Yes,it all happened 35 years ago,around this time,and right off the top here,I would like to tell all of you,SLUGGISHA TAPES will be celebrating FOR A FULL YEAR!, until next year's 36th anniversary,with lots of new releases and bands,re uploads,and fresh uploads ,including all media formats,print,video,audio......never yet exposed online,ever,anywhere!! Also an all new volume #15 of SLUGGISHA'S XMASTRAVAGANZA,( https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61580120092040 ), for the 2025 season!! (also here is the Xmastravaganza bandcamp page with tons of the best xmas music you never heard!! ( https://sluggishasxmastravaganza.bandcamp.com/music ) Next year ,2026 ,will also be a banner year for NOISEKILLR , Sluggisha's longest running project,which started up raising a ruckus ,back in the good ol days of 1986, NOISEKILLR will be 40 years old,starting out 4 years before the launch of Sluggisha as a label,which was created to showcase my bands and projects,and that of my friends,here in the USA ,and abroad! NOISEKILLR has been waiting for 2026,to unleash one new release ,every day for the entire year!! Many sessions are already recorded,art is done,(and some has been shown on the NOISEKILLR facebook page ,..... ( https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61570273493831 why not join today?? ) ,and he is ready to rip out a ton more,video,audio,dreams,and art! WGOD ,my music podcast,which started out as a series of mixtapes around the time of Sluggisha's launch ,as a place to hear Sluggisha bands,and punk,metal,and other styles of modern music,and eventually my buddy,Doug Shannon,a dj at a local oldies station,gave me a small transmitter,to broadcast pirate radio music shows in my local area over the airwaves! He even made me a couple dozen drops and liners ,intros and outros,for my little diy radio staton,WGOD!! I continued making new shows into the 2000s ,and lately my younger son has been telling me I need to get the podcast going for real,and bringing the people music they wont hear anywhere else! ( many shows can be found online,youtube,and other outlets!!) There have been so many chapters in the Sluggisha timeline,it's as if seasons have changed multiple times,and I believe we are on an eventual course of the last winter season,( in like 25 years or so,hopefully!!!) ,But I will march thru thick fog til death ,on every front!! In the beginning ,the catalog ,(yes ,Sluggisha Tapes,started out as a mail order cassette tape catalog,serving the world!) ,consisted of new bands I had just started,along with a slew of releases culled from local bands,from the mid to late 1980's!Many bands,and friends passed thru the ranks of Sluggisha,some in bands,some doing art,some promoting shows,others just hanging out.So many things have changed through time,many rumors and lies have been perpetrated ,and foisted upon me and my little label that could.I can assure you,none of what you've heard about me,as far as bad things meant to slander me,are at all true.In these days,you must have proof,and there is none against me or any of my bands or my label.On a happier note,though,I remember the salad days ,(and the downtown Ft. Myers club,"Salad Days"), and fondly look back in amazement and wonder how I pulled it all off! When I listen back to any of my old recordings ,or anything on the Sluggisha label,I can pinpoint that moment when I first heard it,and/or recorded it,or wrote it,and every time I listen back,I am truly in disbelief,as to how great I was in my time,every song is a hit to me.Even the new stuff I been doing over the past 10 years ,sounds so great to me,I.m astonished that I did that,I made a great song,or a great piece of art.So many people have helped me and hindered me into some of my finest musical moments.Politics suck ,I lost so many friends over the past 10 years,some new friends ,but mostly old friends ,going back 20,30,even 40 years,over something so trivial and stupid.But this 35th anniversary ,will be a renewal,a cleansing,a fresh start for the label ,Sluggisha Tapes. I am trying to get my late cousin's bands unreleased 2nd LP from 1984 ,pressed and out there for everyone to experience for themselves,it is great ,in a limited pressingand you can pre-order a copy on 12 inch vinyl now!! ( https://sluggishatapes.bandcamp.com/album/erebus ) it will be Sluggisha's first ever record pressed ,(not including the split label 7 inch i put out in 2012,with WCFOOM Records) ,and hopefully the beginning of a new chapter in the Sluggisha catalog which will continue ,with more vinyl pressings in the future.a quick mention of Steven Reed ,who did the Sluggisha cat logo ,and much early artwork for the label,and I am using his art on the Secret Syde LP from 1984,since the original art was lost in a fire,although Ive heard 5 differing stories about who the artist was,and from people claiming to be the artist of the og art in 84.Steve allowed me to use a portion of his work from a much larger piece,for the cover art.Grey Meatballs,Sluggisha's in house artist,and one of my many aliases,did the coloring ang layout for the LP.I was writing a book about Sluggisha Tapes,but unfortunately my publisher,who asked me to write the book,went out of business during covid times.I may just write it right here onto this blog ,and print it one day when i feel ive covered everything! I