"...so bad, they're actually bad!"

Can it be true? Are the Mutants of the Holocaust really that bad? Well judge for yourselves fellow music lovers. This page gives a brief snapshot of a short period in the bands lifespan. More will be written when I get round to it.
In the meantime, feel free to download these tracks recorded in the bass players bedroom sometime in '85 if memory serves correctly.

We ran through the songs once and then recorded them straight onto a cheap compact cassette recorder.

Train is not one of ours - not actually sure who wrote it, although everyone has covered it, but this is based on a cross between the Shockabilly and Motorhead versions. Mushroomhead, on the other hand is one of ours. This is really just a series of observations and comments about, and inspired by, a certain strain of fungus. End of the World is also one of ours. Originally it was at least three times as long as what you hear on this record but for some reason or another, the tape got cut and the rest has been lost to history. Shame really. Loose is, of course, the Stooges song, although again, our version is based on the one that the Birthday Party recorded. We finish off with a tune that changed every time we played it. Whoever was singing at the time invented some new words; only the opening line stayed the same.

What happened to side two, you ask?

Well quite honestly, that’s it! That’s all we have.


Wednesday, 21 December 2011

InterPunk

Well it's been a little while since I've had anything to say on the subject but the good folks at InterPunk in the US of A are now stocking our wonderful record so that should make it a little cheaper if you live on that side of the pond (obviously not as cheap as the free download - but also not as collectable!)
Anyways, do yourselves afavour, and us, and grad yourselves a copy whilst you still can kids.

Sunday, 6 November 2011

Album Review

...according to our Mike on 14 September 2011.
Some dude just turned up at the office with these one-sided garage rock LPs the other day. Apparently he played in this band in the '80s and dug out the recordings recently and decided it was time for them to come out on vinyl. What we've got here is a solitary side of muddy and messy garage rock. It sounds quite bad, but I suppose that's the point here isn't it. We've got repetitive riffs, snotty vocals, and all-over-the-place guitar with an almost constant phaser effect over the top, all recorded in true no-fi fashion on a cheap tape player in someone's house. If you're into dirgey and obscure garage punk, I can confirm that this is definitely a dirgey and obscure garage punk record.
So, is this the dog's bollocks...or the cat's arse? Speak your brains here.

Friday, 23 September 2011

Noises from the Hideout Compilation

Well volume 6 of the GaragePunk Hideout series is finally out and I must say, music lovers, it has a fine selection of tunes on it. You can get hold of the full thing from here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Noises-Hideout-Best-GaragePunk-Explicit/dp/B005NQ3FL2/

You can get our contribution for FREE of course from here:

http://www.mediafire.com/?rum4y6q3fzd4682

Enjoy!

Sunday, 11 September 2011

New Retailer

For anyone visiting this place for the first time, has still got a turntable and has nothing better to spend their hard earned cash on you might like purchase a copy of the vinyl album from our new friends at Norman Records. Check out some of their other stuff while you're there too.
http://www.normanrecords.com/new

Friday, 5 August 2011

Track on 'Noises from the Hideout' Compilation Album

Hey Music Lovers! It's a little while since anything was posted here but, hey, what can you expect from a band that's been dead over two decades! Anyways, just to let you know one of our 'hits', '(My Baby's Got a) 10 Megaton Bomb' is to appears on the latest GaragePunk Hideout comp. Needless to say this is sure to be the best in the series thus far. The album is available for download from iTunes and Amazon and no doubt other places too from 19. September.

Thursday, 10 March 2011

FREE - New Download Host

You can now download the album for free from:

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?rum4y6q3fzd4682

Although we'd still prefer it if you bought a vinyl copy!!

Tuesday, 11 January 2011

Garagepunk Hideout

The MOTH have recently signed up to Garagepunk Hideout, which as the name suggests ...well, you get the idea. There's not much more about us on there that isn't here but it does have some pretty cool discussions going on and if you're here then I guess you' be pretty interested in there.

http://garagepunk.ning.com/forum/topics/mutants-of-the-holocaust

New Retail Outlets

There are now three more shops that are stocking The Mutants album, just in case you don't like buying stuff online. The fine establishments in question are 101 Collectors Records (Farnham), Reflex (Newcastle)and Raves from the Grave (Frome). If you're in the neighbourhoods pay them a visit - they clearly have good taste.