favorite caroliner record?
 

my favorite is probably sabre-waving saracan wall followed closely by rise of the common woodpile...

Tie between "I'm Armed With Qts Of Blood" and "Sell Heal Holler."

yeah, quarts is fucking awesome. never heard the other one you mentioned. i've only heard a little more than half of caroliner's catalogue, but it's all amazing. i know it's against their aesthetic, but i wish they had some stuff available on cd.. if not for me, at least for my friends.

i agree: "Sell Heal Holler"

I find it sometimes quite difficult to determine exactly what their LP titles are.
Sell Heal Holler is the one that comes in the adult diaper bag.

this is VERY tough.

i'd go with...i really can't choose, pick any of their albums and you're off to another land...i was going to go with rear end hernia puppet show but no...can't choose.

"Strike Them Hard..." and "Rise of the Common Woodpile" were the first two that I bought and the only ones I had forever, so I can just imagine exactly what they sound like...every little interlude, every abrupt change, all the vocal pitches.

Haven't I told the story about the time that I saw Caroliner play at the high school gymnasium in Davis? Green Day opened! Talk about your unlikely paths crossing.

How long ago was that?

I only have two of their records, both post-early2000s hiatus, which are alright but I don't like them nearly as much as the bits and fragments I've heard of the really early stuff. Anybody know if they still sell those records?

Green Day/Caroliner?

That is the most amazing/surreal/insane thing I've read in a while...

Davis High School...It was 1992, I believe.

I had heard a lot of talk on KDVS shows about how awesome Caroliner was gonna be. All my favorite tastemaker DJ's were all over it.

I had been to shows in Davis before, but I hadn't been to the high school. I felt like an outsider, so I didn't really mingle with the other kids my age there. They were all vying for optimal position in the front and center before the opening act, which turned out to be Green Day. I think it was my first exposure to them, although I'd been familiar with the name...probably from seeing it on a Gilman flier.

Green Day played, and I was kinda nonplussed while the kids attempted to mosh before the on-duty school janitor or other authority figure made them pipe down. Behind me, I saw a buncha grizzled-looking weirdos--even a few balding middle-agers--lined up against the back wall looking glazed or irritated with Green Day.

The curtain dropped behind Green Day, and the kids all clapped politely before retiring to the back wall. Meanwhile, the older dudes against the wall began to look curious, unfolded their arms, and moved forward. When the curtain was drawn again, Caroliner was set up with their dayglo costumes and setdrop, and drums suspended upside-down on wires attached to the ceiling were lowered to a height of about seven feet above the stage. Below the drums were mini-trampolines--the kind used in aerobics classes in the 80's. Two female drummers took the stage with the band and set a rambling oblong rhythm by jumping up to hit the drums. The band had apparently worked out the chords, progressions, and whatnot beforehand, but they had to work to make it fit with the very unstable rhythm.

I looked behind me, and about half of the kids had left, but the rest looked on with a very perplexed look. It was the first moment that I became aware that my music tastes were getting to be rather "grown up." For the first time ever, I felt like I was in some secret club. It was sorta startling. Before that, I just figured that these bands were all seen as "legitimate" because I'd heard them on the radio station (albeit, the community freeform station).

There was another show I saw at UC Davis where Green Day opened up for Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 and Sister Double Happiness. That was also kinda weird.

that's weird, i was just reading all the thinking fellers union local 282 tour diaries from their official website last night!

anyway, thanks for the story. fucking weird...

i wish i was there, rick.

sell heal holler or the split with culturcide (which i am so psych'd i found)

interesting thread! and green day opening for caroliner, that's so totally amazing... thanks for the story.

anyway, my fave is strike them hard - drag them to church.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMUKqnelfQM

Never saw this video before!! Wow!

caronliner rainbow stewed angel skins rings on the akward shadow.

i only have 5 of thier albums and thier all so wildly different and unique and amazing that it's hard to pick really.

Can someone point me in the right direction to find some of their stuff. Please.

hmm,

1. An 1800's Affectuant in an Instrumental Revue
2. Im Armed with Quarts of Blood
3. Rise of the Common Wood Pile
4. Rings on the Akward Shadow
5. Strike them Hard

I'm Armed With Quartz of Blood.