DRUGZILLA "Alcoholocaust" (Never Stop The Madness) six / ten

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Sometimes with breakcore, you find that it's stupid music made by intelligent people. Or intelligent music made by stupid people. But sometimes, it's just stupid music made by stupid people. Enter Drugzilla - West Clare morons who seem like the kind of biffs who'll still be trying to flame their farts in their late seventies. Like, I have to be honest here - the music really isn't up to much. Frankly, it's shite... but still occasionally fascinating.

It took me at least 4 or 5 listens to come to this conclusion, and even at that, I still think that Drugzilla may have intentionally made it sound crap and are locked away in Lisdoon, lashing back the Buckie and laughing at all the recent attention. The samples are dull and bizarrely out of time, but it suits the whole "we are cheap cider-fuelled mongoloids" look that the lads wear so well. The signature breakcore kick drum and the amen break are omnipresent, and they're not really used in any way remotely new or clever. There ain't much musical substance to speak of, in fact. So how do the lads get away with it? I dunno, they just do.

I suppose the whole affair is akin to being stuck in the Hydro nightclub mashed on acid and poitin. Whether that's a good thing is another matter altogether. The most arresting element is definitely the inclusion of 'field' recordings. The quality is undoubtedly horrendous, and it sounds like most of the recordings were done with a cheaper version of the infamous 2euro microphone from Mary's Of Ennis. But they do leave you hankering to hear more idiotic episodes of the high life in west Clare.

Examples: "Farmers - they love fighting, don't they"; "This pretending to be sober all the time, its a load of bollocks, like"; "It's 25 to ten in the fuckin' morning and I am OUT OF MY HEAD". Whatever buddy - been there, done that, but I made sure to delete the recordings afterwards.

But they do have a track called 'LSDoonvarna' and they include a sticker with the CD that reads "How's your knob?" Classy. John Lillis www.myspace.com/drugzilla666

John Lillis
www.myspace.com/drugzilla666

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