Crust - The Complete Crust (As Far As I Know)

From the Original FBS archives...Back From The Dead As Requested
Original post March 15, 2009 and February 19, 2020

"It never got weird enough for me."
~Hunter S. Thompson

Crust - The Crust Chronicles (Original post March 15, 2009)
Renowned for their skull-grinding sonic cataclysms and bizarre stage antics, Crust was the band that initially inspired Butthole Surfers drummer King Coffey to launch Trance Syndicate Records in 1990. Multi-instrumentalists John Hawkins, Richard Smith, and Jerry Page began playing together in 1987 as Mud Honey. The trio's musical approach was a post-industrial mishmash of found objects, bleating samples, taped voices and tribal rhythm. After changing their name to Crust to avoid confusion with the Seattle grunge act, they began attracting attention on their own with scatological serenades like "Chemical Pattie" and performances featuring duct tape G-strings filled with worms and flaming pubic hair. 1990's Sacred Heart of Crust EP was a thunderous exercise in sacrilege, and their desecration of Morris Albert's "Feelings" from 1991's eponymous LP was no less disturbing. 1994's Crusty Love took the band in a more rock-oriented direction, but their playful penchant for the perverse was fully intact on "Chlamydia Is Not a Flower" and its accompanying Nick Smith-directed video. A memorable 1995 South by Southwest showcase gig found Crust pelting its audience with more than 100 loaves of bread. After parting ways with Trance, the band was unable to find a label to release their third album, Food Eater. With intra-band squabbles growing and show attendance declining, Crust broke up in 1997. The trio played a reunion show at Room 710 in 2004.
~Greg Beets - Austin Music Database


(Notes From Original Post)
Anyone who has followed this blog has probably noticed the wide variety of music that gets posted by myself and the others around here. Being an affectionado of artists like Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, Hunter S. Thompson, Salvador Dali and others like them, it is probably not to strange that I have a great love for niche bands like Oingo Boingo, The Tubes, The Butthole Surfers and others.

Crust is one of those niche bands, buried so far down in the cracks of musical history very few people have ever heard of them let alone heard them. These guys were kinda disturbing, weird, scarey and above all sickly humorous. Loosely categorized as avant-garde punk grind noise art rock. Think of a heavier Residents on some questionable acid.
I've supplied a couple of video clips and music samples so you can check them out. This music is NOT for the "play-it safe, non-adventurous" visitors we may have, and definitely not safe for work.

I'm almost willing to bet that we have less than 10 people who will download any of what gets posted. Don't be scared. Prove me wrong.
One thing I do know though, this is right up my man Bonger's alley.

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"Though I drive through the valley of death, I shall fear no highway patrol, for the lord is thy seat belt, I shall not crash."
~Crust - Truckers Prayer

"I've got your name...ON MY DICK!!!!"
~Crust - Bumblebee

Band Members: Jerry Page. John Hawkins. Richard Smith
All Music presented here is LONG out of print.


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The History of Crust by Richard Smith
 

Crust - The One On The Left Is Me - 1988 (demo's etc)

Crust - Sacred Heart -1990

Crust - Crust -1991 (Includes Feelings-When I Say Yes 7")

Crust - Crusty Love -1994 (Includes Bonus Tracks & The Crust Story)

Crust - Live CapZeye Z Cable Show -1994

Crust - Food Eater -1999 (self released)


Some of this was updated and posted June 15 and July 2, 2018 on this space.

 

All dead links now resurrected!

 

 

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