Follow @genius on Twitter for updates JSTOR (May 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Salt Lick/God's Balls is a CD / cassette-only compilation by the American grunge band TAD. But while Soundgarden played grunge like the arena rockers they would one day become, Mudhoney played grunge for clever laughs, and Nirvana added some pop accents to the formula, Tad were the band that proudly took up all that was ugly about grunge and waved their dirty banner high. Balls God Fictional Characters Dios Allah The Lord. Drummer Steve Wied pummeled his kit like a brontosaurus, laying down a beat that was up to the scale of the guitars, and Kurt Danielson's thick, bulbous basslines gave the music a sonic floor strong enough to support the rest. TAD gods balls. Its a heavy, grungey, sweaty, raw monster (I imagine Leatherface and family from Texas Chainsaw to be fans, spinning it at one of their 'BBQs'!) And Doyle delivered his songs with a gusto that made the lie that he was some half-bright lumberjack with a violent streak seem fairly plausible. ----- Release Details. It was released in 1989 on Sub Pop and re-released in 2016 as a deluxe edition. Out of stock. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1989 Vinyl release of God's Balls on Discogs. Anyway, forgive my nostalgia trip, back to God's Balls. Sludge Metal. Follow @genius Witty lyrics delivered with panache, crunching riffs and outstanding drumming, now … Artist: Tad Album: God's Balls Year: 1989 Label: Sub Pop Records. Length: 40 min 24 sec. Buy Tad God's Balls LP. God's Balls (reissue) Sub Pop US. God’s Balls, TAD’s punishing, noise-drenched debut album, was recorded with Jack Endino at Reciprocal Recording in Seattle in 1988, and released early the following year. Alternative Metal. Featured peformers: Tad Doyle (vocals, guitar), Gary Thorstensen (guitar), Kurt Danielson (bass), Steve Wied (drums), Jack Endino (recording engineer), Carol Hibbs (mastering), Art Chantry (design), Charles Peterson (photography). Mudhoney - "Superfuzz Bigmuff", Nirvana - "Bleach" and Tad - "God's Balls", these are the quintessential Seattle grunge records for me, heavily rotated by John Peel on his legendary show, never equaled for heaviness or atmosphere. Listen free to Tad – God's Balls (Behemoth, Pork Chop and more). God's Balls, an Album by Tad. Released 1 March 1989 on Sub Pop (catalog no. I do not own the rights to this song or any other song on my channel so don't sue me. !function(t,e,r){var n,s=t.getElementsByTagName(e)[0],i=/^http:/.test(t.location)? We finally got our collective shit together and the long-unavailable, classic discography of beloved and iconic Seattle band, TAD – God’s Balls (1989), Salt Lick (1990), 8-Way Santa (1991), and assorted singles from the band’s 1988-1992 run – will finally receive the deluxe reissue treatment. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1989 CD release of God's Balls on Discogs. Mudhoney - "Superfuzz Bigmuff", Nirvana - "Bleach" and Tad - "God's Balls", these are the quintessential Seattle grunge records for me, heavily rotated by John Peel on his legendary show, never equaled for heaviness or atmosphere. The second reissue in the series, 2009's Salt Lick EP finds the foursome locking horns with Steve Albini for what would be the first and only time. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last.fm. 11 tracks (40:14). Tad's debut album, 1989's God's Balls, wasn't their best work, but it laid down their template brilliantly, and both musically and lyrically, it was a strikingly accomplished statement. TAD › God's Balls (reissue) Embed TAD. //, Genius is down for a quick minute (clicking “refresh” might help), Requested URL: genius.com/albums/Tad/Gods-balls, User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/84.0.4147.89 Safari/537.36. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. which is a real shame because they had their own sound. and Tad never did get the recognition they deserved (perhaps lost under the explosion of Nirvana?) However, the USPS has announced they are experiencing MAJOR delays due to the pandemic & staffing issues. Get all the lyrics to songs on God’s Balls and join the Genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. $17.57 Email me if this price drops. God’s Balls, TAD’s punishing, noise-drenched debut album, was recorded with Jack Endino at Reciprocal Recording in Seattle in 1988, and released early the following year. When the grunge scene was incubating in the Pacific Northwest during the '80s, it often seemed like an outsized response to the increasing polish of alternative rock and the rarely acknowledged influence of primal hard rock and metal. God's Balls is the debut album by the alternative rock band TAD. Anyway, forgive my nostalgia trip, back to God's Balls. which is a real shame because they had their own sound. SHIPPING NOTE! Available now from Vinylnet the Online Music Market. So Sub Pop have stepped up to the mark! Please stay patient if your order appears to be “stuck”. Though the lyrics were clearly meant to be tongue in cheek, the degenerate caricatures of "Behemoth," "Tuna Car," and "Cyanide Bath" were grim enough to pass for clippings from some especially irresponsible tabloid. Gnarly 90’s alt-rock / grunge band TAD are, it has been decided, due a reappraisal and reissue campaign. Tad Doyle and Gary Thorstensen were a ferocious guitar combination, grafting the slash and burn of punk to the beefy, epic-scale riffage of metal, with a potent undercurrent of noise that suggested the influence of Big Black and Sonic Youth. [CDATA[ Its a heavy, grungey, sweaty, raw monster (I imagine Leatherface and family from Texas Chainsaw to be fans, spinning it at one of their 'BBQs'!) Format: gatefold LP + poster + MP3 download code Cat: SP 1177 Released: 04 Nov 16 Genre: Indie. The God's Balls deluxe edition is as good a place as any to start delving into the incendiary and occasionally debauched world of Tad. Rated #511 in the best albums of 1989. Seattle band TAD have announced reissues of their first three albums—1989’s God’s Balls, 1990’s Salt Lick, and 1991’s 8-Way Santa.They’re all out November 4 via Sub Pop. German Glitterhouse GR 0051, nice copy. and Tad never did get the recognition they deserved (perhaps lost under the explosion of Nirvana?) … "http":"https";t.getElementById(r)||(n=t.createElement(e),n.id=r,n.src=i+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js",s.parentNode.insertBefore(n,s))}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); Genres: Grunge, Noise Rock. One of the first bands to sign to Sub Pop, Tad released their debut, God’s Balls in 1989. which is a real shame because they had their own sound. God’s Balls, TAD’s punishing, noise-drenched debut album, was recorded with Jack Endino at Reciprocal Recording in Seattle in 1988, and released early the following year. God’s Balls is TAD’s debut album, and it seethes with chugging weight.Both CD and LP editions are rounded out with some bonus tracks, some of which haven’t previously been released! It does not get better than this if you like late 80's grunge before the major labels turned it into a fashion. Complete your Tad collection. 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