Flex Your Head 21: The Blood Brothers - ‘Burn, Piano Island, Burn’
On episode 21 of the Flex Your Head special episodes, host Jason Schreurs welcomes back his friend Donald Kennedy. Together, they try to make sense of The Blood Brothers' 'Burn, Piano Island, Burn'. This truly bizarre album was poised for something big, yet was too unapproachable and downright oddball to be appreciated by "normal" people. Good thing we're not normal because this album is a classic in all it's snotty, off-kilter weirdo-ness.
Featured song clips:
The Blood Brothers - "Guitarmy" from Burn, Piano Island, Burn (ArtistDirect/BMG, 2003)
The Blood Brothers - "USA Nails" from Burn, Piano Island, Burn (ArtistDirect/BMG, 2003)
The Locust - "Recyclable Body Fluids In Human Form" from Plague Soundscapes (ANTI- Records, 2003)
The Blood Brothers - "Cecilia and the Silhouette Saloon" from Burn, Piano Island, Burn (ArtistDirect/BMG, 2003)
Mukilteo Fairies – "Oly Latent Boys" from Closet Check 7" (Outpunk Records, 1994)
The Blood Brothers - "Fucking's Greatest Hits" from Burn, Piano Island, Burn (ArtistDirect/BMG, 2003)
The Blood Brothers - "Ambulance vs. Ambulance" from Burn, Piano Island, Burn (ArtistDirect/BMG, 2003)
The Blood Brothers - "Burn, Piano Island, Burn" from Burn, Piano Island, Burn (ArtistDirect/BMG, 2003)
The Blood Brothers - "Fucking's Greatest Hits" live at UC Berkeley Campus (2004)
The Blood Brothers - "The Salesman, Denver Max" from Burn, Piano Island, Burn (ArtistDirect/BMG, 2003)
The Blood Brothers - "The Shame" from Burn, Piano Island, Burn (ArtistDirect/BMG, 2003)
About this podcast:
Flex Your Head is a spinoff of the Scream Therapy podcast where host Jason Schreurs welcomes a guest each episode to discuss a classic punk album.
The main Scream Therapy podcast explores the link between punk rock and mental health. My guests are members of the underground music scene who are living with mental health challenges, like myself.
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Intro/background music clips:
Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" from The Buzz of a Buzzless Situation
Minor Threat - "12XU" (originally by Wire) from V/A - Flex Your Head (Dischord Records, 1982)
