Beasts of Suburban
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The Beasts of Suburban is a 1992 EP
by anonymous Australian band TISM
. The title is an obvious play on the name of another Australian band, Beasts of Bourbon
.
This is the first TISM release to feature Tokin' Blackman on guitar, having replaced Leek Van Vlalen.
The silence on Mourningtown Ride was reduced to one minute in the Collected Recordings version. On the rerelease with the Australia the Lucky Cunt
EP, the silence was moved to the end of "Recorded by JJJ, 23/01/93, Melbourne Showgrounds" with Loser, Losing, Lost merged to the track, giving it a total length of 11:53.
Feminist groups in Australia criticized TISM as sexist for their use of Sophie Lee
in Get Thee to a Nunnery from the EP Beasts of Suburban. The song allegedly protests the use of sex to sell a product via Lee's appointment as a presenter on Australia's Channel 9 Looney Tunes cartoon show, which is infamous for her often highly suggestive wardrobe: "Urban myth has it that middle-aged men used to rush home from work in time to watch Sophie throw to Bugs Bunny cartoons." Lee described it as "a boring song by a boring bunch of bourgeois boys."
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
by anonymous Australian band TISM
TISM
TISM was a seven piece anonymous alternative rock band from Melbourne, Australia. The group was formed in 1982 and enjoyed a large underground/independent following. Their third album Machiavelli and the Four Seasons reached the Australian national top 10 in 1995...
. The title is an obvious play on the name of another Australian band, Beasts of Bourbon
Beasts of Bourbon
Beasts of Bourbon was an Australian alternative rock band formed in 1983, with a line-up that has changed as the band splintered and reformed several times - Beginnings :...
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This is the first TISM release to feature Tokin' Blackman on guitar, having replaced Leek Van Vlalen.
Track listing
On the cassette version of the EP, the same program is repeated on both sides of the tape.The silence on Mourningtown Ride was reduced to one minute in the Collected Recordings version. On the rerelease with the Australia the Lucky Cunt
Australia The Lucky Cunt
Australia The Lucky Cunt is the name of a 1993 EP by anonymous Australian band TISM. The title is a play on the expression "The Lucky Country".-Track listing:# "Lose Your Delusion 1"# "Jesus Pots The White Ball"...
EP, the silence was moved to the end of "Recorded by JJJ, 23/01/93, Melbourne Showgrounds" with Loser, Losing, Lost merged to the track, giving it a total length of 11:53.
Controversy
Feminist groups in Australia criticized TISM as sexist for their use of Sophie Lee
Sophie Lee
Sophie Lee is an Australian film, stage and television actress and author.-Career:Early in her career, Sophie Lee worked as a model, both in Australia and Japan appearing in print and on TV...
in Get Thee to a Nunnery from the EP Beasts of Suburban. The song allegedly protests the use of sex to sell a product via Lee's appointment as a presenter on Australia's Channel 9 Looney Tunes cartoon show, which is infamous for her often highly suggestive wardrobe: "Urban myth has it that middle-aged men used to rush home from work in time to watch Sophie throw to Bugs Bunny cartoons." Lee described it as "a boring song by a boring bunch of bourgeois boys."