FISHWIFE – Ritalin
June 11, 2009
Probably best known now as the band that gave birth to Tanner it’s not often you hear mention of Fishwife these days (if at all). Anyone with an affinity for the ‘San Diego’ style may have heard the name but not the music. While not as abrasive or dischordant as Drive Like Jehu, Fishwife are definately cut from the same cloth. The regional trademarks are all in place… the octave chords, high pitched vocals, awkward time signatures… you know the drill by now. ‘Ritalin’ (Headhunter records, 1992) is Fishwife’s second album and was produced by John Reis and the band. They released a third but it is proving very difficult to track a copy down, if anyone here can help please get in touch? Depending on how many folks are interested in ‘Ritalin’ I may post up their first album ‘Snail Killer’ and 7″. Until then, give this fucker a spin:
Fishwife 7″ upped below… Don’t have much more info on it other than it came out in 1990 on Nemesis:
Lastly Fishwife’s first full length ‘Snail Killer’ from 1991.
Final album ‘Poquita Rosada Mona’ (Goldenrod 93):
could you post the 7″ as I cannot find it on any other blogs
upped!
cheers for that!
Here’s the third album http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=b33d8fd7738bf1b1aaca48175a79d1c3e04e75f6e8ebb871
Thanks for that Andy, maybe I’ll put that and Snail Killer up here as a full discog!
It’s crazy how much good music has gone out of print. Even with the internet many good out of print singles and albums are impossible to find. If you are trying to find any other obscure stuff just let me know and I might be able to help. I have been listening to the Hemlock album you posted. I only have 1 early single of theirs. I have been looking for the other 2 albums for ages as well. Again never seen them on any blogs and they’re long out of print. I’m hooked on anything with the San Diego sound from the early to mid nineties. Seemingly there’s endless amounts of obscure bands from that era that I’m yet to discover.
Awesome! Thanks for this. I was wondering if you could post the ‘Snail Killer’ album as well. I’d be very grateful. Cheers!
Oh, and check out my blog when you get a chance:
http://makingtimeforthoughtcrime.blogspot.com/
One of my favorite local bands of the early 90’s. They were AWESOME live- that whole era was an amazing time for SD man…
I used to have Snailkiller (1st reprint) on vinyl and the single… I don’t remember if I had Ritalin on anything but CD- damn its been a long time since I was able to bump those guys… thanks for linking some of their stuff!
Here we go fellas… Snail Killer is upped! Interested to see which one people think is their best?
Ritalin is up but rest is down
Shit.
Having some kind of difficulties with Mediafire…
I will try and get these up as soon as I can
Ok, sorted!
Oh jea, greating´s from germany !
There is still a lot to write on this subject.