THE EAT "It's Not The Eat, It's The Humidity" (2xLP) (rare KBD punk)

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The Eat

It's Not The Eat, It's The Humidity

Format: 2xLP

Record Label: Alternative Tentacles

Condition: New

* Double album - includes a digital download code
* Like many early punk pioneers The Eat operated in a near-total vacuum. This time in that infamous cesspool of clueless retirees and moronic sun worshippers known as South Florida. Their classic 7"s were rare and sought after from the moment they came out, distribution was nil, most were given away at shows and crushed on the spot, some even wound up lining parrot cages. As a result, Communist Radio and God Punishes The Eat are some of the most sought after and obscenely expensive Killed By Death items on eBay. The band's angle on the world has a lot to do with this. Political concerns like "Communist Radio", "Nut Cops", "Kneecappin'" and "Nixon's Binoculars." Environmental awareness like "Manatee Smacker," "M80 Ant Death" and "Living Like A Pig", and numerous celebrations of that seedy Florida lifestyle like "Catholic Love", "Silly Drug Songs", "Money For The Police" and "Psychotic McHale's Navy." The Eat reappeared sporadically clear through the mid-'90s, yet still seemed unaware how wide their cult and notoriety had spread, especially among people who've never actually heard them. So now everyone can! Both early 7"s are here, the dropouts in the five God Punishes songs fixed up at last, followed by the entire Scattered Wahoo Action cassette album and all the unreleased songs from their aborted Hialeah album that was chopped down to their third and final 7". Sound is top-floor melodic punk 'n' roll, sort of a sped-up Real Kids with rock-bottom Angry Samoans-style lyrics.
* Track Listing: Communist Radio / Catholic Love / Jimmie B. Goode / Dr. TV / Silly Drug Songs / Nut Cop / Kneecappin' / Party Line / Living Like A Pig / Mary Mary / Hey Jackass / Sub-Human / Nixon's Binoculars / I Led Two Lives / Ballbusters On Parade / Open Man / She's Pissed Off / Get Me High / Young Guy / One Call To Cuba / Shoes Shoes Shoes / Mr. Brown / Manatee Smacker / Dream Of Yogi / Money For The Police / Octopus / Psychotic McHale's Navy / Search My Car / M80 Ant Death / Hialeah