Band: No Trend

[a leg plaster]

Hey, I just smoked a cigar to my current MP3 player's extent full of No Trend. Sure, the least popular aspect of this band comes off of their later albums... But fuck me if they aren't great songs after all. 'Choc-O-Jet' is one of my favorites off of their later albums. Here's to hoping that the reissues come sooner rather than later.

It kills me that I'm one of the few in the world that likes Tritonian Nash-Vegas... as much as I do.

[Bill Swansea]

Useful little read: http://nypress.com/no-trend-didnt-just- ... core-fans/

(And inspiring too!)

If they were British they'd have been idolised in that 80s noise scene, I think.

[AnthonyVillalobos]

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(And inspiring too!)

If they were British they'd have been idolised in that 80s noise scene, I think.

We're spoiled (and much like the British) up our own asses about what deserves praise with bands like this over here in the States.

They're a great band, and it seems to be the running theme that a band this good will usually reap the benefits or see their due about 20 years down the line in countries like this and the UK.


No Trend are fucking phenomenal.

[SecondEdition]

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(And inspiring too!)

If they were British they'd have been idolised in that 80s noise scene, I think.

OrthodoxEaster wrote that.

[Bill Swansea]

Useful little read: http://nypress.com/no-trend-didnt-just- ... core-fans/

(And inspiring too!)

If they were British they'd have been idolised in that 80s noise scene, I think.

OrthodoxEaster wrote that.

Awesome! Well done sir.

Also, I love this artwork:

[Dr. Geek]

Is that the "new" release?

[Bill Swansea]

It's the cover of the first EP isn't it? I wonder who drew it.

[Dr. Geek]

Ahh, okay. You're right.

Reminds me of Pettibon, but I seriously doubt he did it.

[Bill Swansea]

It reminds me of a 2000 AD artist I can't quite place, but whoever that person is certainly didn't do it either.

EDIT: Ah ha, answer here: http://www.discogs.com/No-Trend-Teen-Lo ... ase/924006

I don't think it's that Jim Jones.

[a leg plaster]

It's the cover of the first EP isn't it? I wonder who drew it.

It's the cover of both the Teen Love releases, the first was a 7" with three songs, the second was a 12" with four songs and different recordings of the previous three. Correct me if I'm wrong but the artwork is done by Jim Jones aka Frankenberry aka Frank Price, the original guitarist of No Trend.

Glad his NY Press article is still up! I looked for it a few months back and I swear the link was broken.

[Dr. Geek]

Now I need to find a copy of that 12"...

[a leg plaster]

Now I need to find a copy of that 12"...

Ughhh... They don't come cheap...



Worth it in the end, of course.

When my hours go up this Summer, the 7" is what I'm hunting for. It's better anyway.

[Dr. Geek]

Found a ripped copy. Sa-weeet.

[Bill Swansea]

I've been playing it all day. I find it hilarious, it's great.

[a leg plaster]

I've been playing it all day. I find it hilarious, it's great.

Both the records rule and should not be ignored, but the pessimist in me prefers the (often mentioned on this forum, by myself) slower, more menacing version of Cancer and the more hilarious deadpan delivery Jeff has on the first version of Teen Love, both of which are found on the 7". The additional lyrics for the title track on the 12" are neat, but the song loses some of its hilariousness and power with me on it for some reason. Frank's guitar work on both versions of Cancer is just the most brilliantly fucked up thing ever. Love it.

[OrthodoxEaster]

Been in Korea for some weeks. Here till around June 1. Not checking in too often.

Too Many Humans, Teen Love, and perhaps the rest of the NT catalog will be reissued by Blast First Petite. Format and date still TBD. Jeff Mentges moves glacially and is fairly hard to gauge, to say the least. But it WILL happen. I'll be coordinating it in some capacity.

Awesome! Well done sir.

Thanks, man.

the pessimist in me prefers the (often mentioned on this forum, by myself) slower, more menacing version of Cancer

Me, too. And yes, you are correct. Frank drew the covers of the 7" EP (entitled Skin Shedding Snake People... ); the 12" EP (entitled Teen Love w/re-recodings of the 7" plus two extra tunes); and the compilation CD on Teen Beat (entitled Teen Love: The Early Months and technically a bootleg sanctioned only by a disgrunted early drummer). The latter release features the band's first demo (two of the same songs as the 7") plus poor early live stuff from before they learned how to play.

The "slow" version of "Cancer" is not on the first 7" EP, however. It appears only on the original demo, the Teen Beat CD, and the No Trend UK compilation LP When Death Won't Solve Your Problem. For the original 7", the band used the demo versions of "Teen Love" and "Mass Sterilization" but they were unsatisfied w/"Cancer" and opted to re-record it. This exclusive version has never been reissued and it falls somewhere between the 7" and 12" versions.

ATTN NO TREND FANS: Frank Price's post-NT band, Mission for Christ, will be the subject of a fantastic new CD, provisionally entitled 2 Jews, a Black, a Woman and a Cripple, out this summer on Finland's Ektro Records label. I acted as reissue coordinator and wrote the liner notes. Frank doesn't play on the CD (he joined the band in its final months and that studio session is lost) but MFC's only 7", "Pennies From Hell," released by No Trend Records in 1984, is featured along w/30 minutes of previously unissued material that will definitely appeal to any and all NT enthusiasts. Coming this summer, keep your eyes on this page:

ektrorecords.com

[Verge of Light]

Too Many Humans, Teen Love, and perhaps the rest of the NT catalog will be reissued by Blast First Petite. Format and date still TBD. Jeff Mentges moves glacially and is fairly hard to gauge, to say the least. But it WILL happen. I'll be coordinating it in some capacity.

This is the best news I've heard in ages. Thank you OrthodoxEaster!

[FuzzBob]

Too Many Humans, Teen Love, and perhaps the rest of the NT catalog will be reissued by Blast First Petite. Format and date still TBD. Jeff Mentges moves glacially and is fairly hard to gauge, to say the least. But it WILL happen. I'll be coordinating it in some capacity.

This is the best news I've heard in ages. Thank you OrthodoxEaster!

+1

[a leg plaster]

"Skin-shedding “snake people”
the Man who gave birth
Humans with horns
Famed giants and dwarfs
The woman with 52 lb breast
Hideous cannibal rites
A 169 year old man
Siamese twins who married
The “leopard” family & much more!"

[SecondEdition]

Seriously looking forward to buying this.