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M.D.C.'s "This Blood's for You"

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 12:26 pm
by Barcass Grinder
The first side of that album is flawless. What the hell happened with side B? It would probably be my favorite album of theirs if the intensity of the first half continued for the rest of the album.

M.D.C. has been a favorite band of mine since age 13 or so. I forget sometimes how much I love their music, but whenever I put them on it's great and fills my head with memories from my youth when I had to use my brother's turntable to dub their album on to cassette so I'd be able to listen to them because I didn't have a record player of my own. It's too bad I wasn't able to see them live sooner than I did. Dave's vocals were weak when I finally did see them.

Any other fans here? Favorite album?

Re: M.D.C.'s "This Blood's for You"

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 12:31 pm
by 43°29′28″N 83°23′49″W
Now, are we talkin about Millions of Dead Cops or Millions Of Dead Children? Because there's a big difference.

Re: M.D.C.'s "This Blood's for You"

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 12:32 pm
by soiled depends
Hi, I like to answer a question with a fucking question!

Re: M.D.C.'s "This Blood's for You"

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 12:34 pm
by Barcass Grinder
43°29′28″N 83°23′49″W wrote:Now, are we talkin about Millions of Dead Cops or Millions Of Dead Children? Because there's a big difference.
Neither. Millions of Damn Christians.

Re: M.D.C.'s "This Blood's for You"

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 12:36 pm
by Unholy Massacre
Millions of Dumb Crusties.

Re: M.D.C.'s "This Blood's for You"

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 12:38 pm
by CHUFFED beyond necropsy
Never gave that one a chance. i've always been kind of scared of anything past "Smoke Signals". Although "Shades of Brown" does have some amusing bits.

Re: M.D.C.'s "This Blood's for You"

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 12:49 pm
by Barcass Grinder
Did you not like Smoke Signals? That was the start of their uneven album trend. I think all of them have great songs on them, but they started putting weird songs that didn't fit their sound on Smoke Signals. Fuck, Metal Devil Cokes is about 50/50 good and dumb, but the good songs are all really good and worth the listen, IMO.

Re: M.D.C.'s "This Blood's for You"

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 2:35 pm
by eyehatethehumanrace
Unholy Massacre wrote:Millions of Dumb Crusties.
:lol:

Re: M.D.C.'s "This Blood's for You"

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 2:39 pm
by Astronaut
I've heard a few songs here and there and I always see people talking about them, like this thread. If I was to every give them a chance, what should I hear?

Re: M.D.C.'s "This Blood's for You"

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 2:45 pm
by CHUFFED beyond necropsy
Barcass Grinder wrote:Did you not like Smoke Signals? That was the start of their uneven album trend. I think all of them have great songs on them, but they started putting weird songs that didn't fit their sound on Smoke Signals. Fuck, Metal Devil Cokes is about 50/50 good and dumb, but the good songs are all really good and worth the listen, IMO.
i actually do like that album a lot, but yeah, it definitely has some clunkers. "This Blood's for You" seems to pop up a lot at record stores around town, i suppose i should give it a shot.
Astronaut wrote:I've heard a few songs here and there and I always see people talking about them, like this thread. If I was to every give them a chance, what should I hear?
Definitely start with the first album, "Millions of Dead Cops". It's a total rager. The CD version also has "More Dead Cops", which is a collection of early singles, lots of good stuff there too.

Re: M.D.C.'s "This Blood's for You"

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 2:47 pm
by eyehatethehumanrace
more importantly, are any of their records in print? I'd like to score some on vinyl, preferrably.

Re: M.D.C.'s "This Blood's for You"

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 3:00 pm
by BUNGVOX
massive dildo'd cunt

Re: M.D.C.'s "This Blood's for You"

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 3:02 pm
by hipster holocaust
saw em back in '01. kinda pathetic. still a crucial band though :cheers:

Re: M.D.C.'s "This Blood's for You"

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 3:06 pm
by SqualorMTL
The 1st MDC lp is still one of the most perfect and intense HC/punk ever created IMHO

I think I saw them in '92 or something. My parents saw their soundcheck too :awesome:

Re: M.D.C.'s "This Blood's for You"

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 4:38 pm
by This Means War
SqualorMTL wrote:The 1st MDC lp is still one of the most perfect and intense HC/punk ever created IMHO
+1

Re: M.D.C.'s "This Blood's for You"

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 4:44 pm
by Barcass Grinder
Yeah, the first LP is start to finish awesome. A must hear, for sure.

Just to clarify, I like M.D.C.'s wacky songs and think that everything up to "Shades of Brown" is great, though there are some clunkers here and there. But even within those clunkers, some of those songs are good too, just not very HC or what people would be looking for when reaching for an M.D.C. record.

Re: M.D.C.'s "This Blood's for You"

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 4:47 pm
by 43°29′28″N 83°23′49″W
Come on guys, MDC was aweome, but there was much better hardcore bands out there. Ones that didn't mkae fools of themselves later on.

Re: M.D.C.'s "This Blood's for You"

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 4:54 pm
by Barcass Grinder
All the wackiness in the world doesn't negate their good material.