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RETCHING RED:
Scarlet Whore of War: CD
I must admit, I get a huge charge out of hearing a super-fast, aggressive
punk rock band fronted by a female vocalist screaming unapologetically about
her bloody womb. Vocalist Cinder Block is the best thing about this solid,
politically charged collection of music. Her scratchy sing/screaming makes
me want to see this band live, like, right now. And even though I’m not an
American, I totally appreciated the frustration and anger present in songs
like “Blue Kid Trapped in a Red State.” This is the kind of CD that requires
a lot of jumping around the room. I did it. You will too. –Jennifer
Whiteford (Rodent Popsicle)
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RETCHING RED -
Scarlet Whore of War CD (Rodent
Popsicle) Retching Red are a female-fronted,
hardcore-punk band that hail from Oakland, California, which feature Cinder
Block from Tilt (on vocals) and Oppressed Logic's Cyco Loco (who also ha s a
cool radio show). For their second release (the first being 2004's
self-released album Get Your Red Wings), the metallic edge is a lot
stronger, but the punk spirit is still huge. A lot of this brings to mind
Allergic to Bullshit, Naked Aggression or even (South America) Colombia's,
I. R. A. (at least when Monica sings), as it's hardcore, fast and in your
face with touches of punkcore and pissed-off femme vocals. This LP is also
way more political than the first. The lyrics are well written, and often
witty, which always makes for a good read. Fourteen tracks of intelligent,
inyaface politipunk for the fist and the mind. Smash it up!
(Sept 05, 2006)
www.feastofhateandfear.com
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RETCHING RED:
Scarlet Whore of War: CD
A follow up to their amazing CD, Get Your Red Wings,
Retching Red continue to show that they are pissed. The first time I
listened to their debut, I thought the singer sounded like Cinder from Tilt
but was way to pissed sounding. I was shocked to see that it was her! Man
she sounded venomous. Teamed with Cyco Mike from Oppressed Logic, they
banded together to throw down some mean ass shit. On this release, the
energy level continues with their brand of fast punk. But they are maturing
by writing more interesting songs. Instead of coming balls-out, they bring
you up and down and take you for a ride. Cinder sounds as mean as before,
but adds more variety in her delivery. The production sounds better than the
last time, giving them a more powerful sound. Mike’s bass sound is solid and
provides a strong backbone to the music. The drummer and guitarist are
different from the last recording. Guitarist Jake seems to have gelled well
with the band without making the band sound completely different. New
drummer Adam sounds to me like he know how to control the sticks. Worth his
weight in gold, he is the final piece that makes the band sound cohesive.
I’m really bummed that I missed them on their latest tour. Logistically it
didn’t work, but I will try not to miss them the next time around. –Donofthedead
(Rodent Popsicle) www.razorcake.org
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RETCHING RED-Scarlet Whore Of War (Rodent Popsicle, CD)
The same amount of agitation as on Retching Red’s first album. In
case you forgot, the band includes Cinder Block, formerly of Tilt and Cyco
Loco (Mike to his friends) from Oppressed Logic. Cinder has malice in her
voice, although a bit of the old croon occasionally pops through. Mainly a
fast tempo, although “Blue Kid Trapped In A Red State” is somewhat slower
and has the classic west coast punk sound. Ms. Block expresses quite a bit
of what I feel lately. Speaking as someone who gets tired of whiny kids,
“Stop Breeding” has me going “fuck yeah!” “Lying Sacks Of Shit” deals with
such vile beings as Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, et al and it’s a favorite
expression. Pulverizing. (PO Box 1143, Allston, MA 02134,
http://www.rodentpopsicle.com/)
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Retching Red Wednesday, August 16, Lion's
Lair
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The Star Bar is a popular nightspot in L5P, but since it’s a bar I wasn’t thrilled about going there. The show was supposed to start around 9:00 pm, though the first band The Loose Skrews, didn’t go on until about 10:30 p,m. I really wish I brought my camera because I’m not sure I can describe this band’s performance accurately. They are one of the local “get drunk and party” bands of the area. The singer looked like a chubbier version of GG Allin, with tattoos all over, a cut off jean jacket and leather sleeves with spikes. What was humorous was the theatrics, complete with many cans of beer consumed during the set. In mid set, he put on a football helmet with spikes on the top and slammed a beer can on them and beer started spraying. Practically all the songs were about drinking like “Let’s get drunk”. I’m still reeling from this. Good lord…
After breathing smokestacks worth of second hand poison, I decided I needed some air. I went outside and when to Mike & Cinder Block of Retching Red and introduced myself. We talked for a bit about the place and how some kids couldn’t get in because they were not 21. They were not happy about it at all. Also, something happened with Cinder and the club management before hand so she was pissed about that too.
