| Brutal Juice was one of the loudest and most outrageous groups of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex scene of the early 1990s that also included the Toadies and Hagfish. However, the group was, in the eyes of many critics, a calculated smart bomb that would blow up at just the right moment. The group centered around gutiarist/vocalist/songwriter Gordon Gibson, whose surreal songs rotated around relationships, mutilation, sex, aliens and philosophy. With the band's lineup solidified around bassist/soundman Sam McCall, lead guitarist Ted Wood, drummer Ben Burt and their primary focus in singer/screamer/noisemaker Craig Welch, the Denton-based band built a following around the Metroplex, and released singles such as "Rock Town." Their bizarre live shows, which featured the self-immolating Welch performing all sorts of Iggy Pop/G.G. Allin-esque antics, lent plenty of visuals to songs such as "Cannibal Holocaust" and "Burpgun," a song told from a hired assassin's point of view. Their demo tape "How Tasty Was My Little Timmy?" got them notice outside of Texas, and Jello Biafra's Alternative Tentacles released a single of "Cannibal Holocaust." The group later got signed to Interscope Records in their signing frenzy of signing Dallas area bands. Their debut LP "Mutilation Makes Idenfication Difficult," an amalgam of punk, metal, thrash, grindcore and noise was a commercial flop, but a huge critical success. The radical album featured most of their concert favorites along with new tunes, such as "The Vaginals (Pretty on the Inside)" and the trashy, hilarious "Kathy Rigby." The band broke up in 1997, but reunited sporadically for one-off gigs. |
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