The Gruesomes-Things She Does To Me

Stunning, melodic ... for me they are even virtuosic, don’t exaggerate Reverend...

If you don't feel like it… trust the Reverend who NEVER makes mistakes.

With their exaggerated hairstyles and their trashy morbidity, the Gruesomes were for Canada what the Gravedigger V were for the Californian garage scene: subtly debauched teenagers attracted by an unhealthy passion for a sixties imagery of filth that they would never renounce, even while the entire neogarage scene collapsed around them. Gruesomology is therefore, first and foremost, a tribute to their consistency but also provides a comprehensive snapshot of their historical period, from their participation in It Came from Canada to the Live in Hell! of 1989, stuff that each of you should make sure to have and, above all, understand.

They were the technical zero.

Pure teen exuberance drowned in a visceral love for the most vehement garage punk and the most decrepit R ‘n B.

They were the passion that became a living thing, and grabbed you by the throat.

25 pearls of wisdom, no bullshit.

Franco “Lys” Dimauro