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LAUGHING HYENAS “SOLID GOLD HELL” (1992)

originally recorded by The Scientists (This Heart Doesn’t Run on Blood, This Heart Doesn’t Run on Love, Au Go Go 1984)
cover version appears on Covers: Stolen Tapes 92-94 (Not On, 1995)

I actually hadn’t realized that this Laughing Hyenas song was a cover until I was listening to podcasts on WFMU, and came across a show entitled “Solid Gold Hell”, the theme song for which is the Scientists’ original.

About the Scientists:

The Scientists are an influential post-punk band from Perth, Australia, led by Kim Salmon, initially known as Exterminators and then Invaders. The band had two primary incarnations: the Perth-based punk band of the late 1970s and the Sydney/London-based swamp rock band of the 1980s. The Scientists were much more influential than their minimal commercial success would indicate, lending their influence to artists such as Mudhoney and New York’s downtown indie scene of the early 1990s…(more)

About Laughing Hyenas:

Unlike labelmates Die Kreuzen and Scratch Acid — who were merely abrasive and unsettling — Detroit’s Laughing Hyenas were, at the outset anyway, an actively threatening outgrowth of Midwestern hardcore. Banshee John Brannon (ex-Negative Approach) rolled his eyes back in his head and smashed mics into his teeth; dressed in bad-luck tattoos, the scowling Kevin Strickland wrestled his bass; Jim Kimball menaced his drums like a criminal. Larissa Strickland (ex-L-Seven) was the only member with a smile, but her chilling, isolated guitar playing was an equally intimidating part of the group’s violent makeup…(more)

Laughing Hyenas’ version is extremely faithful to the original; Larissa Strickland, may she rest in peace, was a total shredder. Enjoy.

Laughing Hyenas discography available through Touch & Go/Quarterstick