The Gruesomes-Time's gonna come

ZZ really…

If you’re not feeling it… trust the Reverend who NEVER gets it wrong.

With their exaggerated hairstyles and their trashy morbidity, the Gruesomes were for Canada what the Gravedigger V were for the California garage scene: subtly decadent teenagers drawn to an unhealthy obsession with a sixties imagery of filth they would never renounce, even as the entire neo-garage scene collapsed around them. Gruesomology is therefore primarily a tribute to their consistency but also provides a comprehensive snapshot of their historical period, from their participation in It Came from Canada to Live in Hell! from 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 ragged R’n’B.

They were passion becoming a living thing, and it grabbed you by the throat.

25 pearls of wisdom, no bullshit.

Franco “Lys” Dimauro