Parasites

Editorial Reviews
Vital Weekly, 2002
Interesting and of high musical quality as always…

Tobias V, Incursion, March 31, 2002
A succinct and playful album of experimental madness which… does not force the listener into obscurity.

Album Description
This improv duo creates a new generation of Parasites! Labrosse has given up referencial phrases and works only with abstract elements while Tétreault has abandoned the use of LP’s and turned to the turntable’s intrinsic sound potential.

Parasites

The Parasites
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Freaking crazy!!!
 The Parasites
Brain Drill
Manufacturer: Unfun Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000JJRY1K
Release Date: 2006-11-07

Tracks:

  1. Consumed by the Dead
  2. Parasites
  3. Swine Slaughter
  4. Forcefed Human Shit
  5. Depths of Darkness
  6. Revelation

Album Description

Death Metal's rules are being re-written by bands like Brain Drill performing insanely technical drums and guitars working together to blow fans away. Not only are the tracks amazingly difficult to play, but catchy as well, similar to the combination bands like Cannibal Corpse yet still as complicated as Necrophagist. The trio began as a side project for guitarist Dylan Ruskin of Burn at the Stake but is now his main band. The band hails from terrifying hills of Ben Lomond, CA offering a brutal undertaking much like a psycho circus reflecting the darkest depths of humanity. At the forefront of their genre and as complex as they are, Brain Drill looks to rise to the top of the Metal charts with the Metal Blade and Prosthetic Records bands.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Freaking crazy!!!.......2006-12-14

This band was the opening act at a Cannibal Corpse/Dying Fetus show I saw. They were freaking incredible! The speed of the drums and the frantic energy of the guitars blow my mind. The style of the vocals is pretty interesting too. The vocals don't always come in where you would expect. The vocals sound very sharp and intense. It's stuff like this that makes death metal so freaking cool.
Society's Parasites
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • One of the most frantic, well-developed punk albums in a long time
 Society's Parasites
Society's Parasites
Manufacturer: Hellcat Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000OQDUN4
Release Date: 2007-05-22

Tracks:

  1. Preface
  2. In The City
  3. Late Week Night
  4. Who's On Your Side
  5. Echo Park
  6. Vermont And 4th
  7. Wishing Armageddon
  8. Doomed
  9. I'm Not Dead
  10. American Nightmare
  11. Parasites
  12. Maggot Girl
  13. Minus One
  14. Swift And Deadly
  15. Post Script

Album Description

From the streets of Echo Park, LA come Society's Parasites - loud, fast, and pissed off. Playing punk rock in the classic vein of muscular bands like Void, MDC, and The Stains, they've been tearing up the LA punk rock scene since 1997, coming to the attention of Hellcat's Tim Armstrong. With influences ranging from Rancid, Antidote, and Filth to Muddy Waters, Society's Parasites have produced something unique, with guitar licks and bass riffs that most punk bands won't even attempt. Prepare yourself for an album's worth of two-minute thirty-second blasts of mayhem. For fans of The Casualties and The Unseen.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars One of the most frantic, well-developed punk albums in a long time.......2007-07-03

Tim Armstrong hand picked Society's Parasites from seeing them perform live to have their debut CD be put out on Hellcat Records. Tim Armstrong does not screw around when it comes to recognizing and developing true talent in music today. Just one look at the Hellcat roster will tell you that straight away. Society's Parasities, hailing from Los Angeles, throws down the gauntlet on the new breed of punk.

A 1:10 intro, a 1:16 outro, and 13 songs totaling a breakneck 21:28. If you don't have these 24 minutes to devote to destroying everything within a 50 yard radius, then you might not want to attempt this CD.

Freddy and Vince throw guitar riffs down that are nothing short of ferocious. Half of these riffs could probably eat you, and your cat, and your dog...and maybe your sister. Mean, slicing guitar riifs, combining a much-more polished version of Capitalist Casualties with some elements that could even be considered taken from the blues themselves, riffing and scales with a very distinct swing and movement to them. With these riffs, most punk bands can't even compare at half-speed. These cats are a new class of accomplished musicians, bringing punk back it's credibility.

Andy's bass lines approach the level of Matt Freeman from Rancid, whose walking bass lines are nothing short of stunning. Andy plays these high caliber riffs at the fastest possible speed, and they accent every passage flawlessly.

Jimmy knows his drums well, and likes kicking the crap out of them. Fast, strong drumming that has a very tight, focused energy to it. He sets the frantic pace for the rest of the members, and never relents from pulling off ridiculous fills at the most appropriate time.

