Huntsman Hill

Mike introduces the boys to one of his favorite records of 2022, a light listen through topics ranging from homelessness, drug addiction and serial killers. The album closes with suicidal thoughts prompted by a beloved McDonald’s mascot and the episode was appropriately recorded on Friday the 13th which happens to be the subject of track three “Pamela” which imagines what Mrs. Vorhees life might of been like prior to the death of her son Jason. Enjoy!   Recommended Listening   HHPP Playlist Track: “Anywhere”  https://open.spotify.com/track/1outT7T0CQn6WyTJOPSrt4?si=908832e18a5245ec   HHPP Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ

Glenn hosts our lively conversation about the Naples Florida punk band’s major label debut. The hooks are big and the messages are clear (maybe too clear) but how does this breakthrough LP hold up almost twenty years after its release? We discuss.    HHPP Playlist Track: “Up the Cuts”  https://open.spotify.com/track/3H1ehVh38MFVJ9hRV5l7u8?si=d2f49bf7e43f46be   HHPP Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ44?si=waSq07DBQlq3x9G1_nK0pg   Contact us at:  huntsmanhillpodcast@gmail.com   Our Music manhuntsman:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/7tFBWn0UFkdOEMf67TRD6W?si=vzllkbDwSEmfZFlj02GLRw Academy O.C:  https://academyoc.bandcamp.com/album/academy-o-c   Omertà 68:  https://op

The latest (and apparently last) studio album from the LA legends is a worthy addition to their catalog. It’s filled with everything we’ve come to love from the band since their debut almost forty years ago. John and Exene’s autobiographical lyrics, Billy Zoom’s unmistakable tempo drenched Gretsch and DJ’s Bonebrake’s splashy hi-hat all shine across ten bangers that speed by at a brisk 29 minutes. We've dedicated more episodes to X than to any other band (six including the to great Knitter’s first LP) and this won’t be the last.     Recommended Listening   X on the HHPP:   EP3: "Wild Gift” https://huntsmanhill.com/2016/11/23/64/   EP86: “Los Angeles” https://huntsmanhill.com/2019/01/22/ep86-x-los-angeles/   EP121: “Alphabetland”

We love Fugazi. “Yeah, it’s totally cool.”    Recommended Listening:    EP59: Fugazi “Repeater”  https://huntsmanhill.com/2018/04/19/ep59-fugazi-repeater/   HHPP Playlist Tracks:  “Suggestion” https://open.spotify.com/track/6eD7yC9Z7pLlmF3D0cdBdE?si=9c046854cbfc4cce “Glue Man”  https://open.spotify.com/track/2WVG1KwQDfGbdItg55ScQL?si=7ee6edf7daf64a0d   HHPP Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ44?si=waSq07DBQlq3x9G1_nK0pg   Contact us at:  huntsmanhillpodcast@gmail.com   Our Music manhuntsman:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/7tFBWn0UFkdOEMf67TRD6W?si=vzllkbDwSEmfZFlj02GLRw Academy O.C:  https://academyoc.bandcamp.com/album/academy-o-c   Omertà 68:  https://open.sp

This episode takes us back to the late eighties to discuss our favorite albums from the years that we each graduated from high school. It’s a fun conversation about the records that have held up all these later and how our musical tastes have evolved over the subsequent years. It’s also a stark reminder of how old we are. Happy graduation!   Recommended Listening:    EP1: Jane’s Addiction  https://huntsmanhill.com/2016/11/16/blog-post-title/   EP13: The Smiths “The Queen is Dead”  https://huntsmanhill.com/2017/02/20/ep13-the-smiths-the-queen-is-dead/   EP16: Naked Raygun - Complete Discography  https://huntsmanhill.com/2017/03/12/ep16-naked-raygun-complete-discography/   EP17: Public Enemy “It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold

Our old pal Patrick joins us to discuss how well the SoCal band’s debut holds up 42 years after its release.    Recommended Listening:    EP60: Bad Religion “Suffer” https://huntsmanhill.com/2018/04/29/ep60-bad-religion-suffer/   HHPP Playlist Track: “In the Night”  https://open.spotify.com/track/2xFJ6xaHnRMdqVZCJGTLK8?si=443882f5de0a4008   HHPP Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ44?si=waSq07DBQlq3x9G1_nK0pg   Contact us at:  huntsmanhillpodcast@gmail.com   Our Music manhuntsman:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/7tFBWn0UFkdOEMf67TRD6W?si=vzllkbDwSEmfZFlj02GLRw Academy O.C:  https://academyoc.bandcamp.com/album/academy-o-c   Omertà 68:  https://open.spotify.com/artis

