Anyway, forgive my nostalgia trip, back to God's Balls. God's Balls is the debut album by the alternative rock band TAD. The God's Balls deluxe edition is as good a place as any to start delving into the incendiary and occasionally debauched world of Tad. Balls God Fictional Characters Dios Allah The Lord. which is a real shame because they had their own sound. Mudhoney - "Superfuzz Bigmuff", Nirvana - "Bleach" and Tad - "God's Balls", these are the quintessential Seattle grunge records for me, heavily rotated by John Peel on his legendary show, never equaled for heaviness or atmosphere. Rated #511 in the best albums of 1989. One of the first bands to sign to Sub Pop, Tad released their debut, God’s Balls in 1989. Bleach, Superfuzz Bigmuff and Gods Balls - the Holy Trinity of grunge. Featured peformers: Tad Doyle (vocals, guitar), Gary Thorstensen (guitar), Kurt Danielson (bass), Steve Wied (drums), Jack Endino (recording engineer), Carol Hibbs (mastering), Art Chantry (design), Charles Peterson (photography). Follow @genius on Twitter for updates I do not own the rights to this song or any other song on my channel so don't sue me. God's Balls is the debut album of Seattle band TAD, which was released in 1989. "http":"https";t.getElementById(r)||(n=t.createElement(e),n.id=r,n.src=i+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js",s.parentNode.insertBefore(n,s))}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); SHIPPING NOTE! And Doyle delivered his songs with a gusto that made the lie that he was some half-bright lumberjack with a violent streak seem fairly plausible. Alternative Metal. Out of stock. 30 years ago today, Seattle rock kingpins Sub Pop released God’s Balls, the debut LP by the mighty TAD, the monstrous quartet fronted by its man-mountain namesake Tad Doyle. Length: 40 min 24 sec. TAD › God's Balls (reissue) Embed TAD. Though the lyrics were clearly meant to be tongue in cheek, the degenerate caricatures of "Behemoth," "Tuna Car," and "Cyanide Bath" were grim enough to pass for clippings from some especially irresponsible tabloid. When the grunge scene was incubating in the Pacific Northwest during the '80s, it often seemed like an outsized response to the increasing polish of alternative rock and the rarely acknowledged influence of primal hard rock and metal. Format: gatefold LP + poster + MP3 download code Cat: SP 1177 Released: 04 Nov 16 Genre: Indie. //, Genius is down for a quick minute (clicking “refresh” might help), Requested URL: genius.com/albums/Tad/Gods-balls, User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/84.0.4147.89 Safari/537.36. So Sub Pop have stepped up to the mark! This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. God’s Balls, TAD’s punishing, noise-drenched debut album, was recorded with Jack Endino at Reciprocal Recording in Seattle in 1988, and released early the following year. Its a heavy, grungey, sweaty, raw monster (I imagine Leatherface and family from Texas Chainsaw to be fans, spinning it at one of their 'BBQs'!) [CDATA[ While cut fast on a low budget, producer Jack Endino gave God's Balls a sound that was suitably overpowering, and at a time and place where dirty and heavy were the coin of the realm, Tad's debut album stood out as the biggest sound in town, and it still levels nearly all the competition. and Tad never did get the recognition they deserved (perhaps lost under the explosion of Nirvana?) Drummer Steve Wied pummeled his kit like a brontosaurus, laying down a beat that was up to the scale of the guitars, and Kurt Danielson's thick, bulbous basslines gave the music a sonic floor strong enough to support the rest. God’s Balls, TAD’s punishing, noise-drenched debut album, was recorded with Jack Endino at Reciprocal Recording in Seattle in 1988, and released early the following year. !function(t,e,r){var n,s=t.getElementsByTagName(e)[0],i=/^http:/.test(t.location)? German Glitterhouse GR 0051, nice copy. $17.57 Email me if this price drops. God's Balls, an Album by Tad. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1989 Vinyl release of God's Balls on Discogs. Subgenres. It was released in 1989 on Sub Pop and re-released in 2016 as a deluxe edition. Anyway, forgive my nostalgia trip, back to God's Balls. Mudhoney - "Superfuzz Bigmuff", Nirvana - "Bleach" and Tad - "God's Balls", these are the quintessential Seattle grunge records for me, heavily rotated by John Peel on his legendary show, never equaled for heaviness or atmosphere. Anyway, forgive my nostalgia trip, back to God's Balls. 11 tracks (40:14). We finally got our collective shit together and the long-unavailable, classic discography of beloved and iconic Seattle band, TAD – God’s Balls (1989), Salt Lick (1990), 8-Way Santa (1991), and assorted singles from the band’s 1988-1992 run – will finally receive the deluxe reissue treatment. from Gods Balls. Mudhoney - "Superfuzz Bigmuff", Nirvana - "Bleach" and Tad - "God's Balls", these are the quintessential Seattle grunge records for me, heavily rotated by John Peel on his legendary show, never equaled for heaviness or atmosphere. which is a real shame because they had their own sound. Seattle band TAD have announced reissues of their first three albums—1989’s God’s Balls, 1990’s Salt Lick, and 1991’s 8-Way Santa.They’re all out November 4 via Sub Pop. Listen to God's Balls by Tad on VIBBIDI - Browse every single Songs, Tracklists, Music Videos, Remixes, Fan Covers, Live Performances, Tours, Playlists, Lyrics, Narrative Stories, News & more for free! 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