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The Oily Bloodmen

These recordings are badly converted from old cassettes. The first 8 tracks are from the "Old Men Have To Talk Tough" cassette that was sold by the band in early `87 in an edition of just over 100. The other songs were recorded later in `87, but they never paid for the session and therefore only a few tapes that were made for the band exist. Although they ended up sounding much like their contemporaries Poison Idea, they had eclectic tastes in music that they tried to incorporate with mixed results (witness the funkified version of Godzilla). This was just enough to put them outside the bounds of the hardcore scene, and instead they ended playing some great shows with other harder to pigeonhole acts like Scratch Acid and Sonic Youth. There are lots of stories both funny and just-plain-messed-up that could be told, but that's for another day.

The band consisted of Rich Rosemus (v), Dale Moerer (g) Charley Nims (b), and John McEntire (d). John left for college in the summer of `87 and was replaced by Dean (ex-Poison Idea) for a while. I'm not really sure what happened after that.

Thanks to everyone that has contacted me with more information:

"Dale died 4 or 5 years ago of a drug overdose and Rich died in 2002 from a methadone overdose. They both had much to give the world but couldn't overcome their demons. They are greatly missed."

"The Skipper [Rich Rosemus] of The Oily Bloodmen died on dec. 19th 2001, not 2002. He was my best friend. The Zonz."

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