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Tim Finish Him Presents The Lobotomy Scars El Cheapo Demento

by Lobotomy Scars

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El Cheapo Demento 00:20
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2.
Friday Night Warriors 02:57
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3.
Tour Of Booty 04:16
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4.
Urban Stereotype 02:44
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5.
For Better Or Worse 03:46
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Dead Meat 03:49
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Mr Bubbles Day Care Centre 03:12
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8.
Green Grocers From Chernobyl 03:05
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9.
Pride 02:24
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The Candyman 02:37
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11.
Sell That Product 01:50
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Indecent Indiscretion 01:11
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Slipped In 00:22
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Religious Shit 00:34
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about

Formed in Williamstown in 1988 the Lobotomy Scars were pure, unadulterated punk rock, and blundered on until ‘92 on a mission to disrupt any occasion that would humour them.

From a house party in Melton (where they witnessed someone get their ass get kicked for the first time when a dude, who was as high as possible, got regulated by a skinhead who’d had his honour and his girlfriend insulted. It was brutal - this guy really went to town – but felt horrible about it afterwards and took the damaged antagonist to the nearest hospital...before coming back to boogie down,) to a Williamstown Street Party, The Riverside Inn, The Tote, The Arthouse and all over Cranbourne, more house parties (even one sans bass as Aaron was in Florida, Ed was in India and Sophie was yet to be roped in) over to a skatepark in Geelong and even at Ed’s parent’s house, after dark – where Mick the Barbarian was ambushed on the front porch by some tools who had no place being privy to such high-end/homemade entertainment.

Lobotomy Scars played alongside: Bastard Squad, Forcefed, Arm the Insane, Damaged, Despised, Mr Floppy, as well as Aaron’s early Cranny outfit Love Is In My Undies.

The Lobotomy Scars wanted to open for the Ramones at The Palace, too, but were told “go record a demo, boys” (as opposed to a demonstration in person – which the band attempted on more than one occasion) so after a dodgy 6 song demo at Dane Studio (and no Ramones support slot), of which 3 songs still exist, but quality on all fronts being so poor it couldn’t pass muster with the strict quality control at the Clubhouse Laboratories (unbelievable, right? - considering what we have here...) the band recorded a live to air commando raid on Triple R's I Don’t Wanna Go Out Show around midnight in the Spring of 1989 – I still don’t know who was more unprepared: the band or the DJ - and I should mention that another DJ, who’d actually requested the demo, was not present and could never have guessed we thought he’d meant demonstration, in the flesh - but I digress.

The Triple R recording was lifted from an age-old TDK cassette (recorded on Jake McAuliffe’s boombox – thanks dude) and cut together with The Lobotomy Scars 13 song Tour of Booty demo which was recorded and mixed at SAE, St. Kilda, in about 12 hours by Scott Harper (and a guy named Wally, too) on May 26th, 1991. Punk rock in full effect.

In 2020 the ¼ inch master tape was dusted off, sent to Videolab, then to the Clubhouse for editing (& a few keyboard, guitar and vocal over-dubs,) then to Mastersound before being rolled out into this tirade of righteous hogwash (along with a mash-up of a live show at the Cranbourne Pools in ‘92) ...and named El Cheapo Demento.

In retrospect, all very haphazard, yet ambitious (& punctual!) for a bunch of teenagers.

It is what it is - in all its ridiculousness – but alas...the world got Silverchair.

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released December 26, 2020

Vocals: Jack Thomas
Guitar: Tim Miedecke
Drums: Les Thomas
Bass: Aaron Butler/Ed Stone/Sophie McDonald
Spiritual Guidance: Sam Barclay
Tech: Kim Murray
Mick the Barbarian: Enforcement

All songs by Lobotomy Scars ’88 – ‘92

Recorded and mixed at SAE, St. Kilda, in about 12 hours by Scott Harper (and a guy named Wally) on May 26th, 1991.
Radio excerpts: Triple R "I Don't Wanna Go Out Show" interview, Spring 1989
Live intro: Cranbourne Pools, 1992, engineer unknown.

Edited by Tim Finish Him

Art: Nathan Pilch

Mastered by John Ruberto at Mastersound

Copyright Tim Finish Him / Club Paradise Records 2020

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