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To Hell 'n' Back

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To Hell 'n' Back
Compilation album by
ReleasedDecember 8, 2009 (2009-12-08)
RecordedMay 1983 (1983-05) – 1984 (1984)
Studio
Various
Genre
Length75:32
LabelMemorandum
Grong Grong chronology
Grong Grong
(1986)
To Hell 'n' Back
(2009)

To Hell 'n' Back is a anthology album of Grong Grong, released on December 8, 2009, by Memorandum Recordings.[1]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

AllMusic awarded To Hell 'n' Back four out of five stars, saying "plenty of bands have made music like this that's full of arty calculation, but Grong Grong gave their noises a brutal, purposeful focus and feral passion that was both comic and just a bit scary."[2] Spin and Trouser Press compared the band favorably to Scratch Acid, Killdozer and The Birthday Party and was especially complimentary towards Charles Tolnay's dissonant guitar technique.[3][4][5]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Grong Grong"Farkas, Klestines, Taskas, Tolnay4:30
2."Angels & Demons"Farkas, Taskas5:10
3."Club Grotesque"Farkas, Taskas, Tolnay4:02
4."Louie the Fly"Taskas, Tolnay3:41
5."Black Hell"Farkas, Klestines, Taskas, Tolnay3:58
6."Japanese Train Driver"Klestines, Tolnay3:20
7."Vlad the Impaler"Tolnay2:57
8."Poor Herb"Buchan, Tolnay4:03
9."Looking at You" (MC5 cover)Davis, Kramer, Smith, Thompson, Tyner3:14
10."Who's Got It"Farkas, Klestines, Taskas, Tolnay3:43
11."The Hills Have Eyes" (The Meteors cover)Fenech2:51
12."Swine"Taskas3:54
13."Human Fly" (The Cramps cover)Purkhiser, Wallace2:38
14."Loose" (The Stooges cover)Alexander, Asheton, Asheton, Osterberg2:59
15."Hungry Jack McDonald"Farkas, Klestines, Taskas, Tolnay3:43
16."Meat Axe"Farkas, Taskas5:16
17."Poor Herb" (The Gongk Show)Buchan, Tolnay4:37
18."Loose (The Gongk Show)" (The Stooges cover)Alexander, Asheton, Asheton, Osterberg3:48
19."Grong Grong" (The Gongk Show)Farkas, Klestines, Taskas, Tolnay4:15
20."Hills Have Eyes" (The Gongk Show)Fenech2:53

Personnel

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Adapted from the To Hell 'n' Back liner notes.[6]

Grong Grong

Production and design

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog
Australia 2009 Memorandum CD Memo6

References

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  1. ^ Deming, Mark. "Grong Grong > Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b Deming, Mark. "Grong Grong: To Hell 'n' Back > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  3. ^ 'Enthal, Andrea (September 1986). "Underground". Spin. 2 (6). SPIN Media LLC: 34. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  4. ^ Sprague, Deborah. "King Snake Roost". Trouser Press. Trouser Press LLC. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  5. ^ Eddy, Chuck (16 May 2012). "Aussie in Effect: 8 Essentials of Oz Rock". Spin. SPIN Media LLC. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  6. ^ To Hell 'n' Back (booklet). Grong Grong. Sydney, NSW: Memorandum Recordings. 2009.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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