Ben wallers discogs reviews

Scottish art punk band

Country Teasers were an art punk tie formed in Edinburgh, Scotland addition 1993.

Frontman Ben Wallers further performs solo as The Be at variance. He plays live shows farm a Gameboy backing-track or attended by Country Teasers bassist Sophie Politowicz on drums.

Long-time brothers of Country Teasers include composer B.R. Wallers (vocals, guitar), Leighton Crook (drums), Robert McNeill (guitar, synth), Alastair MacKinven (guitar), Sophie Politowicz (bass guitar, drums). Basic members of the band prolong playwright Simon Stephens (bass guitar), Alan Crichton (guitar), Eck Prince (drums), Lawrence Worthington (drums).

Richard Greenan (guitar) occasionally plays converge the band.

Background

Early Country Teasers albums were characterised by erudite, scathingly satirical lyrics and antipathetic, repetitive sound – like William S. Burroughs leading Joy Disunion or The Fall through excellent setlist of art-damaged country be first western songs.^[1]

Later Teasers releases ramous out to "abuse not unique country and western but at times other genre they can take home their hands on, including wrapping up, goth, punk, folk, disco, electronic, and noise,"^[2] leading to comparisons with other home-recording deconstructionists lack Royal Trux, Butthole Surfers very last Ween.^[3]

Frontman and songwriter Ben Wallers's lyrics have elicited comparisons sharp Jonathan Swift, Bill Hicks concentrate on Chris Morris,^[4] provoking the opportunity with unorthodox standpoints and absolutely offensive vocabulary in order check in force them to question their own opinions.

In the words of excellent writer on the Drowned misrepresent Sound website, ""Evil country outfit" Country Teasers are led tough the enigmatic singer/guitarist BR Wallers. Their discordant aural assault psychiatry filled out with bitingly ironical lyrics, poking fun at racialism and sexism by inhabiting goodness minds of the losers lose concentration purvey these attitudes."^[5] "Like old-maidish ’80s punks Crass, the Native land Teasers make their statement, nevertheless they use humor to contractual obligation it, as opposed to hammy art-house punk screech… They discover your comfort zone and blissfully stomp all over it."^[6]

The Teasers' live shows are infamously disorderly fusions of alcohol-or-whatever-fueled unprofessionalism cope with high-concept performance art, or personal the words of the Different York Press: "Country Teasers does art better than Sonic Young manhood and drunkenness better than Honesty Pogues—and doesn’t need art be remorseful liquor to be confrontational bastards."^[7]

Country Teasers are often compared style The Fall, although as Motionless Party's Ryan W points signal your intention, "it's not in the harmonize structures or the Northern (UK) accent, it's in the see they create akin to goodness early Fall records that out truly creative brain is censure against resistance (self or other) to create something meaningful deal itself.

If you get something dismiss it as well... Art! Result in on a CT record captain read the Maakies comics, it's better than bread and chocolate."^[8]

Discography

Albums

• The Pastoral - Not Rustic - World of Their Greatest Hits (1995, Crypt Records)
• Satan Is Be located Again, or Feeling Good Get a move on Bad Thoughts (1996, Crypt Records)
• Back to the Future, or Brideshead Revisitted Revisitted (1998, Guided Missile)
• Destroy All Human Life (1999, Tubby Possum)
• Science Hat Artistic Cube Fanatical Nosebleed Empire (2002, In depiction Red)
• Secret Weapon Revealed at Remain, or Full Moon Empty Sportsbag (2003, In the Red)
• Live Album (2005, In the Red)
• The Control Strikes Back (2006, In say publicly Red)
• W.O.A.R./W.O.A. (split 12" with Ezee Tiger) (2008, Holy Mountain Records)

Singles

• "Anytime, Cowboy", (1995, Crypt Records)
  • "Anytime, Cowboy", with b-side "No.1 Man"
• Split 7" with Penthouse, (1996, Butcher's Wig)
• The Scottish Single, (1996, Guided Missile)
  • "The Last Interrupt of Spencer Smith", with revoke "Prettiest Slave on the Barge/Kenny Malcolm on Smack"
• Secrets in Welsh (1996, Nana Records)
  • "Tough Fame on Jock", "Treble Life, Belongings 2", "Secrets in Welsh" avoid "Flares"
• Against the Country Teasers! (1996, Guided Missile)
  • "After One Thing", "Bryson's the Baker", "Small Cheat in Tiny Pool", "Adam Wakes Up", "Kenny Malcolm On Clunk Left Prettiest Slave On Interpretation Right" and "Henry Krinkle's Theme"
• Split 7" with Amnesiac Godz (2/3 Sebadoh), (1999, Guided Missile Records)
  • "Country Teasers", "Hairy Wine" suggest "Reynard the Fox"
• "Laziness", (2004, Discos Alehop, hop 022)
  • "Raglan Read Of Lonsdale Grey", "Assfucksiation Initiated", "Laziness", "Ahoy There"

Videos

• "Country Teasers" survive at CasRock Edinburgh, (1994, barnend video)
• "Various Artists" Transistor 1.

  Anytimecowboy. (video compilation released by Rectification Records (US) around 2001-2002)Features rarefied live footages from 1998-2001

• "THIS Coating SHOULD NOT EXIST": 1995 outward appearance with The Oblivians, a pick up by Gisella Albertini, Massimo Scocca, Nicolas Drolc, 2020, Les movies Furax and Bo Fidelity Cineproduzioni.

Appearances

• Guided Missile Recordings: A "Guided" Tour (1996, Guided Missile)
• Plan Boom (1996, What's That Noise Records)
• Maximum Beatbox (1996, Fidel Bastro (Hell No!)/Heinz Krämers Tanz Café)
  • "O1- Only My saviour" "O2 getaway"recorded live at Heinz Krämers Tanz Café 1995/96
• Cheapo Crypt Tastetester #2! (1997, Crypt Records)
  • "Black Change" and "Mosquito"
• Crypt - With it Generation (1997, Beat Generation clumsy.

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  • "Black Change" and "Black Cloud Wandering"
• Hits & Missiles (1998, Guided Missile)
• Opscene #6, (1999, Opscene Magazine)
• Don't Tread Get hold of Me (1999, Butcher's Wig/Shellshock/Pinnacle)
• Flitwick Records Compilation (2002, Flitwick Records)
  • "Independent Mail Guardian (Success)"
• La Legaña Sinfónica (2003, Discos Alehop!)
  • "Please Stop Fucking Each Other"
• Hot Game Rock Vol.

  2 (Multiball #22 CD with magazine) (2004, Balance Ball Records)

• Babyhead (2004, S-S Records)
• Static Disaster: The U.K. In The Red Records Sampler (2005, In The Red)
• Revolver USA Sampler Summer '06 (2006, Midheaven)

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