After watching Decline of the Western Civilization, I'm sure there were many others who tried to track down this band to find virtually nothing. It wasn't until many years later that this compilation surfaced and made my year. Fronted by Kickboy Face (Claude Bessy), mostly known as the editor of Slash Magazine, Catholic Discipline deserves the accolades so many of their L.A. peers unfairly receive. Songs like "Culture Sluts" (originally the tentative name of this blog), "Whip Them Lord," and nearly all the rest here have an unusually buzzy synth sound paired with Face's broken English stutter for a unique take on punk. There's even a Modern Lovers cover (though not a very good one, unfortunately).Here
Hey, thanks for this, its pure gold! Yes, Decline brought me here, I was amazed by the complexity of songwriting of Catholic Discipline. Maybe it was Kickboy's French accent, but it sounded a lot to me like early Stranglers. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteNot with you completely with the Stranglers analogy, but I can say that I think Claude was a brilliant writer and songsmith. Regardless of how we hear his work, at least we can agree that it is worth a listen. Glad to hear someone is on board with me on this album.
ReplyDeletebeen looking for this for a while, thanks for posting!
ReplyDeleteanyway you could reupload this? thanks!!
ReplyDeleteI'll get around to it eventually, but it'll probably take me a few months.
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