Finally, Retching Red gets up to play and after Cinder cleared off the stage of the empty beer cans with her feet and proceeded to blast into a very great set of their songs. Great moments included this quote after Cinder picked up an empty beer can, “Hey Fuck Pabst Blue Ribbon…Heinkein!” The very drunk crowd, “Yah!” “Wait A second…I don’t drink so Fuck Heinkein!” Crowd “Yah!. Before they broke into “Smoke Yourself Sick!” she bummed a cigarette of a guy in the front. During the song, she’s blowing the smoke out and after the song was done flicked it hard lit into this guy’s chest. Cinder Block has a way of making fun of the crowd and having them oblivious to it.
The band was white hot, every band member giving 110%. Then when the set was over, the dude who was watching their t-shirt table (I found out later his name was Eli, also in a great band called Second Opinion) ran up and grabbed another bass and Mike picked up a microphone. I was like, “What the hell is going on now?” They then went into a few songs of fast thrash, which I was to find out later that was Oppressed Logic. Holy crap, they were great. Mike owned that small stage, one of the best hardcore frontmen I have had the pleasure of observing. He also grabbed another microphone and in a two fisted action finished of the set. What a unexpected added bonus!
After this, I talked to Mike a bit while he sold some stuff and then I had to get out of that place. Ran into Eli outside and we talked a little about the scenes we are involved in. What a great bunch of people and I’m just sad more people didn’t get to see them. I hope I never have to go back to L5P for any show again, esp. ones at crappy smoky bars.
Below is a listing of the remainder of The Retching Red tour…if you are nearby to any of these places it’ll be totally worth your time to go. I haven’t felt this good about a show in a long while.
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Retching Red
Get You Red Wings/Scarlet Whore Of
War
Rodent Popsicle
Holy shit both of these albums run you over like a train on meth, fucking
excellent, fast, technical, and especially thrashy. Fronted by Cinder Block
(formerly of Tilt), very aggressive, very fast vocals to go along with the
speedy tunes. Both of these albums are amazing, very worth owning. I really
like Battery Acid, West Bay Fuck Off!, & Bullshit Repellent from "Get Your
Red Wings." From "Scarlet Whore Of War" I especially like the title track,
Leviathan and Bludgeoner. Also, Stop Breeding explains what me & a lot of
other people having been screaming for a long time, stupid people need to
stop bringing kids into this world.
"Put a condom on your dick/Take a pill you idiot."
Retching Red are a very explosive punk band that will tear you limb from
limb if you get in the way. Pick both of these CD's up and get ready cause
they are plowing through about 45 towns running a muck, so if you're
anywhere close don't be a fool and miss them.
http://www.myspace.com/scabznbones
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Cinder Block’s snotty vocals crank & the
recording is perfect.
Reviewer: Hardware Media & Radio (click
for website)
RETCHING RED- Scarlet Whore of War
Here’s another great punk/hardcore record coming your
way from Retching Red. This disc just doesn’t let up with the music, 14
tracks in all. Practically every song is a million miles a hour hardcore.
The musicianship is solid and tight, Cinder Block’s snotty (I mean really
snotty!) vocals crank & the recording is perfect. Lyrically, a political &
personal style throughout. The cover is well done, warheads will not like
it. I’ll be jamming this one a lot and will do my best to see them when they
play Atlanta in July.
