Tuesday, November 14, 2023

SLUGGISHA TAPES 33 YEARS OLD!!! SLUGGISHA BLOGSPOT 15 YEARS ONLINE!! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

 

Yup,33 years ago today,I started my mailorder cassette catalog of bands I was in,and bands of my friends.A lot of that music is now available on this blog,(I know lots of links are dead,I am trying to get everything back to normal),I have begun to put most stuff onto bandcamp ,found here: https://sluggishatapes.bandcamp.com/  .I have also added more videos to the Sluggisha youtube found here : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrmgC9elXBKwxPHQw_PUkTw . The newest Z.A.T.H. cd " Zap All Those Humans" will be released sometime in the near future by T.E.D. Records a/k/a Thee Epileptic Dragonfly Records ,from France.They also released Karen Greenlee Army- KGA - "Cooking With Friends" cd,and Noisekillr ,"The 7 Walls Of Elite Darkness" cd,as well as a bunch more swell stuff! Z.A.T.H.  has a bandcamp too,with every release so far,and even a few preview tracks from the upcoming,aforementioned new release! Z.A.T.H.  can be found here : https://zath2.bandcamp.com/ . I have also ,this year,been working on the debut LP of Young Jit OG,a few tracks in the can,a bunch on the board,all my bars are in my head an on some papers,there's even a couple remixes already brewin'! Also coming up,and what I am currently working on is Sluggisha's Xmastravaganza # 13 ,slated for an early December release date! All of the past Xmastravaganza's .as well as other Sluggisha Christmas releases ,are documented on their own bandcamp,found here: https://sluggishasxmastravaganza.bandcamp.com/music 



It's also the 15th year of Sluggisha Tapes prescence on the internet. If you put "Sluggisha" or "Sluggisha Tapes" into any search engine,you will be greatly rewarded with multitudes of "Music You Will Hear Nowhere Else"  ,which is G O D's catchphrase ,from his WGOD Godcasts,of music from all over the spectrum,from Sluggisha's roster of artists thru the years,to exotica,grindcore,punk rock,metal,rockabilly,jazz,black metal,kraut rock,avant garde,death metal ,and many other genres and sub genres of musics.If you've never heard it before,YOU NEED TO! In other terms,"If you know,you know" This blog will continue to remain active indefinitely into infinity,perhaps.Or it could all end today,due to an untimely death. You ,the reader of this here blog,are the ultimate decision-maker,as to what the fate of Sluggisha is to be.Let me know,in the comment,your favorite Sluggisha release,what you want to see re uploaded ,(ultimately,all will be re-upped),how you feel about the future of music,and if you will join me for this year's Sluggisha's Xmastravaganza #13 (facebook page is here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61550701630567 ),either as an artist,musician,or a spectator/listener,these things I would like to know. There is so much in the works,I hesitate to speak of,as many things never reach fruition for years! Thanks for so many years of great fandom and followers! Keep going! 

Friday, December 9, 2022

SLUGGISHA'S XMASTRAVAGANZA #12 - 2022


 
Back again!! after 2 shitty fucking years without an XMASTRAVAGANZA,we have returned to form,with another fantastic compilation of Xmas tunes! 14 artist/bands ,came together to create 22 new and used Christmas carols of the future!! Your kids will hear this,and their kids,and so on,and the aliens,the ones in the ufos in outer space,have been fans for years!!So the future looks bright and merry for those who want to hear fresh,new xmas carols,or remakes of the boring ,old,stuffy ones,to make holiday family memories with! This is on SLUGGISHA'S XMASTRAVAGANZA bandcamp page ,along with all the past XMASTRAVAGANZA  compilations,as well as other SLUGGISHA TAPES Christmas releases ,from many bands.I will also provide a link to the Z.A.T.H.  bandcamp page ,as they have 4 of their own Xmas musci releases there! I hope you enjoy what we've put together this year,and look forward to next year's XMASTRAVAGANZA!!! Thanks to all who participated,and to my son Eric who helped me record for the first time ever on the computer!

https://sluggishasxmastravaganza.bandcamp.com/album/sluggishas-xmastravaganza-12-2022

https://zath2.bandcamp.com/ 


also here is a cool video produced by GREY MEATBALLS for YOUNG JIT OG -"It's Eggnog"






Monday, November 14, 2022

SLUGGISHA TAPES IS 32 YEARS OLD TODAY!! SLUGGISHA BLOGSPOT IS 14 YEARS OLD TODAY!! PLEASE SUPPORT US AT BANDCAMP!!



