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 Having received plenty of swag from the heavy-mental trio BLUE TAIL FLY and their fearless leader Swipsey, we figured we they long overdue for a review.
'(BTF's) music is unusual, interesting, twisted and hard. Swipesy's guitar work doesn't crunch like typical metal - but screams like a mental banshee.'
Though this particular sampler isn't available to the public, we're giving away a couple BTF discs to worthy beggars who can use the "Comment" button. Click "Read More" for the review and details on the giveaway.
Band: Blue Tail Fly
CD: "a free f*ckin sampler for your cheap ass"
review by Kat
edited by Mitch
The Blue Tail Fly ‘a free f*ckin sampler for your cheap ass’ contains five energetic tunes selected from five seperate BTF releases produced between 1997and 2002 - plus one Motown-era cover. BTF sound like a mix of Zappa, Thrill-Kill Cult, White Zombie with maybe a sinister Oingo Boingo thrown in. Though this sampler borrows from as far back as '97, the sound is consistent from track to track.
Like many metal releases, BTF's music contains demonic references. But it's more the ‘Devil went down to Georgia’ than the gothic devil stuff you find on some metal releases. This is probably due to the fact that BTF splits their time between shit-kickin' Dallas, Texas and death-metal Detroit, Michigan. Whatever the geography, the resulting music is unusual, interesting, twisted and hard.
Swipesy's guitar work doesn't crunch like typical metal - but screams like a melodic mental banshee. Swipes also delivers the guttural, White Zombie-ish vocals. Drummer "Dee-Zas-Tah" and bassist "Twitch" support Swipesy's musical armegeddon with equally adept and disturbed performances. A smattering of horns, strings and other patches are synth'd-in to add depth to the vision.
But the songs are good; the first one grabbed my attention and the remaining five held it until the very end. These guys deliver some weird shit. For example: "Painsville" (track four) is a White Zombie style tune with a surf beat and El Diablo starts out like the
Bangles and evolves into a psychobilly rawhide! Somehow it works. Also included is yet another cover of The Temptations "Ball of Confusion". Nice, but honestly, I would have rather heard another BTF original. No worse than Marilyn Manson's "Sweet Dreams" cover - but no better either. Here's a track listing of the songs I listened to:
1. Soft Underbelly (from 2001 CD “Bloodstains”)
2. Destroyt! (from 2002 “Destroyt” EP)
3. Fractured (from 2000 CD “Shovel Fulla Knuckles”)
4. Painsville (from 1999 CD “Rocket Fuel for the Earth Bound”)
5. El Diablo (from the 1997 CD “The Devil Take the Blue Tail Fly”)
6. Ball of Confusion
After hearing BTF's sampler, I’m curious to hear how BLUE TAIL FLY come off live - A totally fun band I'm sure. I hope they plan some Detroit dates in the near future.
Unfortunately, according to the BlueTailFlyInc.com website, the band will be spending much of their winter in the studio. And who can blame them. Like Swipesy sings in the devil's night tune, "Destroyt". . .
- 'Motor City / cold as shit / It's a town withoug pity / and it ain't very pretty.
Word.
 Get FREE MUSICSo now that you've read Kat's riveting review, you're convinced you must own your very own BLUE TAIL FLY CD, right? But as luck and the holidaze would have it, you don't have any money left!
Well, don't worry because we have a simple solution to your musical poverty. In fact, you'll only need your sharp wit and blunt charm to weasel a copy of the "DESTROYT EP" or the "BLOODSTAINS" CD out of us.
Here's what you have to do: Using the "Comments" button below (registered users only), tell us in 50 words or less why you should get a free Blue Tail Fly CD from Michiganbands.com. Humor is of the essence. The winner will be chosen by Blue Tail Fly's very own Swipesy and contacted by Mitch through the private messaging system on MB for shipping info.
Sorry, this contest has expired!Keep looking for more great Michiganbands.com giveaways.
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