Lust Control - Tiny Little Dots

I finally (2 years later) picked this up with an Amazon gift card. I'm a huge fan of their pre-breakup work - great rowdy, messy punk rock. I put off getting this because I heard from some people that it was so different from the early work that it wasn't enjoyable.

So I listened to half on the way to work and the other half while working on a report this morning. It is differnet - this ain't your dad's Lust Control. Lots more metal/ hard rock influence, less straight up punk. And Doug Van Pelt/Gene actually sings on some of the songs...

Anyone else like these guys? What do you think of the Dots?

I personally like Tiny Little Dots.  "Make Money and Die" is my favorite track

At this point, it's my favorite track as well.

I bought the download cheaply from eMusic just out of curiosity.  I had the old demo tapes of Lust Control way back in the day.  I ended up buying the download of the 2006 CD release of "We Are Not Ashamed" which had either remastered or re-recorded versions (I don't know which) of their earlier material.  While I am not typically a fan of the more raw forms of punk, Lust Control was always just fun music.  The messages were almost TOO bold, but the rawness of the music just made any bitter pill easier to swallow.

I enjoy listening to them now and again and hope they continue to make music for years to come.

Wait, you mean you had the actual demo tapes? Like This is a Condom Nation and Dancing Naked? On tape???!?!?!?

I'd love to have those bad boys.

Yeah, that's some serious scratch there.

ishmael81 wrote:

Wait, you mean you had the actual demo tapes? Like This is a Condom Nation and Dancing Naked? On tape???!?!?!?

I'd love to have those bad boys.

I had them and sold them many, many years ago.

I love this album.  It has a lot of the same intensity, but is a little more mature/grown up.

alldatndensum wrote:

ishmael81 wrote:

Wait, you mean you had the actual demo tapes? Like This is a Condom Nation and Dancing Naked? On tape???!?!?!?

I'd love to have those bad boys.

I had them and sold them many, many years ago.

Wow. I looked on eBay a few years back (haven't checked recently) and they were going for a good amount - I'm thinking about $20 or so. I just can't bring myself to pay that for a tape with stuff I have on CD (especially since Condom Nation is on We Are Not Ashamed: Getting It Right the Second Time in a remastered form...).