Band: Thulsa Doom

[Father_Doom]

Band: Thulsa Doom
Album: City of People/Sleep with Celebrity
Format: 7” vinyl
Label: Custom Heavy
Year: 2002
Track list:

City of People
Sleep with Celebrity

Cover photo: www.hellridemusic.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi

Thulsa Doom is the brainchild of Black Debbath member, producer, and impresario of Oslo, Norway’s underground scene, Ole Andreassen.  Ole handpicked the members of Thulsa, who play under aliases such as Papa Doom, Doom Perignon, and Angelov Doom, so you know to bring along your sense of humor when you place the needle on the vinyl and flop down in your favorite chair for a listen.

Despite the band name, this has far more in common with stoner rock than doom, although lovers of the old school of riffing doom will love this as well.  The music on this single sounds a lot like that to be found on their wonderful vinyl debut, ‘She Fucks Me,’ released by Spain’s Safety Pin label in 1999.  This is riffing, bottom heavy rock, mixed loud, with a bit of the old sludged-out doom that fans of Spiritual Beggars or the Mushroom River Band will love.  ‘Sleep with Celebrity’ starts things off with some great churning guitar and tongue-in-cheek lyrics.  The guitar solos kick solid ass while the weird tunings keep it interesting.  ‘City of People’ is uptempo, with clean vocals and a heavy groove that will appeal to Dozer fans, but its dirtier, far dirtier.  If Dozer were blasted on cheap speed and spent a lot of time sleeping in the subway, they might sound like this.

As you might expect, this single is over far too soon.  You’ve hardly had time to light a bowl and its over, leaving you fiending for more riffing, Thulsa style.  More, please.

Kevin McHugh

[mush]

Thanks Dad,
The "seats are soft...." album still is in regular rotation at my house, and it's good to see Thulsadoom's brand of "cheap speed, subway sleeping, bottom heavy rock" still exists. ;D

[F_Rock]

yeh, ... the seats are soft is one of my favourite recent albums. In my player heaps. I haven't heard 'she fucks me' yet, is that in the stores down here?

Does it matter to anyone that they are a manufactured project like the boy/girl groups that suck so much? I don't give a shit cause it's good music, what do you think?

Oh, and thanks for another great review dad!

[Father_Doom]

Hey, no problem kidz!  Heh heh ;D

I think the crucial difference between a "manufactured' band like Thulsa Doom and, say, N'Sync is in attitude.  The Doom Boys know that they're never going to make money on this; they're just having fun playing some good music, even if their tongues are firmly planted in their cheeks.  N'Sync is purely a calculated, cynical attempt to make money on kids' gullability.  

[kokoblue]

I don't like these guys at all. I tried w/ their CD a couple of times (and the track on Rebirth of the Heavy as well) but the vox bother me immensely.