Arsequake

blunderbuss · 10.28.2008, 10:45 AM

Let's hear it for the bands that Melody Maker decided were part of a dodgy "movement" that they christened Arsequake.

For some reason, as movements go, it's totally neglected. Everyone's too busy shoegazing. I can remember that World Domination Enterprises got roped in, along with the Buttholes. But who else was in there? Remind me please, as my memory is failing.

gualbert · 10.28.2008, 11:03 AM

Never heard of it.

But I have never heard of Shoegaze until recently either.
In the 90's , MBV and Ride were labeled "noisy-pop".

blunderbuss · 10.28.2008, 11:11 AM

My googling has eventually yielded something:

http://ill-conceived.blogspot.com/20...-beset-on.html

http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/arc.../t-247696.html

I knew it wasn't my imagination!

gualbert · 10.28.2008, 11:17 AM

Man , sometimes it takes years for a label to become "official".
( that means more official than the previously official label )

MellySingsDoom · 10.28.2008, 11:46 AM

Uh, Terminal Cheesecake I think were in with that lot, I recall...

Toilet & Bowels · 10.29.2008, 06:23 AM

arsequake is the same thing as pigfuck isn't it?

MellySingsDoom · 10.29.2008, 06:27 AM

Yeah, pretty much so, T&B, but the emphasis on more bass-heavy groups.

Toilet & Bowels · 10.29.2008, 06:29 AM

i prefer pigfuck because the name sounds more awesome

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yj4LnfkdJDM
(maybe not work safe)

blunderbuss · 10.29.2008, 06:55 AM

I kind of think of pigfuck being a proto-grunge thing, and arsequake as being less of a rock thing and more a continuation of post-punk. Although I guess that Butthole Surfers' position as being the most quaking of arsequakers would go contrary to that.

Possibly arsequake was by drug users and pigfuck by drinkers?

Toilet & Bowels · 10.29.2008, 09:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nefeli

im sorry. arsequake makes me think of the brazilian girls' typical ass shake-dance.
i cant relate it right now to butthole surfers and i have no idea what pigfuck is. musically.

pigfuck & arsequake = killdozer, drunks with guns, scratch acid, big black, butthole surfers, sonic youth (80s only) etc.

nick2767 · 10.29.2008, 02:26 PM

arsequake, wasn't that the stud brothers who came up with the term. Was popular for about a year - '88 ish, when Blast First was in its pomp?

How about adding young gods to the list.

10.28.2008, 10:45 AM	#1
blunderbuss invito al cielo Join Date: May 2008 Location: UK Posts: 2,526	Let's hear it for the bands that Melody Maker decided were part of a dodgy "movement" that they christened Arsequake. For some reason, as movements go, it's totally neglected. Everyone's too busy shoegazing. I can remember that World Domination Enterprises got roped in, along with the Buttholes. But who else was in there? Remind me please, as my memory is failing.
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10.28.2008, 11:03 AM	#2
gualbert the end of the ugly Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,088	Never heard of it. But I have never heard of Shoegaze until recently either. In the 90's , MBV and Ride were labeled "noisy-pop".
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10.28.2008, 11:11 AM	#3
blunderbuss invito al cielo Join Date: May 2008 Location: UK Posts: 2,526	My googling has eventually yielded something: http://ill-conceived.blogspot.com/20...-beset-on.html http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/arc.../t-247696.html I knew it wasn't my imagination!
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gualbert the end of the ugly Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,088	Man , sometimes it takes years for a label to become "official". ( that means more official than the previously official label )
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MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	Uh, Terminal Cheesecake I think were in with that lot, I recall... __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,298	arsequake is the same thing as pigfuck isn't it?
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10.29.2008, 06:27 AM	#7
MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	Yeah, pretty much so, T&B, but the emphasis on more bass-heavy groups. __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,298	i prefer pigfuck because the name sounds more awesome http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yj4LnfkdJDM (maybe not work safe)
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10.29.2008, 06:55 AM	#9
blunderbuss invito al cielo Join Date: May 2008 Location: UK Posts: 2,526	I kind of think of pigfuck being a proto-grunge thing, and arsequake as being less of a rock thing and more a continuation of post-punk. Although I guess that Butthole Surfers' position as being the most quaking of arsequakers would go contrary to that. Possibly arsequake was by drug users and pigfuck by drinkers?
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10.29.2008, 02:26 PM	#11
nick2767 bad moon rising Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 125	arsequake, wasn't that the stud brothers who came up with the term. Was popular for about a year - '88 ish, when Blast First was in its pomp? How about adding young gods to the list.
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