mean ,just read the blog posts going back to 2008 on this here blog,and you can read about the history of the label,and the bands,and people who were around at different times.The links may be dead for most releases,but starting now ,I will be re-uploading every link,so it can all be heard again..... I have been posting a lot of video on my youtub ( https://youtube.com/@sluggisha?si=7CAmnFOlSmi7NWre ) It is also the 17th birthday of this blog,and Sluggisha's online presence! Between 1997 and the early 2000's ,I got married ,had 2 sons,and finally got back to making music and releasing it,re-awakening the beast!I did a few solo projects in the late 90's into the early 2000's,and eventually started this blog and began uploading all the Sluggisha Tapes catalog ! also started the Sluggisha Tapes youtube page around the same time and began uploading videos,but I have so much more to share,many bands,many shows spanning mostly early to mid 1990s local Ft Myers Florida bands,which is where Sluggisha Tapes and I lived until 1997.Through the catalog,and tape trading ,I met amazing folks like Food Fortunata a/k/a Dave ,from Wheelchair Full of Old Men Records,and in some bands like Sockeye,Fossil Fuel and hundreds more,much like myself! I was doing a solo band around the time I met Dave ,from our respective catalogs of mail order music,called ,Blood Red Oscars ,and I kinda related it to what Dave was doing with Sockeye,and when someone asked what kind of music this was,I replied ,Tardcore! ,usually getting laughs,or looks of terror...so we invented that genre and name,back in 1990.Also met Chachi on Acid from Canada,and they did a compilation release for Sluggisha,and later we did bands together,Colin and me.Also of mention,another mailorder friend was Sean Lambert of Youre Not Normal Records,who was doing amazing things with a bedroom thrash/death sound!my friend Malcolm Tent of the great TPOS records was an early friend,who is still doing great stuff,and playing bass in ANTISEEN at the moment! James von Springspinnen has been a close confidant,and constant compiler of any Sluggisha news or music or blog postings! he saved this here blog,when all links were deleted,he had saved all the posts on data discs,and I have been re upping them,had it almost done a few times,and the clouds I was storing on would delete all links. I use only bandcamp and youtube now for storage and archive purposes,and I hope to be able to upload the complete Sluggisha Tapes legacy,before I die. To leave a lasting reminder of a time that once was,which will never be again,times keep changing,technology keeps growing,and my little diy music label has been moving along thru so much history ,and ups and downs,tradgedies and health scares,births,deaths,and lives wasted.I have no beef with anyone out there,and if you know the real me,you know I am true,loyal,honest,good,and usually stoned.My only wish is for everyone from my past who knows me,get back in touch,and let's keep making music,I'm willing to forgive and forget,any past transgressions,of myself and others,to get past the bullshit,and get back to important stuff ,like making music....fuck politics,fuck lies,and fuck dishonesty ....what about peace,love,and understanding? War ,whats it good for? nothing...say it again! Sluggisha and Wheelchair have done 4 split release together over the years,and Food and I have done a band together ,Z.A.T.H. ( https://zath2.bandcamp.com/ ) for the past 15 years or so,in addition to some one off bands we did one or two songs for on compilations ,etc. ,and through Dave I met Jean-Luc of Thee Epileptic Dragonfly Records (T.E.D. for short),who release a Noisekillr cd and did art,as well as a Z.A.T.H. cd and epcd,and I hope to continue my relationship with his great label! There are still many Sluggisha Tapes releases available for sale,some physical stuff is on the Sluggisha and Z.A.T.H. bandcamps,and I will make a new page soon for past releases,re-releases,and new product available. And anything you see on the blog ,I can probably upload for you,re up the link ,or produce a physical copy ,if that is your desire.I hope to meet new people to do music with,to release new bands on Sluggisha ,and to catch up with all my old friends.If I didnt mention you by name,pardon my idiocy,I am old,61,and I forget more stuff every day ,as new stuff fills the old shelves,and old stuff gets lost in the cranial caviar.After so many years,and doing so many genres and styles of music ,I still get amazed when I listen back to any of my work.I have to end it here,but there is so much more to tell! please join my blog,and all my other sites,and make Sluggisha a household name,where the music you'll hear nowhere else ,comes from! I probably left out 98 percent of the story,and I dont want to offend anyone,but Sluggisha comes from a place of no censors,no politcal correctness,and no borders...all is open to the world of Sluggisha,and Sluggisha is open to the world.stay tuned to this blog,and I will show you much more! thanks friends,fans,celebrity chums,and lovely ladies ,I love you all,and hope to hear from every one of you in the comments!! Thanks again,for 35 years!! (painting by Phillip Champlain ,also the crafter of the Sluggisha Cat Mascot
AI rendering of me today,on Sluggisha's 35th!
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