Dave Lutes returns for part three of the Cure’s original "Dark Trilogy.” A great conversation about how Pornography (so to speak) introduced Dave to his wife and may have been a precursor to both the Industrial and Shoegaze subgenres of Alternative Rock.      Recommended Listening:    HHPP EP189: “Seventeen Seconds” https://open.spotify.com/episode/04GUTWqC9yeWC0D0F4GHaL?si=0ef249d57616499d HHPP EP223: “Faith” https://open.spotify.com/episode/5WKDl0XWuN63RXQGgaoKgt?si=107454438e714b64   Movie “Trilogy” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbpM2pXx4d0   HHPP Playlist Track: "The Figurehead” https://open.spotify.com/track/5A9GVNVIUh0gCakvycu2BM?si=d85c48f315274b91   HHPP Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/

Glenn returns from Columbia for Take two for our One Hit Wonders lost episode. It's a highly entertaining conversation about some bands that are long forgotten and their songs that never will be.    RIP Mr. Polanco    HHPP Spotify Tracks:   Fastball “The Way,”  https://open.spotify.com/track/7IsEXPk6qqt30FfQv4SZMa?si=55365de3ebca4f21 Icicle Works “Whisper to a Scream”  https://open.spotify.com/track/1uiktZkzFSVDhp7i73faz2?si=3c178274ba104d0e The Vapors “Turning Japanese" https://open.spotify.com/track/1MANhf0nwr6gFwsRJMeDbr?si=f77e18a4ba0c4bf1   Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ44?si=waSq07DBQlq3x9G1_nK0pg   Contact us at:  huntsmanhillpodcast@gmail.com   huntsmanhill.com instagram.com/huntsmanhill https://twitter.com/HuntsmanHill   Our Music manhuntsman:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/7tFBWn0UFkdOEMf67TRD6W?si=vzllkbDwSEmfZFlj02GLRw Academy O.C:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Jm1I3dIxp16wsC

Just as soon as Ronnie James Dio returned to Black Sabbath for the Dehumanizer record, he just as quickly departed again to make room (also again) for the return of Tony Martin. Given the spottiness (to be generous) of previous Martin led Sabbath albums we were skeptical and not necessarily excited about diving into Cross Purposes however, our concerns were quickly alleviated. From Track One / Side One, "I Witness” on, the might and heaviness of Black Sabbath is back and there is now a seemingly newly discovered restraint in Martin’s vocal performance. Most of it all, Cross Purposes sounds like a capital “S" Sabbath album. While the constant across every album is Tony Iommi, the constant across all the great to good Sabbath albums is Geezer Butler. The Geez is the special Sabbath sauce!     

While Seattle had Nirvana and Olympia had Sleater-Kinney, Issaquah Washington had it’s own great 90’s power trio in Modest Mouse, a band of weirdos who had a kick-ass rhythm section with chops for days and a singer/songwriter in guitarist Issac Brock, that had the perfect lisp-ridden voice to convey his stories of suburban America's dark decay with equal measure anger, frustration and disappointment. Their 1997 sophomore LP is arguably their creative peak, each song sounding more vital and urgent than the next. They would go to build a discography of great releases but nothing ever quite reached the consistent heights of The Lonesome Crowded West.      Recommended Listening   Movie Pitchfork Classic: Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West https://youtu.be/G33AcZzZ0pM?si=oEt0P0pbSMJy4-7t   HHPP Spotify Track:  “Cowboy Dan” https://open.spotify.com/track/5A0iajc7nhlZv9tGDHqZya?si=acfac00ecdaa4f8a   Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220

As a follow up to episode 264 when we discussed “Unknown Pleasures,” Rod hosts a conversation about Joy Division’s sophomore and final release. One of very few bands to release back to back classics and to have a perfect .1000 batting average. As amazing as their first record is, one could argue that “Closer” is even better. We do.   HHPP Spotify Track:  “A Means To An End” https://open.spotify.com/track/3sAsM39lExnrDY9R3NCNh2?si=71f6129c055041ef   Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ44?si=waSq07DBQlq3x9G1_nK0pg   Contact us at:  huntsmanhillpodcast@gmail.com   huntsmanhill.com instagram.com/huntsmanhill https://twitter.com/HuntsmanHill   Our Music manhuntsman:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/7tFBWn0UFkdOEMf67TRD6W?si=vzllkbDwSEmfZFlj02GLRw Academy O.C:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Jm1I3dIxp16wsCfk9B5PH?si=zhLlbMfxSeWkbE4h-OkzdQ Omertà 68:   https://open.spotify.com/artist/6dfiCa0qTlbPQUrqtIkSt

