Fear Into Fuel - Paint Chip Records

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1. Whatever Makes You Happy / Lughead

2. Distance / Lughead

3. From Now On / Blanket Party

4. Promise / Blanket Party

5. 7" Pitch / Crawdad

6. Peel / Crawdad

7. Comet / Muler

8. Rubber Shoes / Muler

9. Back Off / Dryer

10. Mint Chocolate Chunk / Dryer

11. Our Town / Can’t Say

12. Bitter Pill / Can’t Say

13. Praise / 1000 Young

14. Christian Radio / 1000 Young

15. Matter Much / Mercy Twin

16. Such A Thrill / Mercy Twin

17. Sanford & Son / Beef

18. Taming The Lyon / Beef

19. Little String / Michael Eck

20. Five Years / Michael Eck

from the original press release . . .

For all you lazy bastards, that don’t feel like listening to an entire hour and fifteen minutes of music, below are my “quickie” reviews for each of the Fear Into Fuel entries. The artists might completely disagree with me, as may you, but hopefully this will give you a clue.

LUGHEAD
Raspy vocals pushing big hooks on top of rock-n-roll guitars are sure to pull in comparisons to the ’Mats but please don’t tell me that my orgasm sucks just because it’s been done before.

BLANKET PARTY
The song crafting of Big Star blended with the hit-and-run taste of Pavement keep this Boston trio fun and dangerous.

CRAWDAD
The Meices on acid. Sonic Youth on the farm. Crawdad kicks big dookie-ass butt!

MULER
Exploding with the youthful energy of Green Day, these boys from Rochester win awards for sexiest vocal and the most drunken drummer.

DRYER
Nubile punk from Saratoga, NY. A new breed of Blondie and The Buzzcocks. Their first cut proves that girl singers rule.

CAN’T SAY
Albany’s masters of “crunchska” smash a wedge between Pantera and The Toasters. (That’s a mighty big wedge).

1000 YOUNG
Molding a bit of theater with adept musicianship, 1000 Young take what Bauhaus was doing and crushes it six hundred and sixty-six steps into a beautiful hell. This is the big giant shit.

MERCY TWIN
The offspring of Bob Mould and Matthew Sweet. Potent and infectious stuff from this Catskill, NY trio.

BEEF
Mix the pure force of Big Black with the uniqueness of The Fall and then try to fit the word “wholesome” into that description. All of that and even louder.

MICHAEL ECK
Fuck folk rock, this is honest solo rock-n-roll. Leave your preconceptions at the door, sit down, shut up and listen.

Lughead
1. Whatever Makes You Happy (words: Ferrandino; music: Ferrandino, Weis, Bell)
2. Distance (words: Ferrandino; music: Ferrandino, Weis, Frye, Bell)

Produced by Dominick Campana & Lughead • Engineered by Dominick Campana & Ted Hyland at Hyland Recording

Dan Bell: drums • Nick Ferrandino: guitar, vocals • Mark Frye: guitar • Ken Weis: bass

Blanket Party
3. From Now On (words & music: Dan Perez)
4. Promise (words & music: Dan Perez)

Produced & engineered by John C. Wood at Bird Dog Studios in Boston, MA

Erick Ellison: bass, backing vocals • Jeff Labossiere: drums • Dan Perez: guitar, vocals

Crawdad
5. 7″ Pitch (words: Jim Crawley; music: Jim & Joe Crawley)
6. Peel (words: Jim Crawley; music: Jim & Joe Crawley)

Produced by Dominick Campana & Crawdad • Engineered by Dominick Campana & Ted Hyland at Hyland Recording

Jim Crawley: guitar, vocals • Joe Crawley: drums • Eric Katz: bass

Muler
7. Comet (words & music: Muler)
8. Rubber Shoes (words & music: Muler)

Produced by Dominick Campana & Muler • Engineered by Dominick Campana & Ted Hyland at Hyland Recording

David Baumgartner: vocals • Kristin Durso: guitar • Sean Leahy: drums • Will Veeder: bass

Dryer
9. Back Off (words & music: Rachael Sunday)
10. Mint Chocolate Chunk (words & music: Bob Carlton)

Produced by Dominick Campana • Engineered by Dominick Campana & Ted Hyland at Hyland Recording

Bob Carlton: guitar, vocals • Joel Lilley: drums • Rachael Sunday: bass, vocals

Can’t Say
11. Our Town (words: Al Von Schaaf; music: Al Von Schaaf, Ian Cipkowski)
12. Bitter Pill (words & music: Al Von Schaaf)

Produced by Al Von Schaaf • Engineered by Paul Benedetti at Max Trax Recording Studios • Assistant engineers: Todd Giagni, Jeff Wildermuth

Justin Birk: alto saxophone • Tony Bryan: tenor saxophone • Ian Cipkowski: bass • Bill Ketzer: drums • Al Von Schaaf: vocals, guitars • Jason Ziemniak: trombone

1000 Young
13. Praise (words & music: Will Nivins)
14. Christian Radio (words: Otto; music: Will Nivins)

Produced by Paul Benedetti & Todd Giagni • Engineered by Paul Benedetti at Max Trax Recording Studios • Assistant engineer: Jeff Wildermuth

Todd Giagni: drums • Mike Guzzardi: guitar • Will Nivins: guitar, vocals • Steve O’Brien: bass • Otto: vocals

Mercy Twin
15. Matter Much (words & music: Tom Raider)
16. Such a Thrill (words: Tom Raider, John Curcio) © 1994 Lost Ark Music (BMI)

Produced by Dominick Campana & Tom Raider • Engineered by Dominick Campana & Ted Hyland at Hyland Recording

Dan Kelly: drums • Mike Kaiser: bass • Tom Raider: guitar, vocals

Beef
17. Sanford & Son (words: Stephen Gaylord; music: Beef)
18. Taming the Lyon (words: Stephen Gaylord; music: Beef)

Produced by Tim O’Heir & Beef • Engineered by Tim O’Heir at Fort Apache Studios in Boston, MA

Brian Buono: drums • Stephen Gaylord: guitar, vocals • David Seaman: bass

[“Sanford & Son” previously released on Footlong Records’ Johnny Cash 7″ single]

Michael Eck
19. Little String (words & music: Michael Eck)
20. Five Years (words & music: Michael Eck)

Produced by Tyson Fricker • Engineered by Dave Owens at Signature Sound • Mastered by Philip Robilotto at Sundog Studios

Michael Eck: guitar, vocals • Kevin Maul: Hawaiian guitar on “Five Years”

Executive producer: Dominick Campana
Pre-mastered for CD by Ted Hyland

Design: Billy Riley
Front photo by Jim Kiihnl
Inside photos by Mike Hayes, D. Campana, B. Riley