 Today marks another historical year in the life of diy music label ,Sluggisha Tapes. Started as a mailorder cassette label in 1990, to distribute my own music,as well as that of friends and aquaintances.As I ,and the label grow older,the releases have slowed. There is so much more to come,though,and it will be a massive waterfall of years of pent-up releases,that have backed up the whole damn dam!Slowly the links on this blog are coming back,now using bandcamp to store releases,go here to download new,and old releases, https://sluggishatapes.bandcamp.com/         Sluggisha's Xmastravaganza returns this xmas season,after missing the last 2 years due to the state of the world. But this year ,volume #12 comes roaring back,picking up where #11 left off in 2019. All the Xmastravaganzas,and other xmas releases from Sluggisha,are located on this page!   https://sluggishasxmastravaganza.bandcamp.com/music   Also,looking for all thos swell Z.A.T.H.  releases,with myself and my pal Food Fortunata,as the most tardcore duo in history?? look no further ,as this is the ONLY place you will find these releases online!! (besides some stuff on youtube!)  https://zath2.bandcamp.com/   Sluggisha's youtube page has been busy since this time last year,when xmas songs were added ,and more stuff has followed,and continues coming! looky here for more!!  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrmgC9elXBKwxPHQw_PUkTw?view_as=subscriber         I plan on uploading much more older stuff,still working on tons of new releases,lots of youtube coming up,working also on podcasts,and focusing now on SLUGGISHA'S XMASTRAVAGANZA #12  2022. I get kicked off facebook frequently,and right now ,both my pages are in jail,since I am a criminal.To help me ,and to get yourself something in return,PLEASE go to one or all of my bandcamp pages,and gimme a lil love in the form of listens ,downloads,and most of all,$$$$ ,    I really need it,as I have not had a job since 2019,when I became homebound.Still active,until the day I die,wont stop kicking til the bitter end! Thank you all,for years of support,and thank you to all bands,and bandmates of myself,and my family and friends! Cheers to Sluggisha 32/14 years!!


Wednesday, August 31, 2022

KGA - KAREN GREENLEE ARMY - COOKING WITH GOOD FRIENDS








  

back in 1785 i met Mike Crotch ,he sent me some music and i sang on it one night when i was drunk. then i had to go back and figure out all the lyrics to the songs i sang,and i had to title them.it was hard figuring out what i said that night. it was a revelation when i found out what i was talking about. so i decided to make a cd of it and sell it. my pal THEE EPILEPTIC DRAGONFLY  a/k/a T.E.D. ,did the art ,and the original release of the cd in France.years later i put out a usa version,with different art. they are both great ,and both have the same songs on it. very limited ,at the time of this post some are still available!! some come with a ltd edition poster,if you buy both versions! the link goes to sluggisha's bandcamp where you can download and/or purchase your copies now!   https://sluggishatapes.bandcamp.com/album/karen-greenlee-army-kga-cooking-with-good-friends 

Monday, November 15, 2021

BUILDING A BETTER MOUSETRAP - A TRIBUTE TO CAT MACHINE - Lava Church Records 2012 compilation


 Finally!!! after 9 long years,this cassette from 2012 has made it to the blog.CAT MACHINE IS FOR YOU,EVEN IF YOU NEVER HEARD OF THEM!!!Long out of print,if you own a copy,limited to 50,recorded onto recycled cassette tapes,and distributed by Lava Church Records,then you are a purveyor and seeker of ,underground,cult,weird,odd,avant garde musicians.This upload also includes a song which has gone unheard for years,submitted but never added to this tape.Useless Pile's version of "Boiling In The Bathtub",is the final track on this,still a mystery thats never been solved! Anyways,check out this tribute,to the little band that could,a group of punks whose sheer tolerance for the world,impacted an unknown number of kids,into starting their own bands! The band of bastards that spawned hundreds of bastard bands!! Read the notes on how the band (and the Sluggisha Tapes label!) ,got it's start,and read the lyrics to every song included here,also bonus stuff in the download are rare flyers and art. Throw money at this release (and my small,as of yet,bandcamp catalog) ,and help me and my wife survive another day!! thanks all!!!

https://sluggishatapes.bandcamp.com/album/building-a-better-mousetrap-a-tribute-to-cat-machine 

 

Sunday, November 14, 2021

31/13!!!!! SLUGGISHA TAPES IS 31 YEARS OLD TODAY,HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!! AND SLUGGISHA BLOGSPOT IS 13 YEARS OLD TODAY!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!



 FUCK 2112!!!! THIS IS 3113!!!!!

That's right ,SLUGGISHA TAPES IS 31 YEARS OLD TODAY!!!!!

and SLUGGISHA BLOGSPOT IS 13 YEARS OLD TODAY!!!

I planned on having an upload of BUILDING A BETTER MOUSETRAP - A TRIBUTE TO CAT MACHINE ,today,but ran into upload problems,it is a tape from 2012,honoring the band who really got SLUGGISHA TAPES started , CAT MACHINE !!.Released originally on Lava Church Records,a small diy label in Sarasota,FLA,USA!.I still plan on this happening today! Lemme go take care of that ,and I will post it here!! Thanks for 31 years of being fans of the greatest label never found,underground!! 31 MORE YEARS TO COME!!!

