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guerrilla-operator · 7 months

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#the jesus lizard #laughing hyenas #noise rock #post-hardcore #alternative rock #hardcore punk #garage rock #punk blues #garage punk #rock #punk #punk flyers #flyers

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thatrickmcginnis · 3 months

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LAUGHING HYENAS, DIE KREUZEN, KILLDOZER - Touch & Go Records Roadshow, Toronto, Jan. 1988

By the time Grunge broke I felt like I was being aged out of the music scene since so much of it sounded like things I'd been listening to a few years earlier, when it didn't have a name except for maybe "indie" or "the music no major label will release." The bands who came to Toronto in January of 1988 as part of the Touch & Go Records Roadshow are a perfect example, and for some reason I was moved to try to get portraits of all three of them that night, despite my increasing wariness of photographing bands. (Long story short: like herding cats. Cats with shitty attitudes.)

Killdozer might have been the most popular band on the bill that night. The Wisconsin trio comprised of bassist/vocalist Michael Gerald and brothers Bill and Dan Hobson on guitar and drums sang sarcastic lyrics from debased or demented first-person characters over a pummeling grind. They were also the most eager subjects of the night, goofing for my camera and giving me my most successful shots for the spreads that would run in Nerve magazine.

I knew the least about the Laughing Hyenas when they showed up on the bill for the Touch & Go Records Roadshow in 1988, which might explain why I (shamefully) don't have any live shots of the band. They grew out of Detroit-based groups like Negative Approach and L-Seven, and I photographed their classic lineup before the show, with John Brannon, Larissa Stolarchuk, Kevin Monroe and Jim Kimball. The band had a troubled existence, with drug problems and lineup changes, but they produced some incredible records, and of the three groups I photographed that night, they're probably my favorite today. Sadly, Larissa Stolarchuk died in 2006 at just 46. John Brannon still tours with a revived version of Negative Approach.

Die Kreuzen were the band I was most excited to see on the Touch & Go Records Roadshow bill that played Toronto in early 1988. The Illinois band (whose name is pronounced either "Die Crusin'" or "Dee Kroy-tzen" depending on how metal you feel, I guess) had just put out October File, one of my favorite records of the '80s, which still had some traces of hardcore amidst all the prog, metal and post-punk influences on the record. Like all the other bands on the bill, the group was produced by Butch Vig, and Kurt Cobain's love of Touch & Go acts inevitably led to Vig producing Nirvana's breakthrough record for Geffen, breaking Grunge big but making me feel like this was where I came in.

I shot all three bands around soundcheck at what was probably the Apocalypse Club on College Street, with my most ambitious setup at the time - a white painter's tarp I carried around in a gym bag, gaffer-taped to the wall and a single flash bounced into an umbrella. The only real yardstick I had for band photos at the time were the promo glossies that record companies sent out in press packages, so it's not surprising that mimicking press handouts was the height of my ambition. I've re-scanned and worked on these shots pretty heavily; some of them are still just weaksauce attempts at band promos, but a couple are a bit more successful.

#portrait #portrait photography #black and white #film photography #photographer #band photography #laughing hyenas #john brannon #die kreuzen #killdozer #touch & go records #early work #before grunge #some old pictures i took #pentax spotmatic

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gotankgo · 1 month

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1988 - Chicago

#die kreuzen #rhythm pigs #laughing hyenas #1988 #chicago

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evil-wawe-form · 2 months

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#laughing hyenas #john brannon #larissa strickland #jim kimball #kevin strickland #Youtube

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spilladabalia · 11 months

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Laughing Hyenas - Just Can't Win

#laughing hyenas #just can't win #john brannon #larissa strickland #ron sakowski #todd swalla #noise rock #punk blues #hard times #1995 #Youtube

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newplaces2drown · 1 year

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Sonic Youth + Laughing Hyenas on the Daydream Nation Tour in 1988.

#sonic youth #kim gordon #thurston moore #daydream nation #laughing hyenas #negative approach #john Brannon #Larissa Strickland #l seven

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sounds01014 · 10 months

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#laughing hyenas #80s us indie #usa #music

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oldladydrivers · 4 months

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Laughing Hyenas - Stain

#laughing hyenas #merry go round

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ellaurashoop · 1 year

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General Book Review: CROCUTA

Author: Katelyn Rushe

This book is the epic about hyenas that I've always wanted. It’s a stunning work of its genre exploring an animal that is largely reviled and misunderstood. It was unexpected in the most fun and entertaining ways. I hope there will be a sequel. The laws of Crocuta were developed well and used in marvelous tandem with the plot. I can't even recount how many times the book had me chuckling and in tears. The climax was especially powerful and moving. I am not ashamed to admit I cried. This book was touching, moving, and well-worth the read. The author blended the natural aspects of animal behavior together beautifully in this work and as an author who writes in the same genre myself I have been inspired by this masterful work. It's a trail-blazer for the animal fantasy genre. I know as an author the more self-published works I read in the genre the harder it is to find more like it. I think it really is a great and untapped field to explore regarding books from animals perspectives. I'm grateful to add this book to my collection of favorites in the genre. If anyone knows of any works fitting the description above, a fantasy as told by an animal, please recommend them in the comments.