A lot has changed since Clinic first shell-shocked the scene in the late ’90s with a waxen trio of blitzkrieg EPs, and the many rave reviews and rarefied Radiohead comparisons that followed its earliest albums, 2000’s Internal Wrangler and 2002’s Walking With Thee. Born during those final twilight hours of the music industry’s money-minting heyday, Clinic has defiantly survived the many upheavals and unthinking revolutions that surround the working band in the internet age. Free Reign (Domino) is Clinic’s seventh album, as well as the most focused and singular of the band’s career to date. Frontman Ade Blackburn will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our brand new Clinic feature.
Blackburn: Another band still to really get their due, the Electric Eels are hands down the best band that ever existed. Formed in Cleveland before punk took off, they were actually beyond punk even at that stage. Dave E’s campy-yet-aggressive vocals and John Morton’s filthy guitar style were a disgrace. Somehow though it all works magnificently, tracks like “You’re Full Of Shit” leave the listener in no doubt which side of the fence they were on. The best compilation to get is The Eyeball Of Hell on Scat. That covers pretty much everything as an introduction. For anyone a bit braver, there’s also a live set on Those Were Different Times.
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