FUCK 2112!!!! THIS IS 3113!!!!!

Saturday, November 14, 2020

SLUGGISHA TAPES 30TH ANNIVERSARY!! SLUGGISHA.BLOGSPOT.COM 12TH BIRTHDAY!!





 
























Yup! so 30 years have passed ,Sluggisha Tapes is still in operation!Sluggisha blogspot has been battered and deleted numerous times,but will eventually be restored with links to everything on the blog,and new stuff coming all the time.Google "sluggisha" and you will find we are everywhere on the web.Been on the internet as a blog for 12 years now!SLUGGISHA:THE BOOK  is still in the writing stages and will be published within a year.I was going for releasing it this year,but many obstacles arose.I will make a concerted effort to restore both the Sluggisha AND  the Mediachrist blogs,in addition to getting a bunch of new releases out ,some which have been in holding pattern for years!.Thanks to all who have supported the label and the bands over the years.And the WGOD   podcast listeners I would have loved to do a    WGOD podcast today for the 30th,but,alas ,i am ill prepared and/or have a lack of proper equipment to do so.Please go to my storefronts online and contribute to Sluggisha! Help us make it for another 30 years!!! Thanks to all!!

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

SLUGGISHA'S XMASTRAVAGANZA #11


That's right.it's the eleventh straight year of demented,noisy,punk rock,and non traditional xmas music,from your favorite troupe of dimwits ,on the Sluggisha Tapes/Blogspot roster! I can't say enough about this awesome compilation,and all the great folks ,who came together,to make this possible! Mikey D. did the front cover art this year,and Gray Meatballs did the back cover,whilst G O D compiled this whole mess.Got some punk rock,some noise,some tardcore,some metal,some experimental,some hnw,and the lounge-y sounds of the world's most infamous crooner,and keeper of the old world,GROB!! This usually featured on radio and internet outlets ,nationwide,every year.Let's hope this year is no different!
https://sluggishasxmastravaganza.bandcamp.com/album/sluggishas-xmastravaganza-11 


Thursday, November 14, 2019

HAPPY 29TH ANNIVERSARY SLUGGISHA TAPES & HAPPY 11TH BIRTHDAY SLUGGISHA ONLINE!!!!


Sluggisha Tapes is 29 years old today! In 1990 started as a mailorder diy cassette label.For more details,drama,inside scoops,and dirt on the label,the bands,the people,the songs,the shows,and the longevity of the greatest unheard,underground,cult music label,ever ,get ready for "SLUGGISHA TAPES - The Book!" authored by yours truly,and published by Auspicious Apparatus Press,by my friend and book publisher,(amongst other talents),Todd Barselow,hopefully in time for Sluggisha's 30th Anniversary,next year,on this day!!Anyone who has stories to tell or pics for the book get with me at  sluggisha@gmail.com .thanks!


It is also the 11th Birthday of Sluggisha.blogspot.com ,and other outlets on the web ,(just google "sluggisha"). Most links on the ol' blog are dead now,after uploading the full blog 3 times,and it's been deleted each time! I hope to rectify all links before "Sluggisha Tapes - The Book" comes out next year!In the meantime ,if you find something on this here blog that you wanna hear,shoot me a line at  sluggisha@gmail.com  and I can most likely send you a link or file,within a few days.Thanks for all your support over the years ,and many more to go!! Next up : SLUGGISHA'S XMASTRAVAGANZA #11

Saturday, December 15, 2018

SLUGGISHA'S XMASTRAVAGANZA #10 -2018

It's that time of year again! The 10th volume of Sluggisha's Xmastravaganza is now available for download on bandcamp for free.I only get 200 free downloads a month so if any of you can pay a small fee of any amount,it will free up more free downloads,as I anticipate much more than 200 downloads,especially this month.My files at archive were all deleted,so most links on this blog are dead.I am seeking out a new file hoster or looking into starting a netlabel on archive,with nothing other than bands/projects on my label.So this year ,for the first time ever ,the Xmastravaganza is on bandcamp.The awesome cover art was done by Michael Elvidge ,who also did a song for the comp! Back cover pooped together by resident in-house artist ,Gray Meatballs.We ended up with 41 bands doing 56 carols of all shapes,sizes,and sounds.A good third of the bands here are of the noise variety,the rest are of every style/genre.Jingle Bells was the most submitted song with 9 versions,one in a medley,some barely recognizable as such,some very trad.,dad.I can't say too much more,other than,go listen,download,play on your radio show/podcast/xmas parties,make copies for friends/family,just go!We are usually featured on the Dricore show on WCSB ,Cleveland,Ohio ,on every Xmas show,hopefully this year will be no different! 
 
Also here is the full release on youtube,with all the flyer art!