Killdozer “Intellectuals Are the Shoeshine Boys of the Ruling Elite” 1984. Bone-Air Records. Recorded and produced by Butch Vig at Smart Studios in Madison, WI. (This copy a ‘89 reissue on Touch and Go Records) Brutal pre-grunge noise rock from the Midwest. Heavy on the bass, heavier on the droning guitar and drums, growls and grunts punctuating the vocals. Not ass-shaking nor slam-dancing (well, maybe the hyper-speed bridge on “Farmer Johnson”), not so much shoe-gazing, more like shoe-glaring. Solid Wisconsin references: Side A is “Side of Pork” and Side B is “Side of Beef,” while the song titles also mention Midwest living (the aforementioned “Farmer Johnson” plus “Man of Meat” and “Ed Gein” – that last one actually kinda bouncy, even a little catchy). My favorite track is the almost-funky “Dead Folks” but more for the music than the message. Killdozer became somewhat infamous for their cover songs on later releases; on this debut LP they record their version of John Fogerty’s “Run Through the Jungle,” theirs an excellent and menacing funeral dirge’d tempoed hallucination.