12. RapemanTwo Nuns And A Pack Mule
The three gentlemen who comprised this band are three of the dearest and closest friends I have ever had. That’s a small part of why I can forgive them for having the stupidest name for a band ever. David Wm. Sims and Rey Washam were a rhythm section like no other. They locked into what each other were doing with tricky, disjointed and uncanny precision. Washam’s use of two snare drums is spectacular – I have long considered this one of the very best drum records ever, full stop! I may be wrong, but I don’t think Steve Albini really knew how to play, or had a full grasp of, chords, but his feel for sound and velocity and affect was uncompromising. The structural restraint in ‘Trouser Minnow’ is such a strong tease and the lyrics are depressingly hilarious. Who ever played drums like those in ‘Hated Chinee’? I’m glad that Steve gave a public sort of expression of regret for some of the drastic insensitivities from his younger years. I miss him like crazy.
