Oh yeah, I remember these guys! In the 80's, during the whole neo-garage revival that I was heavily into, Sweden produced some of the best, most frantic snot-encrusted heavies imaginable. These guys were one of those groups, who along with the Crimson Shadows, the Other Side, Highspeed 5, Wylde Mammoths, the Nomads - who liner notes author Patrick "the lama" Lundborg goes to great lengths to put down because apparently the Nomads weren't too fond of the other bands - and others made some amazingly cool music. The Stomachmouths possessed an incredibly odd moniker and made really insane rock and roll. Between 1985-87, they released three LPs - one of which wasn't even a legally sanctioned one on Voxx, culled from demos and live tapes the band had sent Greg Shaw, in hopes of scoring a deal - a couple of 7" EPs and appeared on a bunch of compilation LPs like Declaration Of Fuzz and Dimensions Of Sound. This CD collects tracks from all those releases, plus a few rarities along the way. Boy, this is some wild stuff, even wilder than I remembered, and makes me wanna dig out my old LPs again. Stefan Kery, the bespecked lead singer/guitarist, possessed one of the snottiest, snarliest voices imaginable and along with loads of fuzz and Farfisa organ, this stuff just shreds! You won't find any "deep" or "meaningful" songs here, just angry rants about evil chicks, monsters and surfing. "It's about drinking, having sex, and having fun" says Stefan in one of the brief interview snippets between songs, and that about says it all. With songs like "Speed Freak," "Eegah!," "Valley Surf Stomp," "Coming Back Alive," "Something Weird" and "Wild Trip" you can't go wrong!

TRACK LISTING: 1. Don't Put Me Down, 2. Dr Syn, 3. I'm Going Away, 4. Eegah!, 5. Cry, 6. Don't Mess With My Mind, 7. I Leave, 8. R & B No 65, 9. Valley Surf Stomp, 10. Coming Back Alive, 11. Waiting, 12. Interview #1, 13. Keep On Looking, 14. Don't You Know, 15. Heart Of Stone, 16. You'd Better Find Out, 17. Hold Me Now, 18. ALmost There, 19. Something Weird, 20. Speed Freak, 21. Interview #2, 22. Too Much, 23. Root Beer, 24. Wild Trip, 25. Ode To Rhythm & Blues