TRACKLIST:

 

- 1. HELLO, I LOVE YOU *

1. SOME SONGS

2. SONG #5

3. CHUMP CHANGE

4. SLOW SONG FROM SPLIT 7"

5. UNBELIEVABLE

6. SIEGE

7. GRATEFUL DEAD

8. I DON'T WANNA DANCE

9. EVEN MORE SONGS

10. RADIO HIT

11. SOME MORE SONGS

12. MORRISSEY

13. SONG #6

14. GUY LOMBARDO

15. BONUS TRACK **

 

* NOT LISTED [-1 or Song 0]

Hidden Pre-Gap Track of Track 1.

It's the Cover of the Song:

"Hello, I Love You" by The Doors [1968].

The song itself runs 1:31, but it is followed

by a 2-minute period of silence.

 

** Previously unreleased Bonus Track.

Not on the original pressings of

"Morbid Florist" 7" EP / CD Single [1993]

 

 

"RECORDED SEPTEMBER 20th, 1992,

AT IGUANA STUDIOS, WEYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS

 

PRODUCED BY TINA MORRISEY AND ANAL CUNT

 

 

The Morbid Florist Story

The original reason we did this recording

was to be a demo for Earache Records.

Earache originally wanted to sign us in early 1989

after they heard our first 7", 88 Song E.P.

At the time we weren't all that interested

in being on a label.

After a while we had lots of 7"s out

that were all out of print

and people had a hard time finding them

because they were on such obscure labels.

We decided we wanted to be

on a label with better distribution,

and that would keep our releases in print.

Earache and Relapse were our 2 main choices.

Earache wanted to hear some new stuff by us,

so we went into the studio to do a new recording.

This CD is the result of that recording.

It was the first time we went to a real recording studio

since 1989 (with the exception of a 1991 recording

which no one has except Tim and I).

We had done a whole bunch of recordings

on a four-track recorder,

plus regular cassette recorders.

Earache liked the recording

and signed us to a 7 record deal.

We went with Earache over Relapse

because at the time, Earache was a bigger label.

Earache wanted to use this recording

as side one of our first record, but we didn't want to.

We had this tape lying around doing nothing,

and Relapse wanted to put it out,

so it came out as the Morbid Florist EP.

 

Why It's Called Morbid Florist

Relapse at the time was known

for putting out mostly death metal releases.

So to make fun of that, we used

a typical scary death metal word like "Morbid,"

and we wanted to follow it

with the least scary word possible.

It came down to "Morbid Tennis Court"

(we wanted the cover to be

Satan and David Vincent playing tennis)

and "Morbid Florist."

Lots of people thought the title

had a meaning to it, but it didn't.

Some people thought that it was about undertakers

because they make money from flowers at funerals.

Some people had even dumber ideas about it.

A lot of people also thought that

the man on the cover was our drummer, Tim.

It's actually Pete Shelley

from the cover of his Homosapien 12" single.

He was the gayest looking person

I could find in my record collection that day.

 

The Recording

Originally, we planned on having

2 guitarists on this recording (John and myself)

to give it a thicker sound.

Unfortunately, John got kidney stones

the day of the studio and had to go to the hospital.

So Tim and I ended up going to the studio alone.

I actually played all the guitar parts.

I also played bass on 4 songs

(song #5, song #6, Grateful Dead, and Radio Hit)

and piano on one song (song #5).

John was pretty bummed out

that he didn't get to play on it.

He offered to pay for 1/3 of the recording

(the recording cost was $315)

if he could get credited for playing guitar on it,

so for $105, he got his photo on it.

 

This recording marked the beginning

of a different direction for A.C.

This was the first A.C. release

to have "actual songs" on it

(song #5, song #6, Grateful Dead, and Radio Hit),

and the first to have song titles.

All previous recordings were mostly made up on the spot.

Songs like Some Songs and Some More Songs

are what our older stuff sounded like.

It was also the first A.C. record

that wasn't recorded live in the studio.

It was slightly hard over-dubbing

the vocals on the noise / blur songs

because I had no idea how the songs went

since they were made up on the spot.

 

The Songs

1. Some Songs - Standard old sounding A.C. songs.

 

2. Song #5 - First A.C. song with real music.

Long and slow. Lyrics are about an ex-girlfriend.

 

3. Chump Change - Intro part was originally

recorded on our split 7" with Seven Minutes of Nausea.