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Retching Red
“Get Your Red Wings”
info@retchingred.com
This is female-fronted hardcore at breakneck speed that instantly knocked my dick in the dirt. Awesome. I didn’t know what to expect from the cover: a supine girl with a devil head in her crotch puking out blood, but this rips and tears like an epesiotomy. Take the lyrics from the first track: “I’m pissing battery acid / that’s the kind of bitch I am / Mother Nature made a biohazard alien / strap you down to the floor / straddle your fucking head / gonna let it flow / you’re gonna wish you were dead / I’ll make you look like you really are / a fiend reborn / twisted and deformed.” Imagine that coming at you twenty words per second with a level of rage not just impressive for girl, but impressive period. - BL
Sunday, September 25, 2005
EXCERPT FROM SHOW REVIEW BY DAVE NEGATIVE
THE TOMBSTONES, DR. KNOW, RETCHING RED, STIGMA 13, SIK LUV!!! @ KIMO'S
UPSTAIRS
This show was almost shut down before it started when one of the venue's
second story fire exits/escapes became jammed shut after almost collapsing
onto the sidewalk below. According to the cops, who showed up less than a
half an hour after it happened, they were "just passing by when we noticed
it." Riiight. More like some yuppie carpetbagger called the station from his
or her newly renovated loft across the street and snitched. Luckily Eliot
and Gino, who, as Pull The Pin Productions, booked the bands, were able to
straighten things out.
I hardly ever get a chance to see Cinder "Block" outside of shows anymore.
So it was nice to be able to talk with her a bit before Retching Red, her
mid-80's style hardcore punk/thrash combo with Mike "Cyco Loco" Avilez of
Oppressed Logic on bass, Jake "The Kid" Dudley on lead guitar, and Adam
Grant on drums (Jake and Adam replacing Joe "Fucko" and "Crash" Diaz
respectively), took the stage. Although mentioning to me that the M.S. she
was diagnosed with a few years back had been acting up it didn't seem to
hinder her performance in the least as she ran amuck from one end of the
club to the other kicking over tables and throwing barstools while belting
out "Bullshit Repellent," "Day 3 (No Dirty Water)," "Rooster," "Disowned,"
and "West Bay Fuck Off!" from Get Your Red Wings in a decidedly non-melodic
feral rasp. Cyco Loco followed suit for their cover of Agression's
"Insomnia" by charging into the audience with his bass flailing hard enough
to draw blood when it hit someone in the face. Cracking a guilty grin, he
told whoever it was "Sorry. I'll buy you a beer later or something." More
problems with the mics took the steam out of their set near the end but
Cinder's impromptu a capella rendition of Loretta Lynn's "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin'
(With Lovin' On Your Mind)" kept us entertained while they were fixed.
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Alternative Tentacles March 2005
RETCHING RED- Get Your
Red Wings
retch001 (2005) CD - $12.00
One of the East Bay's best
new punk-fucking-rock bands, Retching Red is Black Flag meets Cinder
Block from Tilt. Think Cinder can just sing sweet pop-punk? Think
again and hear her rip it up with her band mates from Oppressed
Logic, Strychnine, Troublemaker, and a ton of Oakland punk bands!
Lyrically, she's just as well-spoken as ever, although she's
generally more pissed off and/or explicit this time around. Here's a
hint- the red wings the title refers to are neither a brand of
sneakers nor a professional hockey team! Brand New on their own
label!
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"fast, raging hardcore punk that seldom lets up. A pulverizing debut."
AMP MAGAZINE MARCH 2005
RETCHING RED-Get Your Red Wings (Bleeding
Bitch, CD)
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". . .fast music, sweat, blood and beer. Short blasts of energy and aggression to make everybody happy."
Inside Knowledge.net January 2005
Retching Red "Get Your Red Wings!"
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"Retching Red in the space of about a half-hour has made a fan out of me."
