Unwound - The Future Of What - CASSETTES

Meeting at the halfway point between Bleach and Damaged, Unwound's 1995 self-titled album arrived years after the original trio of Vern Rumsey, Justin Trosper, and Brandt Sandeno made their Avast Studios debut. Compiling their EPs for Kill Rock Stars and Gravity Records with five more session outtakes, Unwound was released on Rumsey's Punk In My Vitamins as the band began flirting with the mainstream. Witness a band's prehistory as it plays out in a feral maelstrom of screaming, distortion, feedback, and abrasive promise.

Bear Family special compilation of all of Roy's 'rockin' material - the first of it's kind - from his days at Sun all the way up through RCA Victor and Monument, ending with his biggest career hit, Oh Pretty Woman. This CD is a solid blast from start to finish, from such solid rockabilly stompers as Cat Called Domino and You're My Baby and of course Ooby Dooby, on up through the beat years of What'd I Say, Mean Woman Blues and other excellent tracks.

Unwound's paranoid and pulsating sixth album, Challenge For a Civilized Society explores the pre-Y2K technological dread of modern punk living. Producer Steve Fisk threads Justin Trosper's stabbing, discordant guitar in and around Sara Lund's consolidated drum attack and Vern Rumsey's relentless, throbbing bass. A vicious and sinister penultimate LP from the '90s most misunderstood band.