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Need Is Dead
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Need Is Dead
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
 
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All Artists: Need
Title: Need Is Dead
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Chainsaw Records
Release Date: 2/22/2000
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Styles: Indie & Lo-Fi, Progressive, Progressive Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 759718122022

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Yeah just ignore the guy below, this record is genius
ry4nbook3r | Brooklyn, NY United States | 01/23/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is to second the opinion that the guy who called this record "annoying lesbo rock" is wayyyyyyyyy off base. Given that he compares it to Bratmobile and Huggy Bear, I kind of doubt he's ever even bothered to listen to it. Come on, I mean, "I picture fat raver girls and skinny pants-wearing boys dancing to this at Sarah Lawrence?" Yeah, way to stick it to 1991, dude.
No, this record has nothing to do with the bland, bouncy shreik-rock of early-90s riot grrrl. It's instead a sci-fi opera, performed by Joan Jett and Suzi Quatro, with Black Sabbath and a chorus of martians in the orchestra pit. Churning metal riffs, 1950s horror movie soundtracks, and bad-girl rock posturing are replete, somehow blended into a cohesive, jaw-dropping masterpiece. Uncategorizably weird, yes, but undoubtedly brilliant.
Sadly, though, The Need is Dead has been, for all practical purposes, completely overlooked by just about everyone. And meanwhile, stuff that cops the same (wo)man-machine, dark-future vibe, but has none of the Need's extraordinary creativity - Tracy and the Plastics and Crack:WAR come to mind here - gets hailed as genius.
So, if you've somehow come across this page, seriously, ignore the dude below, and buy the record. Play it for your friends and see them instantly toss their CDs by Chicks on Speed, or whatever unimaginative dreck has the title of "Queens of Art-school-girl-rock" at the moment. The Need really are dead now, unfortunately (as a band, not as people - don't get freaked out), but, hopefully, somewhere out there, their legacy of inspired strangeness lives on."
Absolutely Incredible
pandoris | San Francisco, CA USA | 12/20/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Rachel is a genius. She makes extremely difficult and complex drum combonations sound easy and flawless. I first saw The Need at Ladyfest in August 2000, and I was so blown away by the caliber of their performance that I was convinced none of their recorded material could sound as good as their live stuff. I was wrong. The Need is Dead is perhaps one of the most complexly genius (and disturbingly weird) albums I have ever heard. It has a beauty and originality that I have never heard from any other recording artists. My particular favorites are "Vaselina," "Dear Diary," and "Eva Carriere." I cannot recommend this album enough--but only to those who are open-minded enough to be into an album EXPERIENCE."
AINT DEAD YET!
amysamm | SF, CA United States | 04/28/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album goes in a different direction that the first Need album. Instead of the new wave overtones, this album has a more heavy metal feel. But it works! The shift changes in Vaselina are beautiful and exhilirating while the full-on speed metal dirge of Hellfire is shocking yet still fresh. No note or sound is every out of place.For a duo, the Need have a very full and complicated sound. See them live if you can as they are very impressive, tight and perfect. Need are a great band and this album proves they have more than one trick up their sleeves!"