Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Geezer Lake - King Frost Parade (1997)


Alternative Press magazine said that, “North Carolina’s Geezer Lake pick up the baton from June Of 44, Grifters, Unwound and Sunny Day Real Estate and Parade is a hodgepodge of influences that makes for 11 songs with more cohesion and thematic focus that has been heard in some time. Filled with equal parts beauty and ferocity, King Frost Parade is simply startling.”

This was their 3rd and final album. The band broke up in the late 90s. Scotty Irving, who still lives in Greensboro, now plays as Clang Quartet, a truly crazy/amazing solo electronic/noise/experimental project that is comprised of the father, the son, the holy ghost, and Scotty.   He puts on quite a show. Like the Raymond Brake, Geezer Lake was before my time in Greensboro, so I missed out seeing them play live.  I'm posting this older stuff up here because I think it's important for all the younger Greensboro rockers to get a little bit of a history lesson - and these albums are damn good. Sure, at times you can tell they came from the 90s, but sounding like where your from ain't always a bad thang. 

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1 comment:

Unknown said...

I actually saw Geezer Lake live, opening for, of all bands, Ben Folds Five. I was 15 and knew close to nothing about music, so there were a little much for my undeveloped tastes. That said, I was fascinated by the trumpet player who played through all sorts of effects. The fact that there was a trumpet player at all with that kind of music was enough to blow my mind.