doyle, with bassist Kurt Danielson (ex-Bundle of Hiss), drummer Steve Wied, and guitarist Gary Thorstensen. With an image that sometimes cast the band as deranged lumberjacks, and influence from Head of David and Killdozer, TAD put a uniquely rain-and-fog-coated Northwest spin on ‘80s underground rock. The band released two albums and a few EPs on Sub Pop between 1988 and 1991, all of which are now lovingly remastered by the band’s friend and engineer Jack Endino (Soundgarden, Nirvana, Mudhoney, Screaming Trees) and repackaged with bonus tracks and expansive liner notes.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGod’s Balls, TAD’s punishing, noise-drenched debut album, was recorded with Jack Endino at Reciprocal Recording in Seattle in 1988, and released early the following year. In addition to their usual arsenal of guitars, bass, and drums, the band employed a variety of unusual instruments – an empty gas tank from a car, a hacksaw, a large brass tube from a microwave transmitter, CB radio mics, a cello bow used on cymbals to emulate guitar feedback – to thunderous effect, adding a Neubauten-esque clang to the band’s rock riffs. After releasing God’s Balls, TAD flew to Europe with Nirvana for both bands’ first European tour. The now-legendary, month-long tour took the bands to the UK, Ireland, Scotland, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Italy, Denmark and Sweden.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis reissue of God’s Balls features CD\/digital bonus tracks from TAD’s 1988 debut 7” plus the previously unreleased “Tuna Car” from the 7” session. God’s Balls has been out of print on LP\/CD for many years, and this is its first digital release.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJudas \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBehemoth \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePork Chop \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHelot \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTuna Car \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSex God Missy (Lumberjack Mix) \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJesus \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCyanide Bath \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBoiler Room \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSatan's Chainsaw \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHollow Man \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNipple Belt\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"AENT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43633399365861,"sku":"Modern Rock\/Pop\/Folk","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/2631\/9535\/products\/tad-godsballs-2400_740x_c260813f-3d16-4237-92e2-b9ef1f4a0794.jpg?v=1666984810"},{"product_id":"tad-salt-lick-vinyl-lp","title":"TAD - Salt Lick - Vinyl LP","description":"TAD was a mighty force in the late-‘80s\/early-‘90s Seattle scene. Their heavy, churning rock\/metal\/punk buzz was a crucial part of Sub Pop’s early years, and, along with peers like Mudhoney, Nirvana, and Soundgarden, they defined the sound that reinvigorated the rock world in the early ‘90s. TAD was led by the physically imposing yet incredibly sweet singer\/guitarist TAD Doyle, with bassist Kurt Danielson (ex-Bundle of Hiss), drummer Steve Wied, and guitarist Gary Thorstensen. With an image that sometimes cast the band as deranged lumberjacks, and influence from Head of David and Killdozer, TAD put a uniquely rain-and-fog-coated Northwest spin on ‘80s underground rock. The band released two albums and a few EPs on Sub Pop between 1988 and 1991, all of which are now lovingly remastered by the band’s friend and engineer Jack Endino (Soundgarden, Nirvana, Mudhoney, Screaming Trees) and repackaged with bonus tracks and expansive liner notes.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfter their 1989 debut album, God’s Balls, TAD continued to write and record, releasing a string of singles and the Salt Lick EP between 1989 and 1990. Salt Lick features the single “Wood Goblins,” the video for which MTV banned because it was, to the delicate eyes of MTV programmers, “too ugly.” The sounds of Salt Lick are, indeed, wonderfully ugly, thanks in part to the involvement of noise-rock technician Steve Albini (Big Black, Shellac, Nirvana, The Jesus Lizard), who recorded the EP. The band continued to release singles and gain momentum in the press. As TAD himself puts it: “Lyrically we had a lot of subject matter that was meant to be tongue in cheek from the beginning but had been presented by Sub Pop and ourselves as true-to-life. As a result, the press had taken it all seriously and began to feed on and ravenously devour the mythology that we had created.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis reissue of Salt Lick includes tracks from the “Wood Goblins” single, a split 7” with Pussy Galore, and the “Loser” 7”. 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