We finally got to Athens!  Recommended Listening   HHPP Spotify Track:   “Radio Free Europe” https://open.spotify.com/track/46dGFTD918NMz1IP1rPJXO?si=8608658638b040cb   Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ44?si=waSq07DBQlq3x9G1_nK0pg   Contact us at:  huntsmanhillpodcast@gmail.com   huntsmanhill.com instagram.com/huntsmanhill https://twitter.com/HuntsmanHill   Our Music manhuntsman:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/7tFBWn0UFkdOEMf67TRD6W?si=vzllkbDwSEmfZFlj02GLRw Academy O.C:  https://academyoc.bandcamp.com/album/academy-o-c   Omertà 68:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/6dfiCa0qTlbPQUrqtIkStS?si=6SCjNtXbSO2xRBDuBKJelQ Mid City Three:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/2LW7wWSHd9bi3n3Q5N8i35?si=aVFU0HdnRzqI1UOTAfc-ig

Ronnie James Dio returns and Sabbath is Black again!     Recommended Listening:    San Frannsicso Motorcycle Club  https://www.sf-mc.org/   HHPP Playlist Track: Buried Alive  https://open.spotify.com/track/5wpU8C6ImThofG0J7C9cXU?si=e793163f449f4d57   HHPP Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ44?si=waSq07DBQlq3x9G1_nK0pg   Contact us at:  huntsmanhillpodcast@gmail.com   Our Music manhuntsman:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/7tFBWn0UFkdOEMf67TRD6W?si=vzllkbDwSEmfZFlj02GLRw Academy O.C:  https://academyoc.bandcamp.com/album/academy-o-c   Omertà 68:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/6dfiCa0qTlbPQUrqtIkStS?si=6SCjNtXbSO2xRBDuBKJelQ MidCityThree:  https://open.spotify.com/a

Steve Albini was one of a kind. As a songwriter and musician in his bands Big Black, Rapeman and Shellac he made aggressive, uncompromising music with biting songs about the darkest side of the human experience. As an audio engineer he recorded pivotal albums for the likes of Nirvana, Pixies and PJ Harvey and worked with thousands of others covering every genre conceivable and changing the sound of modern music forever. He was a small business owner, a poker champion, a husband, a brother and a son. He was opinionated, sarcastic, hilarious and in recent years, self reflective. He died suddenly and unexpectedly at the far too young age of 61, while at work, doing a job that he often compared to a plumbers, a blue collar gig that required dedication, commitment and a tireless work ethic. It just so happened that Steve Albini’s daily grind changed all of our lives. RIP Mr. Albini, you will be missed.    Recommended Listening   Shellac “To All Trains” https://open.spotify.com/album/09SFqMvmXLpfG62LjeSorU?si=CXxw

While still nowhere near the sound of classic Sabbath, “Tyr" is the closest we’ve been since "The Mob Rules." If nothing else, the 1990 sound of the band was unique from what other guitar driven bands were doing at the time. It’s not the Pixies or Jane’s Addiction or Bad Brains or Alice in Chains and it’s certainly not Cannibal Corpse, each of whom released significant records that same year. What it is is a band that sounds fully in belief of the music that they’re making and along with Bathory’s “Hammerheart,” also released in 1990, it could be argued that “Tyr” helps invent Viking Metal (for better or worse).   Recommended Listening:    Khrunagbin “Hasta El Cielo” https://open.spotify.com/album/0CCC2ksZMrvRVXf9F1NADZ?si=WUk4n6zbRC6au_ANIsYQnQ   Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ44?si=waSq07DBQlq3x9G1_nK0pg   Contact us at:  huntsmanhillpodcast@gmail.com   Our Music manhuntsman:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/7tFBWn0UFkdOEMf67TRD6W?si=vzllk

