Here Comes the Sunn O)))

In my last post, I remarked that Sunn O)))'s albums are difficult to find on vinyl (the band is pronounced simply "sun" even though it is pretentiously followed by O)))).  Of course, after much searching on eBay, discogs.com, and other sites, I was finally able to find a copy of Dark One for $30, the upper limit of what I am willing to spend (the fact that it is a double LP also helps justify the price).

This also coincides with...tonight I am going to see them in concert!  I am both excited and nervous, since they are known to be both mind-blowing and...well, LOUD.  I've heard this from many sources that they are the loudest thing I will probably ever hear.  "So loud I felt like I felt like I was going to throw up, I had to run to the bathroom," a clerk at Amoeba once told me.  I don't want to lose my hearing, and I certainly don't want to throw up.  I've brought extra earplugs, so we will see what happens.

About this kind of music...well, it isn't for everyone.  Kelly forbids me to play it in her presence :-P, unless we are gaming and I need some spooky mood-music--which I guess is how I got into them in the first place.  How to describe it?  "Drone metal" isn't quite accurate.  It definitely isn't Cookie Monster metal.  It is way too creative and strange...truly unique.

I'll be on the lookout for any merch they are peddling, especially LPs.

In other "Sun" news, I discovered the other day that my (bought for $7) LP of John Coltrane's "Sun Ship" has a weird defect.  Side B isn't the Coltrane Quartet at all!  More on that here and here.  One blogger identifies the mysterious Side B as "Things Have Got to Change" by Archie Shepp.  I can't say for certain, but it does sound like him.  It makes me wonder if the misprinted LP is worth any collector's cash (probably not).  At any rate, I now have to get a new vinyl copy of "Sun Ship" BUT NOT the 1980 reissue.