Children of the Overman, come forth! The
Overman is drrrrrrunnnk!
Overman was a sometimes poppy and sometimes crazy punk band that played in and
around Kalamazoo in 1991.
Overman played the type of music that Blink 182 and Greenday would later make
a pop sensation* - except with bit of dischord and notesy riffs and theatrics
that put a little sick art in the mix.
A clear common ancestor may be the Decendents (where we came from) and Nomeansno
(where we were heading). But Overman also sounds like bands such as All,
Bad Religion, Black Flag, Pennywise, Minor Threat, Dagnasty, Victim's Family,
NOFX,
Rancid, Goldfinger, SNFU, Doggiestyle (in fact, we blatantly rip-off doggiestyle
here), Replacements, The Offspring, Husker Du, the Toy Dolls, The Ramones,
Hanson Brothers, Sex Pistols, The Damned, and on and on...
We also emulated our Kalamazoo contemporaries FAQ and Thought Industry and
Twitch and the Sinatras and King Tammy and others.
Being an Overman was fun. Overman was fun. Big fun Overman. Overman eventually
grew up to be prog-geek-core art-nerds/fags Screwtape y1.993k (see tasmlab
92). Then Jeff (Till himself) went on to be ultra-nerd with TASM Lab and
the Hudson
Debacle. Matty went to form Monster Zero and the Rural Electrification Act.
Now, in 2003, TASM Lab has remastered the old "Racecar" cassette
into a CD! This features 10 songs (19 songs total) not featured on the original
cassette
and features re-mastered sound, and spruced-up guitar and vocals. The original
cassette was a fucking smash, selling over 200 copies in its first and only
year on the market.
This is a real panic. A genuine heart attack. The real McCoy.
This disc is a home-dubbed CD-R release (much like the original home-dubbed
cassette release). In proper DIY format, the disc is hand-painted and the
CD packaging
is photocopied and hand-assembled. MP3/iPod versions are on here.
* Oddly enough, we were told then that we had "missed the boat" with
our melodic punk then, and were dreadfully to late to be playing that type
of music. We should have stayed on!
RACECAR REDUX 2003 - THE NEW CD!!!!
NOW in 2003 we have re-released the classic Overman Racecar! tape with 9 previously unreleased songs (19 in total), shored-up guitar, and new vocals! Listen to it now or or buy a copy now.
Get the CD
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Posted by: Jeff on 12-09-09
Hi Craniac,
No, it's not a secret but rather just never discussed. There's a great sign heading on the cape that says "Mashpee Sandwich" (an exit for two cape towns) and I always thought that sounded like a terrible lunch item. It may have even been the original first name.
Thanks for checking out Brambles. Pass it along to others! THanks!
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Posted by: Craniac on 12-07-09
Wait! He didn't write to me; I copied that part, obviously. Crummy system removed spaces...just clarifying.
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Posted by: Craniac on 12-06-09
Fellow BRENT OBERLIN wrote to tell me he's the first one to know where the name "Mashpee" came from. Good job Brent! (pretty sure I know, too.)It's a secret? Even from Him? "Brambles" is killer, btw.
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Posted by: Master on 09-17-09
Its official: This disc is for sale now!
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Posted by: jiesendao on 09-07-09
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Posted by: jiesendao on 09-07-09
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Posted by: Chablis on 09-01-09
Greeting. The best of us must sometimes eat our words.
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Posted by: Jeff T. on 08-23-09
It's now called the 'brambles of hell" and will be out in about 10 days from today.
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Posted by: Craniac on 08-23-09
So what ever happened to/with "The Attack Dogs of Compassion"?
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