Special Ed - s/t

Name: Special Ed
Album: s/t
Year: 1986
Style: Alt/Art-Punk
Similar Bands: King Missile, Dead Milkmen, Kramer
One-Word Review: Grungy-Dirt-Metal
Based Out Of: McKeesport, PA
Label: Rat on a Stick

 Cover, Lyrics, Record

Back, Lyrics, Record

Special Ed (1986)

1. Exchains Student 1:18
2. The Right Way 1:12
3. Leper Colony 1:53
4. Seven Blacks 2:11
5. I Heart My Dog Head 0:35 (listed as track 3)
6. My Dreams Pt. 1 1:17
7. Place Eyes Here 2:02
8. Cowboy 3:15
9. Spagetti Western 1:39
10. Beans Without Light 1:28 /
11. Cora 2:09
12. New Community 3:17
13. Miss Incission 1:21
14. Catholic Turnback 0:33
15. The Soft Pact 1:56
16. Johnny Wets His Bed 1:27
17. Reality Bringdown 2:02
18. Underground Wall 2:08
19. Leonard Doe 5:26

Album Rating (1-10): 7.5

Members & Other Bands:

• Mark Chute - Vox, Guitars, Harmonica
• Bob Loiselle - Bass, Keys, Vox, Harmonica, Guitar
• Shawn Malseed - Drums, Vox
• Fred Rice - Sax
• Rick Brletic - Writer
• Jimmy Wilson - Engineer, Producer
• Doug Heaps - Asst Producer
• Mark - Photography
• Alena Stankus - Inner Photo
• Jay Cornell - Live Sound

Unknown-ness: Never heard of them. From the non-PC name, 19 track listing, and Rat on a Stick record label, I'd have to take a guess these are some speed-punk songs. Fast, loud, abrasive, and not caring about anything.

Album Review: The bulk of the songs are short, but they don't feel like it. They are small grungy, slacker songs, with some feedback, but clear vocals, and not fast-punk...closer to a Guided By Voices nonchalant style. There are some fun bass lines, and heavy guitars, but over all the vocals, delivery, and melodies have an almost beatnik style. Not much is out there on the vast internet about them.

Stand Out Track: I Heart My Dog Head, My Dreams Pt. 1

Links:
Discogs
Rat on a Stick
Hepcat Dilemma