I’ve spent 2 years waiting for the final 2 YDM songs to get mixed before posting the whole session here and to date there’s not been any progress, so I’m going to go ahead and post them all anyway. If we get round to mixing the last 2 at any point I’ll update this entry at that point.

Anyway, You Disgust Me was the band that Rich, Paul & I formed after K-Line split up at the very end of 2004. First we got our good friend, Marc ‘Mates’ Maitland from Blocko to plays drums, but he left after 6 months so James Sherry (also from K-Line) agreed to stand in for a while. Unfortunately, James also left after a few rehearsals for a variety of reasons and we essentially called it a day at that point. It’s incredibly deflating working up a set of material with a drummer and then have him leave just as you’re about to start looking for gigs. To have it happen twice in a row is a real kick in the teeth. Anyway, because time was tight for all of us we asked James if he’d at least record the songs that we’d been working on so that we’d have a document of what we’d got up to.

After the recording we looked for a new drummer, but all leads dried up and we knocked it on the head. A great shame as I think some of the material is really strong and I’d have loved to have had the opportunity to play live. It’s really frustrating that my fave song, End Time Gospel, remains unmixed because while the rough mix gives you a feel for the song, there’s a lot missing from this version (especially a load of build-up guitars near the end). Bah! Maybe one day. The one song that didn’t really work for us is Murder In Their Eyes; the verses are OK and so is the breakdown at the end, but we were never really happy with the choruses. All songs written by Ed, Rich & Paul with input from Mates & James. All lyrics by Ed. Warhead is a cover of the 1980 classic from the UK Subs & My Pal is a cover of the similarly classic song from Aussia band, God.

 

 Edison: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Structure: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Well Dressed Criminal: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 End Time Gospel (Rough Mix): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 My Pal: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Murder In Their Eyes: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Warhead (Rough Mix): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

• Ed Wenn - Vocals, guitar & percussion
• Rich Matthews - Guitar
• Paul Duncan - Bass
• James Sherry - Drums
• Roop - Backing vocals & percussion
• John Ruscoe - Slide guitar on ‘Warhead’

The drums were recorded by Rich at 2KHz and the rest was recorded & mixed by Roop in a tiny attic room at Air Lyndhurst. Rich and I have decided to ressurect some of the songs in our new (as of Nov 2009) band, Liquidman, so if you come and see us play expect to hear Edison & Structure.

Most of this site is backward-looking. This is not something I’m proud of, it’s entirely due to the fact that my musical output has slowed down since K-Line split up and my daughter, Amy was born. There’s more music in my past than there is in my present. Also, I’m spending more and more of my precious ‘non-family/non-work’ time on my photography and less of it on music. BUT, I do still have one iron in the fire, namely You Disgust Me. Initially the hope was that this band would take over from K-Line, but in the event the loss of two drummers in succession put paid to any swift taking-up of the reigns. We did however, find time to record 7 songs before the last drummer, James (from K-Line), departed in mysterious cirumstances and Roop and I have finally finished all of the recording and have got some proper mixes together. I’ll post all 7 songs in one slab right here when we’re done (shouldn’t be more than a couple of weeks), but for now, here’s the best of the first lot.

I’m proud of the way it’s come out and I hope you like it. Lyrics below.

 

 Well Dressed Criminal: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

• Ed - Vocals, guitars & percussion
• Rich Matthews - Guitars
• Paul Duncan - Bass
• James Sherry - Drums
• Roop - Backing vocals, guitar & percussion

Well Dressed Criminal

There was no revelation, no star to point the way.
Now we’re tasting the failure every single day.
There’s no community, no sustainability
There’s lies and pay-offs and CCTV.
You turn round everything that’s real in life
So you can dominate.

You’re just a well dressed criminal
Brush up good, but you don’t care at all
Well! Dressed! Thief!

Where’s our protection?
Where’s our government?
They’re selling us out just to pay the rent.
No real opposition to the business religion.
You stole the future and we can’t buy it back.
You turn the natural order round.
You make us weak and you dominate.

Fuck you you’re just a criminal.
Fuck you you’re just a thief.
No real opposition.
To the business religion.
Thief! Thief!

Just so that you don’t all get the impression that Old Man Shred has hung up his strumming fingers for good, I thought I’d post a couple of tracks from the current band,You Disgust Me. Actually, it’s more of a project now that we’ve been drummerless for 12 months, but I live in hope that one day we’ll play a gig somewhere. Any drummers please get in touch. We’ve had a serious problem getting these tracks finished….it’s almost a year from when we started, but we’re now one session away from being able to get them mixed.

Here are a couple of tasters for you. They’re unmixed and unfinished, but you’ll get the idea I’m sure. The first one is by us, the second is a cover of one of the best 7″s ever released My Pal by Aussie band, God.

 

 End Time Gospel: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 My Pal: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

You Disgust Me is:

Ed: Vocals & guitars - Rich Matthews: Guitars - Paul: Bass - James Sherry: Drums