I love this sort of rubbish, I really do. This reminds me of those 80's b-sides to 7 inch singles by the more "off-kilter" artists of the era. (Think "Teardrop explodes", think "Bauhaus", or if you're too young, think "Lou Barlow" of Sebadoh dragging a broken moog sellotaped to a rusty gate around and around in a concrete courtyard). Yes, these were the days when musicians used to cast aside their artistic shackles, for the duration of a b-side's 5 unbearable minutes and really really.... experiment!! You swore never listened to listen to those songs ever again, after that first time - but you did. You kept coming back for an occassional spin, to see whether you could have been mistaken. That these misunderstood and largely forgotten tracks were in fact criminally underated works of genius that simply needed time and repeated listening, in order to worm their way into your affections. But no, you were totally and utterly wrong on that score, these were indeed nuggets of utter shite. Pure jawdroppingly dire wastes of precious minutes of your life. Ahhh, those were the days. Don't you miss B-sides? Sadly, the thing is, yes you probably do. Life doesn't seem right without them. So that is why everyone here should download this abysmal, cobbled together old noddy-bag of pointless noodling without any further delay. My only regret is that I learned of this collection a little too late to be able to contribute some sort of aural smegma to the stew. However, if there is to be a 3rd installment to the series (and there must!!), then there are one or two un-released travesties by "TROLLEY" that have made unsuspecting women passing within earshot, sprout testicles in horror - that I will pass along for consideration. Awful. Absolutely fucking awful. Well done you lot, it's quite brilliant. MATT (from 'Trolley')

*ROTFL* Stop it! Aaargh! Well, I begin to like it...

The best part about this "*******" album is getting the chance to tell you how much I hated every second of it. I would rather have my head set on fire and put out with a sledgehammer than hear this album for the tenth time....truly...what the hell happened here? I put this in my editor and played it backward to see if it would help... it didn't... But interestingly, it did start making my cat puke? You guys might want to test that out for yourselves. If it works for you then maybe you can sell this to the veterinarians? ... I don't know... just food for thought. I did download this for my Mother-in-law. I think it will make for a perfect Christmas gift... ;)

Hey, this could have been a lot worse (better). That said, it really does appeal to my sense of "badness." Some of it is really cool bad, like Gilles Snowcat, sounds like noise I might make at home while drunk and bored on a rainy Saturday afternoon. Other tracks are calculatingly bad. Only a true master like Coke Al-Jose can crank out a horrible car wreck of a tune like Seaside Casino Romance. Then there's bad in the classic sense with Giant Squid March on Washington and The Chadderandom Abyss. Gotta had it to Mudit, too, just for trying. Crazy Musician is trying my nerves right now! And while I'm on a roll, please bear with me while I plug some of the truly awful artists that have produced some of the biggest musical turds to date: The Exploding Plastic Inedible show by Astro Al live at Goatstock 3: http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/8458 . If that doesn't make you retch, try GBVO by the Greater Boston Visionary Outpost: http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/4076 . Very strange that some people liked this album, but the one French reviewer got it right! GBVO sucks! If you're just looking for a totally f'ed up sound to completely ruin your evening, you can always try: http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/24844 . To be honest, I don't think that Hello Shark is all that bad, but they do sound almost exactly like this in a live performance. The reviewers were slamming the quality of the recording, but hey, they weren't at the show, so what would they know? Your's in awfulness, Randy

it might just be because i'm horribly biased being that i have two tracks on here, but i think this is the best compilation ever.