NeuFutur.com January 2005
Retching Red "Get Your Red Wings!" Snotty, loud pseudo-crust punk from California. How could one go wrong? With the first track 'Battery Acid" barely cracking one minute, immediately people have to think of M.O.D. and all those thrash-punk bands from the late eighties. Every single lyric is screamed out, the music itself faster than shit, and the mastering surprisingly solid for a band of this type. Each track is fast, unrelenting, simplistic and yet catchy as hell. The guitar lines are sloppy and the bass sputters through at the most opportune of times. Retching Red is thus more of an entity rather than its four constituent members; even during the beginning bass solo of a track like 'Day 3" you can hear Cyco Loco waiting for the rest of the band to kick in. Retching Red may be the masters of 1:30-length songs, but as evidenced by the aforementioned 'Day 3", the band just needs to continually change subject matter, topic, and overall sound to maintain their freshness. What is most exciting for me to hear from Retching Red is the aforementioned connection to MOD, which were one of my favorite outfits of the eighties. Retching Red is reminiscent in the way that Cinder Block half-sings, half-shouts eir vocals and Cory tears up each and every track with riffs that would seem to be more in place in a Venom than a punk album (but still makes it work, keeping up the energy throughout the disc).
However, the climax of the disc comes with the insane, sick guitar solo during 'Insomnia", an Agression cover. Can't say that I am familiar with Agression, but if I hadn't looked at the lyrics sheet during the track, I would have assumed it was just another impressive Retching Red song. There is no slacking off on 'Get Your Red Wings!"; rather, the later tracks (like 'Little Loomers") may even be more intense than its earlier-disc relatives. Spinning the disc to the end with a Gits cover (Spear & Magic Helmet), Retching Red in the space of about a half-hour has made a fan out of me. The whole red-period connection may be done to death on this disc, but I'm also wondering if they aren't talking about the copious amounts of blood that just have to be shed in the pit if their live sound is anywhere near what can be found on 'Get Your Red Wings!".
Top Tracks: Spear & Magic Helmet, Battery Acid
Rating: 9.0/10
James McQuiston
www.neufutur.com
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"Cinder on stage
makes other front people look like church ladies (females and males).
She rocks with an unparalled vengeance and passion."
Organart.com January 2005
Cinder on stage
makes other front people look like church ladies (females and males).
She rocks with an unparalled vengeance and passion..
wwwwwwoooooooooooooshhhhhhhhhh.
And that band logo, just gives you a
hint of that raw, REAL, Vile Violent Blood pumping bloodsoaked cramping
sickeningly sweet potent life energy painful wounded bloodletting beaten
bruised and bloodied weakening,
that rhythmic earthy bloodlust spilling
our monthly seed that comes only from the female we bleed
we give life
we rule we rule we rule and Cinder retches this into your soul with her
primal primordial
retched reeking relentless driving voice. oh, and the
rest of the band aint bad too,
and I wonder where I should wear my new
shirt. (MarciaX)
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"The production is laid out excellently and with
the highest penetrating power,
and you have to notice that you're
dealing with really outstanding musicians . . ."
Ox-Fanzine (Germany) Feb. 2005
What ever happened to Tilt? Haven't heard anything from Cinder Block
and co. in a long time.
Here's the original German text:
RETCHING RED-
Get Your Red Wings CD
retchingred.com
FROM
RIOTLAND COMICS
SUPER SMASH MEDIA ONLINE E-ZINE
Well punk, the waiting is over. Of course
RETCHING RED is not Tilt,
but Cinder is singing here and that's all
good. "Get Your Red Wings" sounds like a hyper-aggressive high speed
version of Tilt,
Ms. Block yells/screams/sings much hotter like the soul
shooting out of a corpse.
She's backed up by old friends from the Oakland scene: Cyco Loco from
OPPRESSED LOGIC,
Joe Fucko from STRYCHNINE
and Crash Diaz from TROUBLE
MAKER.
There are no prisoners taken here, and from the first beat on it's
hardcore.
You have to wonder why the band had to self-publish the CD –
or was that their own free choice?
If RETCHING RED turns out to be more than just a short lived side
project,
I can only hope that a bigger label finds them soon,
to give
the band the recognition/exposure they deserve.
Out of curiosity, what
ever happened to Pink & Black?
RETCHING RED accomplish the feat of tying old school hardcore with dirty
rock riffs,
and if I have to resort to overused terms like "the full
board" the term totally applies here.
