![]() ![]() This material has been out of print on vinyl/CD for many years, and this is the first digital release for the bonus content. Popularity - 5 watchers, 0.1 new watchers per day, 75 days for sale on eBay. This reissue of 8-Way Santa includes tracks from the “Jinx” single, a 1990 EP, and a handful of unreleased album demos recorded by Jack Endino. ![]() 8-Way Santa was the last record with the original TAD lineup, and their last album for Sub Pop before jumping to a major label. Not a band to rest on its laurels, TAD began to add melodic touches to their sound, as evidenced by the lead single, “Jinx.” Many touring dates and shows followed the record, and a pair of copyright-infringement brouhahas occurred over the original album cover – which was quickly pulled from stores when the couple portrayed in the cover photo objected – and the corporate-beverage-offending art for a 1990 EP. Another lawsuit was filed due to the cover of 8-Way Santa (which was a found picture of a man fondling a womans breast). Recorded at Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin with Butch Vig, whose work with Killdozer the band admired, 8-Way Santa finds TAD pushing their sound in new directions. Tad returned to Seattle and recorded their third album 8-Way Santa (1991), named after a type of blotter acid. There have actually been a ton of lawsuits against bands over album artwork throughout musical history, but for the sake of keeping things related to the case of Nirvana and Elden, were focusing on the ones that were filed against bands by the people, or models, whore actually featured on the covers. In 1991, after tens of thousands of miles on the road in support of God’s Balls, and a run of powerful EPs/singles, TAD released their second full-length album, 8-Way Santa. Tad - 8-Way Santa Jinx,Giant Killer,Wired God,Delinquent,Hedge Hog,Flame Tavern,Trash Truck,Stumblin Man,Jack Pepsi,Candi,3D Witch Hunt,Cranes Cafe,Plague Years. The band released two albums and a few EPs on Sub Pop between 19, all of which are now lovingly remastered by the band’s friend and engineer Jack Endino (Soundgarden, Nirvana, Mudhoney, Screaming Trees) and repackaged with bonus tracks and expansive liner notes. With an image that sometimes cast the band as deranged lumberjacks, and influence from Head of David and Killdozer, TAD put a uniquely rain-and-fog-coated Northwest spin on ‘80s underground rock. Apparently the band bought the Polaroid in a garage sale. TAD was led by the physically imposing yet incredibly sweet singer/guitarist TAD Doyle, with bassist Kurt Danielson (ex-Bundle of Hiss), drummer Steve Wied, and guitarist Gary Thorstensen. Oct 24 Tad 8 Way Santa Label: Sub Pop SP89 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: USA Released: 1991 This Seattle powerhouse’s album cover was banned because the couple on the front cover sued Sub Pop for using their image without permission. Their heavy, churning rock/metal/punk buzz was a crucial part of Sub Pop’s early years, and, along with peers like Mudhoney, Nirvana, and Soundgarden, they defined the sound that reinvigorated the rock world in the early ‘90s. TAD was a mighty force in the late-‘80s/early-‘90s Seattle scene. ![]()
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