LOAD -- Pastor's Day

Faceless Wreckerds -- Fort Lauderdale (1995)

Pastor's Day
Saving You From Your Life
Half Bake

"Saving you from your life...Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

It's this opening of the first song on the B-side that captures everything great about this band, and they were great. Heavy and inspired by pain, these songs are not rebellion against the government or peers or religion or management or any of the usual stuff, but against consciousness, against the senses. All three songs capture this spirit, particularly 'Pastors' and 'Saving.' Load is at their best on this record.

"Shut up, you are killing meeeeeeeeeee!"

LOAD – Does Dead Godflesh Smell 7” EP

Faceless Records – Hollywood (1992)

Does Dead Godflesh Smell
Barbara’s Bush
Trying to Use

Bobby Load – vocals
Jeff Tucci – guitar
Tony - bass
Fausto – drums

Really nice cover photos showing the perils of (presumably) being shot in the face with a shotgun. During their storied career, Load released four singles, two LP’s and appeared on a few comps. This is their debut. “Godflesh” is a great song, despite occasional narration from what sounds like Fred Gwynn’s redneck brother. “Trying to Use” has tapes running through it and is just ok. Everyone wanted to have “found” sounds on their records in the 90’s! “Barbara’s Bush” is nice. I’ve heard Load called a hardcore band several times & don’t know why – they’re more of an Unsane / Hammerhead / Amrep sounding band. Great players – great singer – they shouldda been huge – but, like others before them, were done in by geographical isolation (& legendary substance abuse).