Whoever has a weakness for a rough "girl fronted" band, has to jump at
this opportunity,
and its no accident that "Spear & Magic Helmet" from GITs is covered here.
The production is laid out excellently and with
the highest penetrating power,
and you have to notice that you're
dealing with really outstanding musicians
and an experienced
shouter/singer.
Look at the cover art: a punk chick with her legs spread,
a demon's face
in her crotch and a mess of blood on the floor.
There's a sticker, is
there a T-shirt too?
I'd be interested to see how far you could get with
that at any U.S. High school.
Cinder's lyrics also fit: rough-edged,
pissed off, direct. This CD is a must have!!!
Was ist eigentlich aus TILT geworden ...? Ewig nichts mehr gehört von
Cinder Block und Co. Tja, Punk, das Warten hat ein Ende. Zwar sind
RETCHING RED nicht TILT, aber Cinder singt hier, und damit ist alles
gut, das Warten hat ein Ende, klingt „Get Your Red Wings“ doch wie eine
hyperaggressive Highspeed-Version von TILT, brüllt sich Mrs. Block hier
wie eh und je heiser die Seele aus dem Leib. Unterstützt wird sie dabei
von alten Bekannten aus der Oakland-Szene: Cyco Loco von OPPRESSED
LOGIC, Joe Fucko von STRYCHNINE und Crash Diaz von TROUBLE MAKER. Hier
werden keine Gefangenen gemacht, vom ersten Takt an gibt’s immer voll
auf die Fresse, und man wundert sich, warum die Band die CD selbst
veröffentlichen musste - oder war das ihre freie Entscheidung? Sollte
RETCHING RED mehr als nur ein kurzlebiges Projekt sein, kann ich nur
hoffen, dass sich bald ein größeres Label findet, um der Band die
Aufmerksamkeit zu verschaffen, die sie verdient. Apropos: Was ist
eigentlich aus Pink & Black geworden? RETCHING RED schaffen hier das
Kunststück, knackigen Oldschool-Hardcore mit dreckigen Rockriffs zu
verbinden, und auch wenn ich sonst solche abgenudelten Begriffe wie
„das volle Brett“ verabscheu, so ist genau dieser Terminus doch hier
absolut angemessen. Wer immer ein Faible für derbe „girl-fronted“ Bands
hat, der muss hier zugreifen, und es ist kein Zufall, dass hier „Spear
& magic helmet“ von den GITS gecovert wird. Exzellent und auf höchste
Durchschlagskraft ausgelegt auch die Produktion, und man merkt, dass
man es hier mit richtig guten Musikern und einer erfahrenen Shouterin
zu tun hat. Derb das Cover-Artwork: Punkerfrau mit gespreizten Beinen,
da, wo die Vagina ist, eine Teufelsfratze und jede Menge Blut vor ihr
auf dem Boden ... Liegt dann praktischerweise auch als Aufkleber bei.
Gibt’s ein T-Shirt auch? Würde mich interessieren, wie weit man damit
an eine beliebigen US-Highschool kommt. Entsprechend auch Cinders
Texte: derb, angepisst, direkt. Absoluter Tip, diese CD! (27:09)
(9) Joachim Hiller
Ox-Fanzine, Joachim Hiller
P.O.Box 102225
42766 Haan
Germany
www.ox-fanzine.de
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January 2005
...CHECK OUT OUR JANUARY INTERVIEW WITH THE COMPLETELY AWESOME "RETCHING
RED"
(A TOTALLY AWESOME PUNK ROCK SUPERGROUP). ENJOY A. KILLEBREW
INTERVIEW WITH MIKE:
Who is in the band?
Cinder Block from TILT is on vocals, Mike from OPPRESSED LOGIC is on
bass, Joe Fucko from STRYCHNINE is on
guitar, and Crash from TROUBLE MAKER is on drums.
How long have you guys been together?
Retching Red formed in late July 2004 and we started playing mass shows
since August.
How did you guys meet and what got you started as
a band?
We pretty much all knew each other for some time and we wanted to start
something fresh to assault the public with.
Do you have any new albums coming out or tours
coming up?
