Rapeman

by **starks** on Fri Jan 21, 2005 7:23 pm

I feel Rapeman is the best project Steve Albini has ever worked on. This record is criminally underrated. In particular I like the sound of the snare drum and the sound of the bass guitar, but the overall sound is excellent, as is the musical concept. Any info on the recording techniques used on their material?

by **Quatermain** on Sun Jan 23, 2005 2:15 pm

I wholeheartedly agree that Rapeman was Albini's peak.

Which record are you talking about? I assume Two Nuns... Which snare are you talking about? To my know-nothing ears it sounds like Washam used two snares - one snared and the other clean. Or perhaps some sort of flam-snare.

I too would appreciate enlightenment on this matter.

by **revrantMeat** on Sun Jan 23, 2005 6:21 pm

i love newbies

by **dave-sidca** on Sun Jan 23, 2005 6:25 pm

they're nearly as entertaining as the territorial types

by **shagboy** on Sun Jan 23, 2005 7:36 pm

revrantMeat wrote:i love newbies

lol you fucking noob... it's spelled "noob"

by **Redline** on Sun Jan 23, 2005 7:42 pm

Washam used two snares

Yup. A 6 1/2" wood Pearl snare (I'm pretty sure), and a 3" Pearl floating Brass shell piccolo snare off to the left. CRACK!

by **dbychowski** on Sun Jan 23, 2005 10:22 pm

Rapeman were something to behold live. I saw them once at the Cubby Bear in Chicago and it was the most pleasantly brutal attack on the ears I can remember. Very distinctive tones and energy I have yet to see duplicated. Steve appeared like some manical speed freak back then.
dB-

by **shagboy** on Sun Jan 23, 2005 10:50 pm

i really like rapeman. a lot. 2 nuns and a pack mule, as a whole, got me into an appreciation trajectory that allowed me to enjoy a lot of raw and aggressive music that i had previously been uninterested in.

who recorded that material anyway?

by **El Protoolio** on Mon Jan 24, 2005 11:47 am

shagboy wrote:
who recorded that material anyway?

Fluss

by **dbychowski** on Mon Jan 24, 2005 12:20 pm

El Protoolio wrote:
shagboy wrote:
who recorded that material anyway?

Fluss

RIP

by **collig** on Mon Jan 24, 2005 12:30 pm

how does he get his guitar too sound like a piece of silver foil
how does he get the screechy feeling on the guitar and how does it sound whizzy so good on this one.

by **John W.** on Mon Jan 24, 2005 1:13 pm

Saw them in Chicago at the old Dreamerz w/ Couch Flambeau way back when -- I remember it well because they didn't go on until after 1:00 a.m. and Steve said 'Welcome to breakfast with Rapeman' -- I remember them being very good and my friend had told me he saw them at Exit earlier on and he thought that they were even better at Exit. What a great sound. Great guitar solo on the cover of 'Just Got Paid' -- used to scrub the floor to that one.

by **dlayphoto** on Mon Jan 24, 2005 1:29 pm

dbychowski wrote:
El Protoolio wrote:
shagboy wrote:
who recorded that material anyway?

Fluss

RIP

RIP indeed, Fluss.

I hope my now-deceased cat Willow finds Fluss and makes a new friend in Kitty Heaven...

by **mattw** on Mon Jan 24, 2005 1:47 pm

They had Big Black's Atomizer listed in Chunklet's top overrated recs issue

I don't think Big Black is overrated at all, but it got me thinking when the last time was I actually bothered listening to a BB rec

I have a habit of pulling out Two Nuns... quite a lot (no pun intended) and I also think it's one of the best things Steve has done. I'm not going to bother getting all weepy about it, so I'll share this as it sums things up perfectly:

Amazon guy wrote:
RAPEMAN = HERO FOR OUR CHILDREN

ENOUGH SLIPKNOT AND SIMPLE PLAN

LINKIN PARK WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND THE AWESOME POWER OF RAPEMAN.

RAPEMAN COMES THRU YOUR WINDOW AT NIGHT WHEN YOU ARE TAKING A LATE NIGHT POOPER AND BEATS YOU WITH MIGHTY RAPE FORCE. THEN HE LEAVES. BUT STILL.

ALSO NU-METAL IS GAY

NOW ALL GOTHS GO CRY AND CUT YOURSELVES

by **tmidgett** on Mon Jan 24, 2005 3:06 pm

i saw rapeman's first show, and they were very good

i don't normally make this distinction, but....

the playing as a band was every bit as good as shellac at their best, for the one show i saw. and it had a shifty, kind of sophisticated quality to it that big black didn't have.

but the musical experience wasn't as good or as compelling as either big black or shellac. the records don't measure up for me. there's an emotional force to the other two bands that rapeman never seemed to have. big black had a unified front of spitefulness that rapeman did not, and certainly there was none of the naked humanity that is occasionally on display in shellac's music.

by **Angry_Dragon** on Mon Jan 24, 2005 3:11 pm

Amazon guy wrote: RAPEMAN COMES THRU YOUR WINDOW AT NIGHT WHEN YOU ARE TAKING A LATE NIGHT POOPER AND BEATS YOU WITH MIGHTY RAPE FORCE.

I don't remember that ever happening.

by **the Classical** on Mon Jan 24, 2005 3:28 pm

Angry_Dragon wrote:
Amazon guy wrote: RAPEMAN COMES THRU YOUR WINDOW AT NIGHT WHEN YOU ARE TAKING A LATE NIGHT POOPER AND BEATS YOU WITH MIGHTY RAPE FORCE.

I don't remember that ever happening.

yeah you were pretty quiet...in fact I don't even think you were fully awake

by **starks** on Tue Jan 25, 2005 6:29 pm

These are good examples of the snare sound I'm talking about...the "Two Nuns" CD has the "Budd" EP added.

I realize they were influenced by certain bands (they mention the Coachmen, whom I've never heard)...but to me, the above tunes are very original sounding. I can't think of another song or band they really remind me of, PLUS the stuff has INCREDIBLE power in my book.

by **dbychowski** on Wed Jan 26, 2005 7:37 am

You guys are making me dig through piles of old videos to find my rapeman video's. Here somewhere...
dB-

by **mattw** on Wed Jan 26, 2005 1:30 pm

starks wrote:I can't think of another song or band they really remind me of, PLUS the stuff has INCREDIBLE power in my book.

Yeah- it's called 'mighty rape force'

Sorry. Still laughing about that.

Rapeman

Rapeman

Rapeman

In particular, "Monobrow" and "Log Bass"

Re: In particular, "Monobrow" and "Log Bass&q

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