Formed in 1983, the Beasts have become something of an Australian indie “supergroup”, the only constant being the vocals of Tex Perkins (The Cruel Sea, Salamander Jim).
The original line up included Perkins, guitarists Spencer P. Jones (The Johnnys) and Kim Salmon (The Scientists (2), Kim Salmon And The Surrealists), bassist Boris Sudjovic (The Scientists (2), Dubrovniks) and drummer James Baker (2) (Hoodoo Gurus, Dubrovniks).
The alcohol fuelled, swampy blues of The Beasts was instantly popular, particularly on the festival circuit, and their first LP “The Axeman’s Jazz” (recorded allegedly in one afternoon with 3 cases of beer and a bottle of scotch) was a huge indie success.
Since then The Beasts have recorded 5 other studio LPs, (the best of which were probably the 1988 “Sour Mash” and 1990 “Black Milk” ) but have always been essentially a side project with a revolving membership. Some of those who have been Beasts at some point include:
Tony Thewlis (The Scientists (2))
Brett Rixon (The Scientists (2))
Brad Shepherd (Hoodoo Gurus)
Tony Pola (Kim Salmon And The Surrealists)
Richard Ploog (Church)
Brian Hooper (Kim Salmon And The Surrealists)
Graham Hood (Johnnys)
Charlie Owen (Divinyls)The Beasts took a break from playing live from 1997 but returned to play the “Big Day Out” series of festivals in January and February 2006 with a line up of Perkins, Jones, Hooper, Owen and Pola
Beasts of Bourbon officially ended in 2018 with the deaths of Brian Hooper and Spencer P Jones. Perkins, Pola and Owen have regrouped with former members Salmon and Sudjovic as the Beasts, who released an album in February 2019 titled “Still Here.”
~ discogs
Tracklist CD1. Blue Disc:
01. No Reason (04:21)
02. Junkie Girlfriends (04:19)
03. Ramblin Man (02:48)
04. Not Gonna Try No More (02:14)
05. Kill This Fire (03:16)
06. Hope You Find Your Way To Heaven (02:45)
07. Love & Death (03:48)
08. E.S.P. (02:53)
09. Dead Flowers (04:18)
10. Train Kept A Rollin (02:43)
11. So Agitated (01:46)
12. Dirty Water (03:06)
13. Crawfish (08:13)
EAC extraction logfile from 14. August 2012, 9:22
Beasts of Bourbon / From The Belly Of The Beasts (CD 1 of 2) [Blue Disc]
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Defeat audio cache : Yes
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Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
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Quality : High
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2 | 4:22.02 | 4:19.58 | 19652 | 39134
3 | 8:41.60 | 2:48.60 | 39135 | 51794
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11 | 33:31.25 | 1:46.12 | 150850 | 158811
12 | 35:17.37 | 3:06.25 | 158812 | 172786
13 | 38:23.62 | 8:12.40 | 172787 | 209726
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Tracklist CD2. Shit We Didn’t Put Out The First Time (Red Disc):
01. Chase The Dragon (03:36)
02. Driva Man (04:49)
03. Save Me A Place (05:39)
04. Bad Revisited (04:13)
05. Black Milk (05:36)
06. Drop Out (02:41)
07. Hard For You (04:09)
08. Straight, Hard And Long (03:25)
09. Lets Get Funky (05:32)
10. Cocksucker Blues (07:31)
11. Watch Your Step (02:23)
12. Execution Day (04:48)
13. Good Times (08:47)
EAC extraction logfile from 14. August 2012, 11:54
Beasts of Bourbon / From The Belly Of The Beasts (CD 2 of 2) [Red Disc]
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Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
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