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Anyone here like these guys? Their 80's output was weirdly fascinating...I had the [i]Come Visit the BIg Bigot[/i] tape, which I loved for its sheer oddity. Recently I DL'd a bunch of their old material ([i]Bigot[/i], "Big Car"), and I'm intrigued all over again. Then, I burned another CD with more Industrial 80's "Godfathers", such as Skinny Puppy, Cabaret Volatire, early A Split Second, and a:grumh. But the Severed Heads material...boy, whaddya say to the outright minimalism of their 80s Industrial ? It's a whole different animal from today's "industrial".
fave songs: Big Car (Limo mix), Casey's Ion, Propellor.

Every eight months or so I go back to the well for a listen to my 'industrial/wax-trax' phase. I can't deny a decent sounding record from that genre!

The 12" single of 'Hot with Fleas' was my introduction to Severed Heads. Now I also have the 'Rotund

I got the [i]Stretcher[/i] CD from Tom Ellard a few years ago and was quite disappointed to find that the track labelled "Petrol 12 inch" was in fact the same as the one found on [i]Bulkhead[/i], not the "cut up mix" from the 12". Still, most of the remai

i love em....my roommates had an industrial/techno group and i heard all the early wax tracks 4ad chicage stuff..........also liked the first ministry album...hahaha..........and front 242.....noise unit..............colourbox....

Great topic. I have all of their stuff. I beleive their cds are to be re-issued. "Rotund For Success", "Bad Mood Guy" and "Piscatorial" are my faves.

A show to behold was a Severed Heads gig..
I think the bill was..... Severed Heads, S.P.K., The Tablewaiters and maybe The Makers Of The Dead Travel Fast.....
The Venue....Sydney Trade Union Club
Date....circa '81

Still to this day though The Makers