Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
UNRELEASED RECORDING
1. Hospital Song
2. No Title
3. No Title (2nd Version)
4. Corpsemonger
5. Neopolitan Pizza
6. Neopolitan Pizza (2nd Version - Instrumental)
7. Deranged
8. Slob
9. Shut Up
Recorded at Radiobeat Studios, Boston MA 1981.
LARRY LIFELESS - guitar, vocals
BIG DADDY - bass, backing vocals
SNOT - drums
KATY CROTCH - backing vocals on 'Corpsemonger'
This absolutely amazing recording deserves to be released properly in full. If any record labels are seriously interested in releasing this and/or want info on other unreleased material by The Sickness, Kilslug and Groinoids contact Big Daddy via Kilslug Official Facebook page (facebook.com/Kilslug) or his own personal Jay Snow page (facebook.com/BIGDADDYDUMMY)
From my liner notes of The Sickness 'Complete Sickness' LP :
blackoperationsmusic.blogspot.com/2018/10/sicknote-my-notes-for-sickness-complete.html
Every badly strummed out-of-tune guitar chord, every missed snare hit, when they all go out of time with eachother and the whole thing so nearly falls apart completely ... You just can't fake it - This is the real deal ... Add the seriously unhinged vibe dripping off every second of these recordings, the raw 'lo-fi' sound being another seal of authenticity, the peculiar lyrics delivered by a unique whiney drawl of a voice you either love or loathe which once absorbed will always be instantly recognisable. If music reflects the personality of it's creator/s, it's no surprise the creators of these fantastic dirges were known as the local "drug taking weirdos" and often shunned as social lepers, thus providing the fertile ground on which The Sickness would spew. "From the start, they were sick people making sick music for sick people ... in a scene full of healthy jocks".
The legendary Radiobeat Studios where the majority of classic Boston Hardcore recordings from the same era were put down also had both The Sickness and The Groinoids record a session each there. The Groinoids session produced the tracks 'Angel' and 'Empty Skull' which appeared on the now classic 'This Is Boston Not LA' (LP) and 'Unsafe At Any Speed' (7") compilations which showcased the best Hardcore Punk the Boston area had to offer at the time such as Jerry's Kids, Gang Green, The FU's and The Freeze. Of course The Sickness, The Groinoids and Kilslug were always true outsiders of the whole scene and existed in a parallel world of their own creation. The first of 7 tracks recorded by The Sickness at Radiobeat was 'Hospital Song' and is easily one of their greatest moments and will definitely be included on the next collection. Also recorded was a fast version of 'Corpsemonger' which beyond the intro is only really recognisable by the lyrics and has Larry share vocals with a rambling female, the charmingly named 'Katy Crotch', an Iranian student (and relation of the then recently exiled Shah of Iran!) Jay befriended who also lent her voice to The Groinoids on the aforementioned 'Empty Skull'. 'Shut Up' was also resurrected by Angry Hate (about half of their material were reworkings of The Sickness and Kilslug tracks). 'Slob' was Seth Putnam's favourite The Sickness track.
6L6L6 Larry Lifeless 28/05/1958 - 19/08/2021 R.I.P
UNRELEASED RECORDING
1. Hospital Song
2. No Title
3. No Title (2nd Version)
4. Corpsemonger
5. Neopolitan Pizza
6. Neopolitan Pizza (2nd Version - Instrumental)
7. Deranged
8. Slob
9. Shut Up
Recorded at Radiobeat Studios, Boston MA 1981.
LARRY LIFELESS - guitar, vocals
BIG DADDY - bass, backing vocals
SNOT - drums
KATY CROTCH - backing vocals on 'Corpsemonger'
This absolutely amazing recording deserves to be released properly in full. If any record labels are seriously interested in releasing this and/or want info on other unreleased material by The Sickness, Kilslug and Groinoids contact Big Daddy via Kilslug Official Facebook page (facebook.com/Kilslug) or his own personal Jay Snow page (facebook.com/BIGDADDYDUMMY)
From my liner notes of The Sickness 'Complete Sickness' LP :
blackoperationsmusic.blogspot.com/2018/10/sicknote-my-notes-for-sickness-complete.html
Every badly strummed out-of-tune guitar chord, every missed snare hit, when they all go out of time with eachother and the whole thing so nearly falls apart completely ... You just can't fake it - This is the real deal ... Add the seriously unhinged vibe dripping off every second of these recordings, the raw 'lo-fi' sound being another seal of authenticity, the peculiar lyrics delivered by a unique whiney drawl of a voice you either love or loathe which once absorbed will always be instantly recognisable. If music reflects the personality of it's creator/s, it's no surprise the creators of these fantastic dirges were known as the local "drug taking weirdos" and often shunned as social lepers, thus providing the fertile ground on which The Sickness would spew. "From the start, they were sick people making sick music for sick people ... in a scene full of healthy jocks".
The legendary Radiobeat Studios where the majority of classic Boston Hardcore recordings from the same era were put down also had both The Sickness and The Groinoids record a session each there. The Groinoids session produced the tracks 'Angel' and 'Empty Skull' which appeared on the now classic 'This Is Boston Not LA' (LP) and 'Unsafe At Any Speed' (7") compilations which showcased the best Hardcore Punk the Boston area had to offer at the time such as Jerry's Kids, Gang Green, The FU's and The Freeze. Of course The Sickness, The Groinoids and Kilslug were always true outsiders of the whole scene and existed in a parallel world of their own creation. The first of 7 tracks recorded by The Sickness at Radiobeat was 'Hospital Song' and is easily one of their greatest moments and will definitely be included on the next collection. Also recorded was a fast version of 'Corpsemonger' which beyond the intro is only really recognisable by the lyrics and has Larry share vocals with a rambling female, the charmingly named 'Katy Crotch', an Iranian student (and relation of the then recently exiled Shah of Iran!) Jay befriended who also lent her voice to The Groinoids on the aforementioned 'Empty Skull'. 'Shut Up' was also resurrected by Angry Hate (about half of their material were reworkings of The Sickness and Kilslug tracks). 'Slob' was Seth Putnam's favourite The Sickness track.
6L6L6 Larry Lifeless 28/05/1958 - 19/08/2021 R.I.P