Vocally, Freddy has a sinister sneer that lacks no energy or conviction. He sounds like a further scratched up Lars Fredericksen. The gang vocals are not overdone, but added at the best possible time, with Jimmy and Andy filling out the rest of the vocal work.

In summation: If you're sick of the way punk rock has been crawling into the retirement home, buy this album. These cats will blow any and all notions that fast, spirited punk is dead and cast it straight into the Pacific.
Rat Ass Pie
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Beautiful, jumpy jumpy happy punk at its best
  • Top notch pop punk
  • This is the best album ever!!!
 Rat Ass Pie
Parasites
Manufacturer: Go Kart
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000007OYO
Release Date: 1998-05-12

Tracks:

  1. Sunnyside
  2. Hang Up
  3. Notes To You
  4. Don't Do That
  5. What Should I Do
  6. Run Away
  7. You're Gonna Miss Me
  8. The Same Thing
  9. Hard To Find
  10. Telling Lies
  11. It's Getting Hard
  12. Columbia
  13. I Fall Down
  14. Carve Your Initials

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Beautiful, jumpy jumpy happy punk at its best.......2001-08-30

This CD is amazing, from the first time I listened to it I cannot get the songs out of my head. Sunnyside is a piece of pure punk heaven. I would recommend everyone buys this CD.

5 out of 5 stars Top notch pop punk.......2001-08-12

I'll admit to a bit of a bias, as I played bass on this record, but the songs are of the highest caliber and the production is excellent (Thanks, Mass!!). I may never see my 20% of the profits, but if you like good old fashioned poppy punk rock, this is the record for you. Dave Parasite resides comfortably among the pantheon of songwriters who deserve the highest honors within this genre. His work is catchy yet insightful, embodying all of the desires and unfulfilled wishes of the lovelorn. He can make you laugh and cry without forcing you to spend months in a van with him. Please purchase this record before you wind up in the band and incapable of objective criticism. SC

5 out of 5 stars This is the best album ever!!!.......1999-02-05

Oh ma, I dont know where to start-It is definetley the best CD ive ever heard-melodic lyrics and great guitar. Mix of the BEach Boys lyrics and Pop punk, every song sticks in ur head after you listen to it. A GREAT BUY! Its worth every penny! BUY IT!
Compost
Average customer rating: 2 out of 5 stars
  • Eh.
 Compost
Parasites
Manufacturer: Go Kart
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00001SIB6
Release Date: 2000-01-11

Tracks:

  1. Top Secret
  2. She's From Salinas
  3. Loyola
  4. Brunt Toast
  5. No Martyr
  6. Tears On My Pillow
  7. I Almost Loved You
  8. What A Day
  9. Dennis's Excellent Haircut
  10. Something To Hold Onto
  11. Stay Awhile
  12. Suzanne
  13. Pep Talk
  14. I Don't Wanna Go Out With You
  15. (Do You Wanna) Drill Threes?
  16. Teenage Radiation
  17. Daydreaming
  18. Mel's Theme

Product Description

1. Top Secret
2. She's From Salinas
3. Loyola
4. Brunt Toast
5. No Martyr
6. Tears On My Pillow
7. I Almost Loved You
8. What A Day
9. Dennis's Excellent Haircut
10. Something To Hold Onto
11. Stay Awhile
12. Suzanne
13. Pep Talk
14. I Don't Wanna Go Out With You
15. (Do You Wanna) Drill Threes?
16. Teenage Radiation
17. Daydreaming
18. Mel's Theme


Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Eh........2002-05-27

The Parasites are pop punk, and are not afraid to hide it. They've been around for some time now, and they have paid their dues, in some people's eyes. So does this warrant a retrospective/B-sides CD, while the band is still alive and kicking? I think not. Material like this really slows the band down, in my opinion. The Parasites have put out some pretty good punk rock [I can't tell you how often I play my Boris the Sprinkler/Parasites 7"] and with this CD chock full of throwaway tracks, it seems to cheapen them. Yes, there are some catchy songs on here that probably deserved a spot on a full-length, but for every one of those, there are two that bore you. They even put on a Queers cover song ["Daydreaming"], which I didn't understand. They played it almost note for note, which seems like something a garage band just starting out would do, not an established act like the Parasites. The most interesting part of the whole thing were the liner notes, which gave a [very] comprehensive history on said band. I guess if you enjoy the Parasites, pick this up, it will act as an addendum to their music. Otherwise, pass on it and buy one of their full-lengths which you will enjoy much more.
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    Parasites
    Manufacturer: Wingnut Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B0000021XH
    Release Date: 1996-05-14