Yeah, we just came out with our new self released debut CD titled "Get
Your Red Wings". We are really happy with it,
it was recorded at Motor
Studios in San Francisco and it is intense. We will be touring in Spring
of 2005, keep an eye out!!
What are your influences and what are listening to
right now?
We're all influenced by the 1980's punk rock bands, as well as early
metal acts, the harder, the faster, the angrier, the better. We like a
lot of local underground bands as well. The old bands are great, but
there are some killer new bands out there, pay attention!!!
Any good show or tour stories?
We played the Thrasher Skate Warehouse in San Francisco with the MURDER
JUNKIES, all the bands played about 12 feet high looking over this huge
skate ramp, Cinder fell off of it,
catching her leg in this window and
then falling hard on her back. She didn't miss a word or beat,
she then
rushed the crowd that were standing on the edge of the ramp and started
a pit.
I later heard that when she did that some kid said to someone
"Fuck this shit, this bitch is crazy, I'm out of here!"
Retching Red
likes to confront the crowd and give more than just a boring stage show,
intense energy is what drives this band. If it scare's you then you are
in the wrong scene!
Who's cooler the beatles or elvis?
Elvis, he's dead!!
Any last words?
Check us out on line at www.retchingred.com or myspace.com/retchingred
...
Also come see us live, we have a whole slew of merchandise like hoodies, t-shirts, beanies, ect..
Also order our new CD at our
website or
www.interpunk.com
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ImpactPress.com February 2005
Retching Red
"Frantic pacing and
antagonistic lyrics make this album a crusty, crusty good time."t;
Mesh Magazine February/March
2005
Retching Red
– Get
Your Red Wings –
Bleeding Bitch Records
With Cinder Block (ex-Tilt)
involved, how can you go wrong? But this isn't Cinder belting out
pop-punk tunes; this is some serious thrash punk, full of attitude and
aggression. The songs are rapid fire, over before you know it, and
loaded with badass guitar work. Meanwhile, Cinder absolutely assaults
your ears with a barrage of intensely-delivered vocals. Formed in July
2004, six months later they've already got an 11-track album. Fans of
old and new school punk will find plenty within the songs of Get Your
Red Wings! to rejoice about.
(CM)
www.impactpress.com
Issue No. 55: February - March '05
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ZERO MAGAZINE FEB. 2005
Retching Red: Draws Blood In Bay Area Punk Scene
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When the legendary East Bay punk outfit Tilt broke up, it was a sad day for their large fan base. With the recent emergence of Retching Red, fronted by former Tilt singer Cinder, fresh blood has been injected to the Bay Area Punk scene by the convergence of these seasoned veterans.s.
Since the formation of
Retching Red, how many of your former Tilt fans have followed you to your new
project?
I'm not quite sure. I have had some people come up to me
and say they loved Tilt but are totally astounded at the power of Retching Red.
This project is way more aggressive and doesn't sound like Tilt at all but they
like it anyway. I was actually hoping to piss them off. Then I've had a lot of
people tell me they weren't too much into Tilt but they love Retching Red.
What response have you
received from your self-released debut CD?
Well, it just came out a few weeks ago but we've already
been getting great response. There's a couple of reviews up on our website
www.retchingred.com. One of which is from a German 'zine that says "Ms. Block
yells/screams/sings much hotter like the soul shooting out of a corpse." I liked
that. We've gotten some label interest but it's been fun and empowering to put
it out ourselves.
You assembled quite an
all-star cast for your band... how did you guys all come together for RR?R?
Fuck if I know. We've all been kicking around the Oakland
scene for a while. We're seasoned veterans. I hooked up with Cyco Loco at the
Slaughterhouse, a soon to be defunct underground club that is really charged
with the chaotic energy that punk used to be. He plays bass for RR but has been
singing for the notorious Oppressed Logic for 11 years. Crash plays for
Troublemaker and had been in Hot Plate with Cyco. It took a couple of guitar
players to realize the awesome rulingness of Joe Fucko (Strychnine), but there
you have it.
What is the primary
mission for you starting the band? Do you see it as going somewhere far or are
you guys doing this for fun?
