From: Stella Corkery & Alan Holt Date: Fri Feb 27, 2004 3:54 pm Subject: FW: The hideous truth about Rim Shot Frenzy On a lighter note I queried Shayne P about 'the band' and he passed on the following..... > hahaha! for those of you not in the know i can reliably inform you that the > frenzy have indeed recorded and written (in that order) two songs in their > 14 year history (which is even slower, but very much in keeping, with the > dimmer band) . our first tune was the 20 minute opus "oh jesus, please stop > the gulf war" which was written , oh i don't know, whenever the gulf war > was. 1991 ? this extraordinary piece manages to incorporate lyrics touching > on everything from jesus stopping the gulf war to stealing cheese from the > regent 24 hour dairy. it even contains snatches of the old bored games hit > "joe 90" - and this years before paul hardcastle and "19". "oh jesus.." > features rim (roi) on awesome three chord phase guitar and shot (shayne) on > random lead and vocal bonoisms. exhausted by such emotional complexity it > took the frenzy fully four years to gather themselves for another > recording stint. the result this time was the spiritually devastating and > highly acclaimed (by rim, shot and lou) - "song for lou (pretty much > unthanked)" . set to the music of dan hill's immortal "sometimes when we > touch" it is a tribute to lou allison - president of the short lived > "hearts r us" lonely hearts club which flamed briefly in dunedin in 1995, > shortly before everybody found boy/girlfriends. (indeed it appears that some > members of 'hearts r us' didn't even realise they were married to each other > - or maybe this was just conveniently forgotten during the club's highly > arousing expeditions to housie evenings and disco nites at the kaikorai > valley ice skating rink) . "song for lou" features rim on the shittiest > casio string sound ever but he carries the chords with absolute majesty. > shot meantime delivers a trembling vocal , aquiver with soul, relating > stories of lou getting really pissed at the empire tavern and sometimes > getting into fights. the song also contains samples of lou saying 'i felt > pretty much unthanked' , a comment geniusly caught on tape by rim who had > been sneakily recording his conversation with lou in his record shop on his > dictaphone . and this years before paul hardcastle and "19". copies of "oh > jesus please stop the gulf war" and "song for lou (pretty much unthanked) > can be purchased by sending 35 dollars and a self addressed envelope to rim > at records records . purchasers must also send an e mail to shot advising of > said purchase so he can sue the fucker for royalties. thank you. shot > (rimshot frenzy)
[I have fixed these links]
Rim Shot Frenzy - sound clip 1 (154 k)
Rim Shot Frenzy - sound clip 2 (201 k)