Foetus Under Glass - Spite Your Face

 

Another early single from 1981, more normal-ish and of-its-time than the singular magnificence he'd compose decades later (culminating with "Hide", easily his greatest album). But it's fun in a Gadgets sort of way. If he'd decided to make more music like this, Foetus would be merely an interesting footnote in post-punk history, rather than forging his own genre and making listeners follow him down dingy corridors of his own design. 

Foetus Under Glass - Spite Your Face 

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You've Got Foetus On Your Breath - Wash It All Off

 

Debut 7" from 1981, certainly not as good as what Foetus would do in the decades after this, but it's a fun little tune (with irritating B-side) of historical interest. 

You've Got Foetus On Your Breath - Wash It All Off

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Garage Monsters - Safari to Mumbooba!

 

Second and final release by this Foetus/The Pizz collaboration, released as a 10" in 1992.

Garage Monsters - Safari to Mumbooba!

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Garage Monsters - Powerhouse!

 

Single-sided 7" from 1990 by a short-lived project by JG Thirlwell (Foetus) with visual artists The Pizz and Buttstain. One side music, other side etching. The song is, as you probably guessed, a cover of the Raymond Scott classic. It also appeared on a Steroid Maximus album, but I'm not sure whether it's the same version or if it was rerecorded.

Garage Monsters - Powerhouse!

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