7000 Dying Rats

Chicago’s 7000 Dying Rats have already been around in a single form or another since 1992, using a method they make reference to as straight-up humor grind. Considering just how many different people possess played within the Rats and made an appearance on the recordings (30 will be a conventional estimate), it really is most likely more appropriate to classify them being a “collective” than a genuine music group. As vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Toney Vast-Binder defined it, “The lineup appears to be dictated by who ever we are actually drinking with at that time,” by 7000 Dying Rats’ 2001 discharge, The Audio of No Hands Clapping, the only real primary member still using the music group was vocalist Josh Diebel. Regardless of the lineup adjustments, they have maintained over time to determine something of the cult pursuing, among whom they will have become nearly as noted because of their tasteless love of life and ridiculous melody game titles (e.g., “My Nordic Butt May Rule Countries,” “Cocaine Helps to keep Me Thin and Sexy”) for their music. Their initial official discharge of their very own (pursuing two demos along with a divide 7″ appearance) was a self-titled, triple-7″ boxed established on Tummy Ache Information, which included the above-mentioned demos alongside some other materials. They will have also produced their method onto several compilations, like the relatively infamous 500 Locked Grooves LP on RRR (1999), and a 1995 tribute to commercial/sound pioneers Throbbing Gristle, entitled Entertainment Through Discomfort (also on RRR), which discovered them showing up alongside Merzbow and Skullflower, amongst others. Album-wise, nevertheless, 7000 Dying Rats haven’t been terribly prolific over time: their initial full-length, Fanning the Flames of Fireplace, didn’t turn out until 1998, as well as the Audio… was simply their second long-player.