 

4. Slow Song From Split 7" - Slow part was

originally on split 7" with Seven Minutes of Nausea.

 

5. Unbelievable - Our version

of that fucking gay song by E.M.F.

 

6. Siege - Medley of Siege songs

(Drop Dead, The Pentagon, and Death and Taxes)

mixed with A.C. blur songs.

 

7. Grateful Dead - Another song about an ex-girlfriend. This song has nothing to do with the Grateful Dead.

 

8. I Don't Wanna Dance - The intro is my

Eddy Grant impersonation of his song

I Don't Wanna Dance.

 

9. Even More Songs - More blur / noise / shit / garbage.

 

10. Radio Hit - It's called this

because it was our most generic sounding song,

and I figured it would probably be the only A.C. song

to get played on the radio.

I originally didn't want A.C. to use it

since it didn't really fit our sound,

but I liked it, so we kept it.

Lyrics are about an extremely annoying individual.

 

11. Some More Songs - Some more songs.

 

12. Morrissey - More blur / noise stuff.

I said "Morrissey" during the intro

because I saw a Morrissey concert the night before.

 

13. Song #6 - A song about various girl problems.

 

14. Guy Lombardo - Another old song,

the last song on our 88 Song E.P.

"Guy Lombardo" is slang for someone's stomach.

 

(Continued from other side)

 

The Bonus Track

This song wasn't put on the original pressings

of Morbid Florist because Tim was screaming

during the song while playing drums.

I thought it sounded stupid so we left it off.

His voice was going through the drum mikes,

so it was impossible to get rid of his voice

without fucking up the drum sound.

Since Relapse was planning to re-issue the CD

with a jewelbox cover,

I thought I might as well throw it on.

The bonus track was mixed on September 15th, 1997,

by Bill T. Miller and I at Headroom Studios.

 

So that's the story of what some consider our best release.

Tim and John have been out of the band for a while now,

and Anal Cunt continues on with new members.

 

- Seth Putnam, 5 years later,

September 20th, 1997

 

 

Back cover photos by John Tucci.

Live photos by Kurt Hubert on the Morbid Florist tour, 1993.

Thanx to Bill and Matt at Relapse and Bill T. Miller."

 

 

TASUKI/OBI STRIP:

"Morbid Florist delivers an unspecified number

of "songs" ranging from snail's pace sludge drones

that spontaneously erupt into

cacophonous bursts of whirlwind noise,

to absolute musical mayhem

accentuated by blood-curdling screams and shrieks

that could only have been generated

by a sufferer of severe dementia.

 

New re-issue version with

deluxe packaging and bonus tracks!"

 

 

Track 5 is a parody of "UNBELIEVABLE",

originally written and performed by EMF in 1990

 

Track 6 is a medley of Siege songs

(Drop Dead, The Pentagon, and Death and Taxes)

 

Track 7: the title "GRATEFUL DEAD" appears on

"EVERYONE SHOULD BE KILLED" CD / LP [1993]

with the title "GREATFUL DEAD" [Track 40]

 

Track 8: "The intro is my Eddy Grant impersonation

of his song I DON'T WANNA DANCE"

SETH PUTNAM, 5 YEARS LATER, SEPTEMBER 20TH, 1997

 

Track 12: the original title "MORRISEY", as written

on "MORBID FLORIST" 7" EP [1993],

on "MORBID FLORIST" CD SINGLE [1993]

and on "EVERYONE SHOULD BE KILLED" CD / LP [1993]

is renamed "MORRISSEY" on this reissue.

 

All the songs of "Morbid Florist" CD REISSUE are included

in "EVERYONE SHOULD BE KILLED" CD / LP [1993]

except "SIEGE", "I DON'T WANNA DANCE", "BONUS TRACK"

and "HELLO, I LOVE YOU" Hidden Track [-1 or Song 0].

 

Seth Putnam played bass on 4 songs

("Song #5", "Song #6", "Grateful Dead" and "Radio Hit")

and piano on one song ("Song #5").

Line-Up as reported on the back cover:

Seth Putnam - Vocals

John Kozik - Guitar *

Tim Morse - Drums

 

* John Kozik got credited for playing guitar,

but he has not actually played on it.

 

Real Line-Up on this recording:

Seth Putnam - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Piano

Tim Morse - Drums