The Gruesomes - Way Down Below

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With their exaggerated hairdos and their trashy morbidity, the Gruesomes were for Canada what the Gravedigger V were for the Californian garage scene: subtly debauched teenagers drawn to an unhealthy passion for a sixties filth imaginary that they would never renounce, not even while the whole neogarage scene was collapsing around them. Gruesomology is therefore, above all, a tribute to their consistency but also offers 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, most importantly, understand.

They were technical zeroes.

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

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

25 pearls of wisdom, no bullshit.

Franco “Lys” Dimauro