I'd wanted to start a hardcore band for a longtime. My
first band in 1983 wrote simple hard fast tunes and I missed that. I guess I'm a
lot more pissed off these days. We haven't really discussed a "mission" per say.
For me personally I just have a lot of lashing out I feel I need to do. I'm
really getting off on getting in people's faces at shows. It bores the fuck out
of me to stand onstage and sing pretty. Fuck that. I'm over it. For all my
success I've been kicked around twice as hard. I guess I'm in a self destructive
mode and I'm going to take some of you motherfuckers with me. As far as
"career-wise" I think we've all proven that we're lifers. We will forge ahead
regardless of what happens because it's in our fucking blood!
Is your crowd mainly an
all-ages crowd or do you have a lot of 21 & over fans as well?l?
As usual, a lot of kids. They know what I'm talking about when I scream shit
like "Why don't you just fucking kill me!" I think they are tired of that phony
punk poseur crap on MTV. It might as well be disco for all it has to do with the
realness of the sweaty, ugly, injured yet burning vitality that exists in the
underground punk scene today. Yeah, it's still there!
What plans do you have for
2005? Tours? More recording?
Yeah, yeah and yeah. We are getting so many offers for
shows and tours it's amazing. We've already played a fuck load of shows and put
out a CD all in only six months. This is a train wreck that ain't stoppin' for
no one!
Any last words for our Bay
Area readers?
Don't just stand there, scream with me!
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". . .fast paced hardcore, with a punkcore edge and pissed as all femme vocals."
FestOfHateandFear.com March 2005
RETCHING RED - Get Your Red Wings CD (Retching Red)
A new female-fronted,
hardcore-punk band making its way from Oakland, California and they've only been
around for less than a year. One of the few things that holds them apart is an
all-veteran cast featuring Cinder Block of Tilt on vocals, plus Cyco Loco of
Oppressed Logic, Joe Fucko of Strychnine and Crash Diaz of Trouble Maker. A bit
of the record reminds me much of Naked Aggression, Allergic to Bullshit or even
(South America) Colombia's, I. R. A., as it's fast paced hardcore, with a
punkcore edge and pissed as all femme vocals, which are not sung, but not barked
either - they're perfect actually. "Plentiful" can clear a room, except for all
bassists who'll want to stick around and watch fire emit from fingertips. The
cover, with artwork of a punk chick with a monster pussy bleeding out the bands
name in red, might be a bit much for some, but it fits the snotty (or bloody)
feel of this disc.
(March 4, 2005)
www.feastofhateandfear.com
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"Retching Red is power packed hardcore punch in the gut with straight forward songs and in-your-face energy and angst.";
Retching Red “Get Your Red Wings” is a debut from Oakland’s East Bay, striped down punk band lead by a Retching Red “Get Your Red Wings” is a debut from Oakland’s East Bay, striped down punk band lead by a somewhat famous female singer. She used to play in that very annoying band Tilt. If you haven’t heard of Tilt, you’re not missing much, although this time around I think they have something here. Retching Red is power packed hardcore punch in the gut with straight forward songs and in-your-face energy and angst. Along with other notoriously famous members from East Bay bands like Oppressed Logic, Strychnine and Trouble Makers, they rage every fucking song at a thousand miles an hour. Songs like “Battery Acid” and “West Bay Fuck Off” bookend this hyperventilating spit fest with grindcore like guitars and suicidal maniac drums. Retching Red will leave you wanting to wipe your mouth off afterwards.
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". . . this is a kick ass CD! "
RETCHING RED: Get
Your Wings: CD
If you have
ever put in any time reviewing records and CDs, it can be very
trying. After so many years, the act of getting my fat ass in the
chair to sit in front of the computer can take days of
procrastination. So far, one CD out six, I have liked. I reach into
the bag to keep the process going. I put this release into the CD
player and my head swings around in an act of whiplash. What is
coming out of my speakers? The speed factor is up there, the anger
is registering in the red, and it doesn't sound like a sloppy mess.
