ARB - Cassette

Here is the infamous tape by ARB, aka Arb's Gut, aka GUT. This was ripped from my 2nd generation copy that I've had since 1992 or so. Because of this, the quality of these files is not the best, but not bad considering this tape has been kicking around loose in a huge storage bin with about 200 other tapes for the past 20+ years.

I don't have a photo of the cover. I don't even know the song titles...! Can you help with either of these things? I would appreciate it!  

I've written and posted a lot about Gut on this blog. You can check out those posts here. This 10 song tape pre-dates all of those Gut songs, recorded in 1991 in Bryan, TX.

DL:  ARB - cassette (via ZS)

DL:  ARB - cassette (via MF)

(flyers/images taken from the 90's Texas DIY Facebook page)

v/a: "Live At Emo's" compilation CD

This compilation is comprised of mostly Texas bands with a few high profile non-Texas bands thrown in (most likely to entice non-Austinites to buy it), all recorded live at Emo's Austin to glorious ADAT. Why do I know it was recorded to ADAT? Because a band that I used to be in played one of the nights that some of these recordings were made (Nov 12th, 1993, the same night the Seaweed & Glorium tracks were recorded), and our entire set was recorded that night. We had hopes that we would be included on this comp, but didn't make the cut for obvious reasons. I still have one of the ADAT tapes from that show in a box buried in my closet somewhere.

That being said, this brings me to my next question: Did all the bands keep tapes of their shows, and do these exist somewhere? Is there an entire unreleased live Cherubs recording (or Gut? or American Psycho Band? or ANY of these bands?) out there somewhere, waiting to make it's way to the internet for all to enjoy? If so, i'd like to know.

1994 Rise Records

1. The Didjits - "Captain Ahab"

2. FuckEmo's - "Your Lies"

3. Gut - "Fresh Fish Surprise"

4. Ed Hall - "Bullshit"

5. Cows - "Plowed"

6. Cherubs - "All Chickened Out"

7. Noodle - "Crack Baby"

8. Seaweed - "Baggage"

9. Glorium - "Mother Machine"

10. Sockeye - "Slicin' Technique Off The Top"

11. Chaindrive - "Sad Sack"

12. American Psycho Band - "Ice Queen"

DL: v/a: "Live At Emo's" compilation CD

Gut/Multitude Of The Slothful - "Multitude Of The Gutful" split 7"

Call it what you want: "Multitude Of The Gutful", "Satan's Friend", or the Gut/Multitude Of The Slothful split 7"... I call it a great split by two Austin bands. There are two songs each by Gut and Multitude of the Slothful - the song listed on the record insert, and then one additional unnamed song by each. Gut has been mentioned quite a bit elsewhere on this blog, so see those posts for more information about them. Members of Multitude of the Slothful, who were transplants from Las Cruces, NM, went on to later be in Paul Newman, Dracula Sucks, The American Analog Set, and Selenese, among others.

1994 Public Jerker Records

1. Gut - "Moo Goo Gai Pregnat"

2. Gut - Untitled

3. Multitude Of The Slothful "I'm A Bowl Of Fruit"

4. Multitude Of The Slothful - Untitled

DL: Gut/Multitude of the Slothful - "Multitude Of The Gutful" split 7"

Gut/Glorium - split 7"

Great split 7" from Gut and Glorium, released on Powernap Records out of Houston. The first pressing of this record had a pressing defect on the Gut side causing it to skip about 40 seconds in. I don't recall HOW it happened, but it resulted in hundreds of records being pressed with the defect. Crafty people figured out that the record wouldn't skip if you placed a quarter on top of your record stylus, weighing it down. A subsequent pressing of the record corrected the issue. The original version that I have was distributed with a yellow inner paper sleeve (matching the color of the cover) on black vinyl, while the re-press was on marbled grey vinyl with a plain white inner sleeve.

1994 Powernap Records

1. Gut "Satanic Caviar"

2. Glorium "G93"

DL: Gut/Glorium - split 7"

v/a: "Blondie Tribute" Compilation 7inch

The classic first release on Dot Zit Records, out of College Station, TX featuring El Santo (San Antonio), Gut (Austin), Buddhachest and Rugburn (both from Bryan/College Station).

1993 Dot Zit Records

1. El Santo "I Didn't Have The Nerve To Say No"
2. Buddhachest "Heart Of Glass"
3. Gut "Rapture"
4. Rugburn "Call Me"

DL: v/a Blondie Tribute Compilation

Gut - self titled 7"

Gut were a great band from Austin who were previously named Arb. They were seemingly influenced by bands such as NoMeansNo and Jesus Lizard. Members went on to play with Zulu As Kono, Oh Beast!, The Hangouts, Awesome Cool Dudes, Atarimatt, and When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth, among others.

1993 Powernap Records

1. Platypus

2. Albino Rhino

3. Fresh Fish Surprise

DL - Gut 7"

v/a: "Seek Sound Shelter" Compilation

1994 Dot Zit Records

1. Kid's Meal "Smoke Stack"

2. Kid's Meal "Tuner"

3. Gut - "And the Android"

4. Gut - "Mortal Kombat"

5. That - "Done"

6. Tu Edge - "Nowhere to Stand"

7. Tu Edge - "Away From Me"

8. Johnboy - "Admiration"

9. Johnboy - "Quick to Drain"

10. Boy Wonder - "Account"

11. Boy Wonder - "Passing"

12. Gomez - "Skirt"

13. Gomez - "Laundry"

14. Multitude of the Slothful - "First Word, Four Letters"

15. Multitude of the Slothful - "Second Word, Six Letters"

16. Glorium - "There's a Strain"

17. Glorium - "Mylanta Plenty"

MF DL