13 Nightmares / Shitride

13 Nightmares--Lincoln, Ne / 1986-1993? / Released one LP on Pravda Records (Chicago). Gregg Cosgrove-vocals/guitar, Heidi Ore--bass/vocals, Jon Taylor--guitar, Ron Albertson--drums

From Trouser Press/Ira Robbins: "While reviving the ethos of a '60s new-left stereotype — white guilt, inchoate rage, the romance of poverty and misery — in its lyrics, this striking quartet from Lincoln, Nebraska slams three generations — the MC5, Cheap Trick and Soul Asylum — of Midwest rock into each other on the powerful Shitride. Great tunes, loose'n'lively hair-raising electric music and guitarist Greggory-David Cosgrove's ripping vocals load the album with bracing energy and an extraordinary balance of rawness and subtlety. Except for occasionally insufferable lyrics (the title track is a whiny complaint about the rock'n'roll life that goes so far as to gripe about bartenders who withhold free drinks; "E.C" expresses solidarity for Eldridge Cleaver with the line "It's a white man's world for everybody but you and me" — yeah, right), this is an extremely cool record."

PS - Jon, Heidi and Ron went on to form Mercy Rule.

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