Most songs clock in at under two minutes. I have noticed on the net
that this band has had shows with Oppressed Logic, Channel 3, and
Dinah Cancer & the Grave Robbers up in Nor Cal. Using female-led
bands as reference, the vocalist has characteristics that remind me
of Cinder from Tilt (it turns out that it is her), but the music is
much faster and aggressive than the mentioned band. You could say
that they sound like All or Nothing HC or Naked Aggression but the
production is much better and the speed factor takes into account.
The cover of "Insomnia" by Agression almost doesn't sound like a
cover. They sped that song up and made it their own. I have listened
to this on more than one occasion. As cliched as this sounds, this
is a kick ass CD! - Donofthedead (Bleeding Bitch)
RAZORCAKE #25
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"I present to you a true punk rock album: “Get Your Red Wings” . . ."
Retching Red: Get Your Red Wings!
Ladies and
gentleman, I present to you a true punk rock album: “Get Your Red Wings” by
Retching Red. The music is spasmodic, fast, sloppy, and incredibly violent.
The front cover is absolutely disgusting (a woman’s reproductive orifice is
in the shape of a devil head, which is spewing forth a sea of blood that
spells out the band’s name). And the album artwork is done up completely in
red, white, & black, a very dastardly combo. Anyways, these guys basically
sound like a cross between Minor Threat, Black Flag, Accused, and Babes in
Toyland. The former may seem out of place, but Kat Bjelland’s screeching
wail/ scream is about as close as I can come to describing the sound of the
female vocalist for these guys. Speaking of the vocalist, longtime punk fans
will recognize her as Cinder, from Tilt; she sounds a lot more aggressive
and angry than in the past though. The band actually features an all-star
cast of sorts: Mike from Oppressed Logic plays bass, Joe Fucko of Strychnine
plays guitar, and Crash from Trouble Maker plays drums. The overall sound
they create, though, is something quite timeless. If someone had told me
that this record was recorded in ’83, I could have easily believed it. The
guitars have that crisp, early ‘80’s Minor Threat sound; the bass is really
ringy and overdriven, and the drums are really high end heavy, with the
hi-hat being the true star. To put it simply, the violence on this album
reaffirms to me that early ‘80’s style hardcore is still a burning blaze in
the hearts of Retching Red.
Get Your Red Wings
Self Released
TRUEPUNK.COM
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"Retching Red are just what the doctor ordered…. straight at you punk rock, perfect."
Organ Art, April 2005
ALBUM OF THE WEEK 2
RETCHING RED – Get Your Red Wings -
Nothing Like the smell of refried speed punk with your morning douse
of Napalm. We’re hung over today, me an’ Marcia X took on the forces
of Clear Channel and Sharon Osbourne last night and overdosed on
their free vodka and Snicker ice cream – Retching Red are just what
the doctor ordered…. You know how The Plasmatics were in theory a
brilliant band and when you threw on their albums you were just a
little disappointed that they never quite pulled it off in a
recorded state – well here’s the best Plasmantic wreckord ever
flying right at you at a million miles an hour. Now I’m not saying
the Retched Red are some kind of clone, I’m just dancing around
architecture once more, throwing up a signpost or two and trying to
use mere words to explain music – if you like your street punk and
you like your Plasmatics, Tilt (this is Cinder Block’s old band) and
your razor sharp old school hardcore punk rock riffage and a
thousand classic Cromags/Circle Jerks/DRI/Discharge moments then the
Bay Area’s Retching Red got it just right Cinder half sings and half
screams, the band relentlessly rip it up, rip roosters up, rip
everything up – hey look, it’s just straight at you punk rock,
perfect.
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" . . .this new album is sure to bust your ass . . ."
RETCHING RED
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“Get Your Red Wings” CD
Brand new project from a group of bay area
favorites led by none other than CINDER of TILT. This new project is very
different, much more hardcore punk rock. A little bird told me that she’s
always wanted to do something like NAKED AGGRESSION, and it’s good to see
her still rocking out. I can’t help but be partial to TILT as they are one
of my favorites, but this new album is sure to bust your ass too.
(LD)
Retching Red "Get Your Red Wings"
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". . .you cannot help but give way to the
naked fury that Retching Red unleashes on you."
April 2005
www.hussieskunk.com
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