THEODORE: AN ALTERNATIVE MUSIC SAMPLER Various Artists 1990

 

Discogs

 

Compilation on Epic/Columbia/Def Jam Recordings/Texas Hotel/Abe's Records

 

Tracklist

  1. Kate Bush - Be Kind To My Mistakes
  2. Poi Dog Pondering - Bury Me Deep (Special Version)
  3. The Rave-Ups - She Says (Come Around)
  4. Social Distortion - Let It Be Me
  5. Living Colour - Talkin' 'Bout A Revolution (Live)
  6. Toad The Wet Sprocket - Come Back Down
  7. O-Positive - Overflow
  8. The Psychedelic Furs - House (Long Version)
  9. Public Enemy - Welcome To The Terrordome
10. Big Audio Dynamite - If I Were John Carpenter
11. Nuclear Valdez - Run Through The Fields
12. Indigo Girls -Kid Fears (Live)
13. Shawn Colvin - Shotgun Down The Avalanche (Live)
14. Big Dipper - Another Life
15. 3rd Bass - Triple Stage Darkness
16. Prong - Your Fear

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS Hunter's Moon 1992

 

Discogs

 

Of Cabbages & Kings Biography

by Chris True

Evolved from Chicago/New York band the Bag People and containing members of the Swans and Glenn Branca collaborators, Of Cabbages & Kings was a sporadically seen and short-lived band centered on Carolyn Master and Algis Kizys. Given that most members had full-time gigs with other, more prominent bands (Swans, Foetus, Prong), Of Cabbages & Kings was limited to a handful of releases from 1987 to 1992. Over the years, the band included such members as Ted Parsons of Prong, Live Skull drummer Rich Hutchins, and Diane Wlezien. Guitarist Master and bassist Kizys made up the foundation of the group, being the only constants in an ever-changing lineup. The band's sound, not dissimilar to the aforementioned collaborators, was eclectic, moving from sharp dissonance to moody darkness.

Tracklist
 
1. Faucet
2. Conjuration
3. K.C.
4. Came To Need
5. Assassin
6. The Accuser
7. Stranger
8. The Hunter

PRONG Cleansing 1994

Artist Biography by Eduardo Rivadavia

Rising out of the expansive early '90s thrash metal landscape, New York's Prong carved a niche all their own with their minimalist urban take on the genre. After years working as a soundman at New York's CBGB's Tommy Victor (vocals/guitars) drafted doorman Mike Kirkland (bass) and ex-Swans drummer Ted Parsons to form Prong in the mid 80s. The trio's early independent releases -- Primitive Origins and Force Fed -- were extremely raw and betrayed their hardcore roots. By the time the group signed with Epic for 1990's Beg to Differ though, Victor and company had transformed into a highly-technical thrash metal outfit, shelling out clinical staccato riffs and start-stop rhythms peppered with subtle melodies and occasional bursts of speed. The album's title track was a minor hit, helping to put the band on the map once it received regular exposure on MTV's Headbanger's Ball.

Ex-Flotsam and Jetsam bassist Troy Gregory replaced Kirkland for 1991's Prove You Wrong -- which featured another strong single in "Unconditional" -- but was essentially a creative holding pattern and lost some of the band's momentum. Gregory was soon ousted and supplanted by two ex-Killing Joke and Murder Inc. members in bassist Paul Raven and keyboard player John Bechdel for 1994's Cleansing. Containing arguably their best work, the album saw a slight change of direction towards a more industrial sound, with Victor's precise riffing making way for a greater sense of groove and melody. It did little to increase the group's commercial appeal, however. Prong would disband following 1996's less inspired Rude Awakening. Parsons then went on to join British industrialists Godflesh while Victor toured with goth-punks Danzig, but rumors persist of an eventual Prong reunion. 

Tracklist

	Another Worldly Device	3:23
	Whose Fist Is This Anyway?	4:42
	Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck	4:11
	Cut-Rate	4:52
	Broken Peace	6:12
	One Outnumbered	4:58
	Out Of This Misery	4:25
	No Question	4:18
	Not Of This Earth	6:24
	Home Rule	3:58
	Sublime	3:52
	Test	6:40