therapy? - troublegum - appreciation thread (1 Viewer)

[taubstumm]

yes indeed! mid-90s major-label pop-metal! a surprisingly good album! i got it in the tower sale on cd - my original tape copy is probably in an attic somewhere.

pros:
- still perfectly listenable - mmm, well-crafted hooks
- some great stop-start riffs and stuff
- even the design and artwork is pretty good
- reminds me of 1994-era mtv europe with all those presenters that didn't have very good english
- joy division cover

cons:
- some really dire lyrics
- eh, joy division cover

the whole album has a really strange snare sound, as well, but i like it. and sure didn't hope put them on back in the day blah blah blah

 

[das funkinstein]

the drumming always sounded amazing on therapy? songs

 

[classic seanc]

Ah well, I'm getting all nostalgic here.
Toublegum was part of my whole "awakening" to music. I fuckin loved the shit out of that album when I was a gasún.

Its on sale in Tower you say? I'm almost afraid to get it in case I'll be disapointed. Should I get it?

 

[Cormcolash]

Troublegum is great.

 

[xsteox]

savage album..|..| fyffe used two snares on his drum kit, hence the different sounds.

 

[RSJ]

Will have to check this out again - hated it at the time as it was such a far cry from what had come before it, nausea and teethgrinder to "screw that forget about that" seemed like a sickeningly commercial leap at the time.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

The last Therapy? record I bought was the Nowhere 7".
I hated it with a passion.

Never bothered with them after that. But what went before was pretty cool - esp Babyteeth and the Screamager and Opal Mantra singles

 

[brianoak]

Deadly album.

 

[Rogue]

Will have to check this out again - hated it at the time as it was such a far cry from what had come before it, nausea and teethgrinder to "screw that forget about that" seemed like a sickeningly commercial leap at the time.

Yers, I felt the same, especially since i'd loved Nurse so much. Heard Troublegum once and never listened to them again; now we've got Halite...

 

[Anthony]

this thread is no place for me.

 

[oh shit]

today is ten years exactly since my first gig: therapy? ash and joyrider in the ulster hall.

 

[clonan attack]

Tuesday was nine years since my first gig.also Ash, in the point theatre with the 60ft dolls, Black Grape and Kenickie

 

[It Will Never Last]

Troublegum = .|..|

 

[Stan Bowles]

I haven't heard it in years but I do remember how awful the isolation cover was. First two records rule though. And teethgrinder.

 

[hugh]

today is ten years exactly since my first gig: therapy? ash and joyrider in the ulster hall.

Joyrider! They, eh, werent very good were they?

 

[mackle]

I saw Therapy earlier this year. It was horrible. Probaly the worst band I have ever seen. So embarassing. They done this painful "Fuck George Bush" thing which made me wanna die

 

[Jim A. Morrish]

they never bettered the first 2 ep's, god how i loved that band back then!!!!

They're real hard to get now, don't know why someone doesn't re-release them. My tapes have worn out so i'd certainly buy a cd version if it became available.

 

[oh shit]

jim, have you shopped around a bit? baby teeth and pleasure death were both pretty readily available on 12" a few years ago. a friend of mine picked them up on coloured vinyl... mine are just black.
they were also both released together on cassette and cd as 'caucasian psychosis', i think. have a look for that too.
they sound kinda dated but some of the tracks are still great - skyward, innocent x, dancing with manson (about a teacher at ballyclare high, not charles), punishment kiss... good stuff.

Joyrider! They, eh, werent very good were they?

not really no. but prior to that i'd only been to a meatloaf concert. where i sat on the balcony. so having the people all around me erupt into a violent moshpit as the drums kicked in during their first song - 'said she to me' as it happens - was one of the defining moments of my life.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

they never bettered the first 2 ep's, god how i loved that band back then!!!!

They're real hard to get now, don't know why someone doesn't re-release them. My tapes have worn out so i'd certainly buy a cd version if it became available.

Babyteeth and Pleasure Death both came out on CD as far as I remember.

And this appeared around the time of Nurse - the two of them on one CD.

 

[RSJ]

Amazon new and second hand is deadly for this kind of thing. They dont have Caucasion Psychosis but they do have babyteeth (£7 CD/£5 vinyl) and Pleasure Death (£8 CD - should be able to get vinyl on ebay aswell, got it clean as a whistle off ebay recently for about £5).