I don’t have to explain Rapeman to you, do I? Good, because I’m not even going to try. Instead, I’m just going to say, “Enjoy this amazing Rapeman live radio session from ’88 and don’t forget to thank me.” Enjoy this amazing Rapeman live radio session from ’88 and don’t forget to thank me.
You know what? Because I care about you, because I worry that maybe some of you reading this don’t know who Rapeman is, I’m going to let the greatest rock journalist of our time — Mark Prindle — tell you all about the band. Take it away, Mark.
(As I simply cut and paste a paragraph from his website, but pretend I actually know the guy)
“Between Big Black-ack-ack-ack-ack and Shellac-ac-ac-ac-ac, famous record producer Steve Albini led a non-Billy Joel-influenced band called Rapeman. Kind of like Glenn Danzig’s Samhain, this short-lived outfit didn’t quite hit the watermark as often as his first and third bands. But that doesn’t mean they were the worst band ever! I’ll have you know that the drummer was the talented Rey Washam (Big Boys, Scratch Acid, Didjits, Helios Creed) and the bassist was the fellated David Wm. Sims (Scratch Acid, The Jesus Lizard)! So even if Steve was experiencing writer’s block, how bad could the band be? Essentially Rapeman was the developmental middle road between the angry clanging screaming of Big Black and the restrained rhythm-driven Shellac.†– Mark Prindle
Rapeman
WZRD FM Chicago
July 13th, 1988
MediaFire DL Link
01. Radar Love Lizard
02. Marmoset
03. Superpussy
04. Trouser Minnow
05. Coition Ignition Mission
06. Upbeat (instrumental)
07. Hated Chinee
08. Outro
