Contact Information:
Shrivelled Clump of Flesh c/o Point Blank Management
Unit 11, 6-10 Convent Street,
Nottingham. NG1 3LL, U.K.
Fax: (0115) 956 3955
Tel: (0115) 956 3956
Calling this number will result in your speaking to Martin Nesbitt, the
band's manager (if you're very lucky - he seems to be a busy man), so it's
probably best not to make a habit of phoning about trivial things. (plus it
gets expensive... quoteth Daniel: "ebullient phone toll mounts - higher
and higher...")
As of January '97, this was the Point Blank catalogue, although many
of these shirts may now be sold-out:
It's suggested also that if any of you wish to write to Bill, it's best to
send letters to Martin and they should be passed on to God. Regarding other
contact information, Jeff is on the net and responds to most e-mail,
although he seems to be a bit bogged down with the volume of questions he
receives.
Ex-Carcass axeman Mike Hickey is now playing in a hardcore outfit called
Altered Dominance (apparently with some fairly technical, albeit somewhat
repetitive guitar parts). Rock Brigade, a Brazilian metal mag, lists
his contact address as:
P.O. Box 481
Athol, MA 01331, USA
Michael Amott can also be contacted at the following address (include two
IRC's for a reply):
Spiritual Beggars Universal Family
Torsgatan 3c.
302 36 Halmstad
Sweden
Videos:
- Reek of Putrefaction
- Corporeal Jigsore Quandary
- Incarnate Solvent Abuse
- No Love Lost
- Heartwork
- Keep on Rotting in the Free World
(All but the first listed are included on the Wake Up... video
compilation).
Clone Bands etc.:
- General Surgery... Necrology is a short EP featuring Dismember's
Matti Karki. It successfully creates a Reek-like atmosphere, including some
remarkable duplication of Carcass's early vocals. (Jeff Walker mentioned in
an interview a couple of years back that he was friends with Matti Karki,
and that Karki had been involved with a Carcass tribute band... presumably
General Surgery was what he had in mind, considering the 7" of
Necrology reputedly makes mention of the copyright violations
contained within...)
- Necrony... a Swedish grind band. The death/grind list mentions three
albums: Mucopurulent Miscarriage, Pathological Performances,
and Necronycism--Distorting the Originals which features several
covers of miscellaneous bands, including one by Carcass. The cover art
apparently features the members of Necrony in a parody of the
Necroticism cover.
[Sven describes Pathological
Performances as being tight, somewhat technical grind, reminiscent of a
more intricate Napalm Death]
- Pathologist... a Czechoslovakian Carcass worship band with a unique
sound [highly recommended by Sven]
- Dysentery... a Carcass clone band, which apparently uses the Corporal
Jigsore Quandary drumbeat in one of the songs. They have an album
called Brings me no tears, which supposedly features a really
low-budget album cover, with decent songwriting and production.
- Golem... signed to Invasion Records (Germany), with riffs very
reminscent of Necroticism. Invasion Records states: "Golem -
Eternity: Finally! The first full length album from these blood brothers
of Carcass."
- Finland's Mythos has covered Reek of Putrefaction... as quoted
from Pit Magazine No. 14:
Pain Amplifier boasts a heap of powerful material and an exceptional cover
of the Carcass classic Reek of Putrefaction. Teemu said Carcass is one of
his all time favorites... It is one of those songs that brings
me fond memories of the 'good old underground days' when Carcass released their
second album.
Other assorted info:
-
Carcass signed with Columbia world-wide following Heartwork.
The album was released by Columbia in the US, and by
Columbia/Earache in the UK. Carcass was unhappy with the promotion
by Earache, and so split from the label somewhat acrimoniously. For
information on the older releases, try contacting Earache, either by
e-mail at
EaracheRec@aol.com, or more
conventionally at:
Earache
295 Lafayette St., Suite 915
New York, N.Y. 10012
Tel: (212) 343-9090, Fax: (212) 343-9422
The catalogue numbers:
- Reek of Putrefaction (re-release), Mosh #6
- Symphonies of Sickness (re-release), Mosh #18
- Necroticism (re-release), Mosh #42
Earache also sells short sleeved shirts entitled "Necroticism,"
"Logo," and "Heartwork," and a long sleeved "Necroticism" one.
[Information taken from the Spring/Summer '95 catalogue].
- Concert Express also sells
some Carcass stuff... (slow, inefficient delivery however...)
- Jeff Walker remixed a Die Krupps song entitled Inside
Out. The track is featured on the 1994 Rough Trade Records
release entitled The Final Remixes. [The Final
Remixes is apparently not available as a domestic release in the
US, but another album, Rings of Steel (Cleopatra records:
CLEO 9549-2 CD, CLEO 9549-4 Cassette) was recently released in the
US, featuring many of the tracks to be found on The Final
Remixes, including the Walker remix. For more information, mail
Cleopatra@cyberden.com].
- Carcass remixed Bjork's Isobel, available on the UK
version of the Hyperballad single. The catalogue number is
OLI 192TP7CDL. [The single contains Hyperballad (Radio
Edit), Isobel (Carcass remix), Cover Me (Plaid
Mix), and Hyperballad (Towa Tei Remix)]. (Apparently,
she's somewhat of a Carcass fan, but because the song was quite
personal to her, she wasn't very happy with the remix, and neither
were Carcass. There was talk of Carcass perhaps remixing another
song instead, but they eventually settled for the one they did
originally).
- The band also remixed Killing Joke's Democracy, although
apparently Killing Joke weren't too satisfied, claiming the guitars
were too loud. The remix is available on the Democracy
single.
- Necrosis Records, Earache Records' first sub-label, was Bill's
and Jeff's label, distributed through Earache. However, once the
guys became too busy with touring, etc., the label went under...
apparently, also, Dig wanted to release some other things through
the label, but faced objections from those guys, and so consequently
didn't.
- Click here for some background on
the changing of the Symphonies/Reek cover art...
- Be sure to consider looking at Shinko Music's
Carcass book. And e-mail Cherry Lane (clminc@aol.com) and Hal Leonard (hleonard@execpc.com) to
request that they consider transcribing some Carcass!
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