Max Cavalera has been audibly pissed since the 1985 release of Sepultura’s debut EP “Bestial Devastation” (and probably before). His mood has not improved in the years since. From Nailbomb to Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy to Killer Be Killed, every project the Brazilian guitarist/songwriter/shouter has been involved with has loudly had more than its fair share of vitriol. Maybe forming a band with his son would calm the 54 year old. Maybe, but then they opted to call the project Go Ahead and Die and write songs called “Truckload of Bodies.” I guess the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Same old Discharge loving Max.  Fuck yes!  Recommended Listening   EP169:  Discharge “Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing” https://huntsmanhill.com/2022/02/06/ep169-discharge-hear-nothing-see-nothing-say-nothing/   HHPP Spotify Track:  "Drug-O-Cop" https://open.spotify.com/track/18GlFhUte9Rdqax6WtlIx2?si=5b4ddd20f54347ce   Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.co

Today, Henry Rollins is a humorous spoken word performer and author but the Henry Rollins of old was mostly just angry.  Very, very angry.  First with DC punk outfit SOA and then as Black Flag’s fourth singer, Mr Rollins could barely contain his testosterone fueled rage and both bands benefitted.  Once Black Flag disbanded, Rollins went solo for a couple of releases before forming Rollins Band and releasing their debut LP.  Never has Hank been angrier, more embarrassingly “poetic" or more hilarious.    RIP Joe Cole    HHPP Spotify Track:  Burned Beyond Recognition  https://open.spotify.com/track/2qpyVhFmAWv58PPwQ2ss5s?si=f5ffee7960374933   Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ44?si=waSq07DBQlq3x9G1_nK0pg   Contact us at:  huntsmanhillpodcast@gmail.com   huntsmanhill.com instagram.com/huntsmanhill https://twitter.com/HuntsmanHill   Our Music manhuntsman:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/7tFBWn0UFkdO

The first Motörhead release without Fast Eddie Clarke and the only to include his replacement, ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian Robertson could have been a disaster.  Instead, it’s Another Perfect Day.  Lemmy's rasp and bass roar remain in tack as does Filthy Phil’s frenetic pounding, and while Fast Eddie’s speedy riffing is missed, in it’s place are Robertson’s newly welcomed guitar melodies that add another dimension to the ferocity of the patented Motörhead sound.  The band would soon return to their meat and potatoes approach but the outlier that is APD remains a bright stop in their glorious catalog.     RIP Lemmy RIP Fast Eddie RIP Filthy Phil    Recommended Listening:    EP134:  Motörhead “Ace of Spades” https://huntsmanhill

The shadow(play) of this band and this record in particular, looms large.  From its iconic cover to the deification of singer Ian Curtis after his suicide shortly after the albums release to their transformation into the stadium filling New Order afterward, everything about Joy Division feels big and important.  But what about the music itself?  Sure it influenced everyone from The Cure to U2, Tears For fears to Interpol but does it hold up on its own merits in 2024?  We dig into the fading new dawn and attempt to remember everything.    Recommended Listening   HHPP Spotify Track:  Shadowplay  https://open.spotify.com/track/4ZuC5MfGjRQs3pZtPxqMYP?si=ba5d22e63b474e3e   Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ44?si=waSq07DBQlq3x9G1_nK0pg   Contact us at:  huntsmanhillpodcast@gmail.com   huntsmanhill.com instagram.com/huntsmanhill https://twitter.com/HuntsmanHill   Our Music manhuntsman:   https://open.spot

Outside of Black Sabbath and the Ramones, it’s hard to imagine a band more influential to Alternative music than Wire. Without their first three albums, 80’s Post Punk & College Rock, 90’s Shoegaze & Brit Pop and the indie rock of 2000’s would have all sounded completely different and early 80’s Hardcore maybe never exists.  Their 1977 debut is simultaneously a totem of its time and entirely timeless. Pink Flag's songs span just over thirty five minutes and there’s nary a wasted second with every note spawning a new genre / inspiring a new band.  We dive deep.  Flex your head.    Recommended Listening   EP41:  Gang of Four “Entertainment’  https://huntsmanhill.com/2017/10/02/ep41-gang-of-four-entertainment/   EP209:  Television “Marquee Moon”  https://huntsmanhill.com/2023/02/12/ep209-television-marquee-moon/   “Whore:  Various Artists Play Wire” https://www.discogs.com/release/101972-Various-Whore-Various-Artists-Play-Wire   HHPP Spotify Track:  “Fr