And here’s another lost gem. ORANGE DOE-NUTS (O.D.’S) were from Kentucky, of all places. I know absolutely nothing of this band other than that this LP here has some fantastic powerful material, great metalfree HC the way it should be. Rumor has it there were only 300 made of this and the hand made cover (silk screen print n front and sheet glued on plain white sleeve) makes this likely to be true. Powerful, generic and obnoxious. You’ll hear practically every other HC band of the era in these tunes, it’s just like a great blend of other great music. And the reggae pisstake is funny too.
Enjoy! And fill in the blanks.
PS: Yeah right, they were from Kansas not Kentucky. Who cares about that.
Brainwashed.mp3
T.M.O.S.mp3
Compete
Hook.mp3
Fancy girl.mp3
Babylon.mp3
O.D. Theme
Disco
Time no Time.mp3
Chip.mp3
Twisted world.mp3
Jimmy Time.mp3
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Couldnt get a single one of the mp3′s to work
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Always wondered about this band too! Thought about ripping it but never got around. Thanks Erich!
The quality of the vinyl is close to a flexi. Very very thin. Yours too?
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Yeah Peter – extremely cheap vinyl, but it still sounds good!
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PS: Forgot to mention the goofy photos on the insert – hillarious!
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So why do you not scan the insert? Just asking….Du alte so und so Du…
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Yeah, my copy is also almost as thin as a flexi. Always afraid to break it.
They also appear on one of the ‘We Got Power’ comps. on Mystic.
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I’ve run across this one a few times but never bought it. I regret it now, I suppose. This was on the same label that put out Micronotz and their ilk so I assumed they sounded like that. Pretty generic but not bad. I bet there were more than 300 of them made, though, as I always found it in the cheapo bin with no takers.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtZ1d6ovVNw
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i’m pretty certain that the O.D.’s are from Kansas City, MO not Kentucky.
check this article: http://www.pitch.com/2006-12-07/music/canine-grime/
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laszlo you are correct, maybe even a memeber or two from lawrence as well.
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They were actually, um, serious about that Reggae “piss take,” not that it sounds that way. They opened up for all the hardcore bands that passed through town, and it was tedious as hell sitting through the extended live jam of Jimmy Time while waiting for the music we had really come to see.
Nicest guy in the band was the vocalist, Larry. I think he’s passed on, though. The rest of the group thought they were rockstars.
BTW, they were from Kansas City, not Kansas, the state. Common mistake, but for the record, the state was named after the city, which was named after the Kansas river, which was named after a native american tribe, the Kaw people.
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Great generic thrash. And they thank Mental Crisis, which is a plus cause their demo rules. Mental Crisis demo rules cause they had tracks titled “I Like To Thrash” and “I Hate Snow”.
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10-4 ON THE KANSAS CITY ,WONDERFUL BAD, I MEAN BAND.
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This is a good one… a few OD’s stories:
met Kurt, the guitarist, outside of a John Doe show in KC. Said he was living under a bridge somewhere, introduced himself as “Kurt from Orange Doe-Nuts”, as if that lent some credibility
heard a story once about them playing a house show in Columbia, MO and passing out KoolAid spiked with acid… can anyone verify?
have also heard rumors that the singer moved to San Francisco, and is the painter responsible for the cover art on the Melvins’ solo LPs, a Victim’s Family album, and some other various Boner Records stuff. Harvey Stafford? Apparently also responsible for the Feral House book “Muerte: Death in Popular Mexican Culture”
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also cool:
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Heya Ben: So that second O.D.’s story is both right & wrong. Wrong in that Harvey Stafford was never the singer for the O.D.’s, but right in that Harvey did move to SF & do all of those things (& more — he had a pretty funny bit on a TV show concerning pranks/ work sabotage where he talked about adding SS military details to a guard on a mural that he painted at Disneyland).
For what it may be worth, Harvey was the singer for the Lawrence, KS HC band Short Notice, who (as best as I can recall) only recorded a demo tape (a track from which (“Beg For Mercy”) was included on the Fresh Sounds From Middle America #3 LP.
I actually remember hearing the first story “back in the day” as well, but the only house party I ever saw the O.D.’s at was w/ DRI (at the “O.D. Ranch”), and, at least personally speaking, no acid made it my way.
Hope that helps some.
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I lived at the ranch back in the mid 80′s. Kurt, who was the O.D.’s guitarist was one of my room mates. The kool aide story is true, Kurt liked to have kool aide parties. There were several bands that crashed at the ranch, which was a loft in the River Quay, in Kansas City. Kurt would book bands to play at the VFW hall or the Foolkiller Theater and they would stay at the ranch to save money. We partied with D.O.A. and several others.
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yeah, I spent many a night strung out “back at the ranch”… I still have my Offenders album they were throwing out into the crowd at the OD Ranch show. The craziest party I ever remember was the after show with Personality Crisis… I don’t think there was anyone who wasn’t completely fried on whatever window pane goodies Chris, Joey, or Dave had in their always present Sucrets boxes… You kinda always ended up there… and you were most certainly needing some kind of refuge to ride out various intoxicants…
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Kurt Witt of “The O.D’s is Currently playing in “Billy Squier’s Taint” from K.C.,Mo. thay are playing May 21st @ Davey’s Uptown in Kansas City.
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Graham McCoy Reply:
December 18th, 2010 at 03:56
Oh Paul,you shameless self promoter! I have the Personality Crisis record Kurt got from those guys at the party mentioned above.Had to “rescue” it from one of Kurt’s many funky pads since it was being walked on and kicked across the floor. Also,Larry the singer is not dead,just in a dead assed place called Kansas City,Mo.
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The OD’s weren’t from Kentucky or Kansas! They were from Missouri.
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Davey Reply:
August 20th, 2011 at 00:59
The OD,s like all Ranch bands were from the state of intoxication
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The O. D.’s aka Orange Doe-nuts
Larry Kenski – vocals
Kurt Witt – guitar
Mark Biemuller – bass
Mike Sims – drums
Donny Byrom – guitar
Kansas City, Missouri
The Ranch was a second floor “loft” (old school loft) on 5th street in the River Quay (now called the River Market). Crash pad for most of the bands that came through town, and anyone else. Let’s just say all the party stories are true, and then some…
Neither Kurt nor Larry are dead. Surprisingly. LOL
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I ran into Kurt last week @ a methadone clinic in KC. The rumors of his demise (& Larry’s & mine) are greatly exaggerated
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