The Ohio trio Bitch Magnet, named with knowing naughtiness back in a lamentably lost PC world, recorded from 1988 to 1990, and in that two year period plied hardcore punk with a whole new palette of post-rock possibilities.
Here’s everything you need on three discs, in advance of two belated British dates next week.
Escape velocity belters lie down alongside snail paced crawls of monumental hugeness; complex prog rock time changes play out like cro-magnon Stooges riffs; extended epics refuse, insolently, to resolve; and two decades later, Ducks and Drakes’ spiky stegosaurus shell still hides a deceptively soft centre.
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Stuart, Chortle
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Brighton Argus
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Meninblack, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Bosco239, youtube
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Hiewy, Youtube
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Mearecate, Youtube
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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John Robins, Comedian
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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Idrie, Youtube
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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FBC, finalgear.com
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com