It’s been a helluva lot of work here and finally I’m beginning to see through it. thanks for the suggestions and mails and all; I decided to go with this AOD / Bedlam Split 7″ because it’s so funny. And frankly – if I had a copy of F’s “You are an EP”, I’d had posted it, but I’m missing that babe for reasons unknown.
I guess y’all have heard the story of this split release (of which 1000 were made). It was supposed to be a Flexi and was announced over a longer period of time in fanzines all over, but never came out. Paul, AOD’s guitarist and a long time penpal of mine, kept writing it should be out “anyday soon” and sent me a full C-90 cassette with an advance copy of it plus loads of extras to make time shorter. One day, I got this in the mail at last.
I’ve never been too big of a fan of BEDLAM. Their two 12″s just never made the sparks fly for me, I don’t know why. The stuff’s hard, funny and with a Meatmen-vibe definately and yet totally eastcoast, you can hear that immediately. On a sidenote, the song “Live A.I.D.S.” pissed me off that much that I wrote my own song on the HIV-topic. You sometimes wonder what the artists think of their work 2o years later, don’t you ….
PS: (added June 14): Forgot to post this. It’s some Black Metal dude in his evil and tastefully stuffed flat being interviewed by some other dude, who’s got a funny haircut. After a while, the evil dude puts on A.O.D.’s first LP and tries to get into it, while the motorcycle dude just stands there and looks good:)
ADRENALIN O.D.: Masterpiece.mp3
ADRENALIN O.D.: We will.mp3
ADRENALIN O.D.: Traffic Jam.mp3
BEDLAM: Creepy fucking Hitchcock.mp3 & Lost in Space.mp3
BEDLAM: Live A.I.D.S.mp3
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Great to have you back, Erich!
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Cheers Adamski – i was longing for the comeback really. Good to be back!
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i have this and its true, i’ve often looked back in astonishment at the idiocy of the AIDS song. i did like Bedlam though. their best contribution here is the recorded shenanigans.
“My tooth! my tooth!” “i just got a one joint rebate for my tooth.”
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yeah that aids song is so fucking dumb.
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I cannot download “live A.I.D.S.”…
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Fixed!
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Thanks Erich,
I’m sorry to say this was my request. I’ve always been a big fan of AOD, and somehow this has escaped me. I had heard it was bad, but wow -it’s really bad! The video is awesome though. I guess I better donate now.
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The video is boring for the first 6 minutes, but, wow! The blackmetaller is into AOD, amazing!
Thanx for posting the AOD/Bedlam EP, I´ve never even heard of this recording, so it´s great to know it.
Ruy F., from Brazil
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apparently, the black metal dude is Fenriz, founder/drummer from Darkthrone, nice video:-)
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What exactly is so horrible about thwe A.I.D.S. song?
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you….crazy???
its the MIGHTY FENRIZ speaking,
so quiet please…
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THAT BLACK METAL GUY IS ABUT AS EVIL AS MY 6 YRS OLD COUSIN. THANX FOR THE SPLIT SINGLE ITS GREAT!
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fenriz is a pretty cool guy into some cool music..i doubt these days he really cares about coming across “evil”,as Darkthrone are more of a crusty punk/rocknroll metal band these days anyways.
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No it’s not, Darkthrone tries to sound like old 80s badly played Black Metal that wants to be evil.
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Darkthrone is a great band! They are not like any other norwegian black metal band, and never has been. They have a new album out called “F.O.A.D.” (Fuck Off And Die), which is their 13th album, and it’s a nice one.
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Norge Norge är ett ruttet land
Norrmän norrmän ett jävla rövarband
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“How much primitive can you get?” Broken norwegian english rules!
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I tried hard to watch the the video. I think the old bald guy really wants to fuck the long hair guy. I could not take any more. AOD, will forever be rock gods.
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I’d just like to point out that after watching this video again, Jay Thurston may be right. The part where the interviewer says, “Is he mad about us now?” is hilarious!
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…it’s funny…you wrote wonder what artists think of there music 20 years later….Bedlam stopped playing the A.I.D.S…..while they were still active…..listening to a lot of Fear and Meatmen when I wrote those lyrics…….makes me cringe now….but at the time…..anyway
thanx for the review
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Admin Reply:
December 13th, 2011 at 00:03
Thanks a lot for stopping by and explaining, Lenny!
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