    Tracks:

    1. SOMETHING TO HOLD ONTO
    2. YOUNG & STUPID
    3. DIE TRYING
    4. WHAT A DAY
    5. CRAZY
    6. WHEN I'M HERE WITH YOU
    7. GOOD GRIEF
    8. MAKE YOU MINE
    9. SOMEDAY
    10. REFUGE
    11. I ALMOST LOVED YOU
    12. I DON'T WANNA GO OUT WITH YOU
    13. FOOL FOR YOU
    14. WAITING GAME
    15. BURNT TOAST
    16. NEVER GIVING UP ON YOU
    17. PEP TALK
    18. STAY AWHILE
    19. LET DOWN
    20. IF YOU KNEW
    21. TEENAGE RADIATION
    22. LAST CARESS
    23. SUZANNE
    More Bounce To The Ounce
    Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    • It r0cks man!!!
    • It's Like a bounced check.
    		 More Bounce To The Ounce
    The Pink Lincolns , and The Parasites
    Manufacturer: Lookout Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000000FK5
    Release Date: 1997-06-24

    Tracks:

    1. We Are The Future People Of Tomorrow - The Mr. T Experience
    2. Medley: Jealous Again/Depression - The Pink Lincolns
    3. Chevy II Nova - The Gotohells
    4. Day Dreaming - The Parasites
    5. One Pill - The Teen Idols
    6. Granola Head - Cletus
    7. Escape Velocity - Sicko
    8. Dolomite - The Groovie Ghoulies
    9. Dumb - The Nobodys
    10. Slow Down - The Hi-Fives
    11. The Day I Went Away - The Lillingons
    12. You Don't Give Me Strawberry Trees - The Cretins
    13. FB Song - Cub
    14. Gas Chamber - Sinkhole
    15. Borough Boy - Spirit Varnish
    16. Del Champion - Lick 57
    17. Keep On - The Smugglers
    18. I Wanna Be A Cretin - Squirtgun
    19. Waldorf - Doc Hopper
    20. The Kids Are Alright - The Queers

    Tracks:

    1. No Action - The Muffs
    2. Beer - Cletus
    3. This Sandal Shit - The Queers
    4. Nightmares - Teen Idols
    5. Ronnie Is A Psycho - The Parasites
    6. Through With You - Cub
    7. Wild, Wild Jayne - The Groovie Ghoulies
    8. Hipster Boyfriend - Sicko
    9. I'v Got A Gun - The Gotohells
    10. Scarred By Love - The Nobodys
    11. Door - Sinkhole
    12. Whistlebait - The Mr. T Experience
    13. Margie - Squirtgun
    14. Trailer Park Fantasy - Lick 57
    15. Big Guy Song - Spirit Varnish
    16. Statler - Doc Hopper
    17. Jenny - The Cretins
    18. Lost My Marbles - The Lillingtons
    19. Rock With The Smugglers - The Smugglers

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars It r0cks man!!!.......1999-08-14

    You above suck. All these bands with some exceptions R really. You should by this. You get alotta good music really cheap.

    1 out of 5 stars It's Like a bounced check........1999-01-02

    Lookout records double cd is a compilation of various (artists?????)Lookout records collected a bunch of garage bands for this cd,that never should have found their way out of the garage. It must have been the neighbors that called lookout records to get these bands out of their neigborhoods.Who forgot to hide the garage door opener?Ifyou get a couple of garbage can lids andscream alot you might be able to get signed by lookout records too.Out of all the bands on this cd there were a few that show promise,the grovie ghoulies,squirtgun and the queers.So as warning to those who might buy this cd lookout lead doesn't bounce.
    Retro Pop Remasters: Best of Parasites
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      		Retro Pop Remasters: Best of Parasites
      Parasites
      Manufacturer: Go Kart
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000GY7378
      Release Date: 2006-09-19

      Tracks:

      1. When I'm Here With You
      2. Ronnie Is A Psycho
      3. Refuge
      4. You're Gonna Miss Me
      5. Crazy
      6. Run Away
      7. Hang Up
      8. Something To Hold Onto
      9. Top Secret
      10. Telling Lies
      11. Young And Stupid
      12. Waiting Game
      13. Never Giving Up On You
      14. Someday
      Punch Lines
      Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
      • one of the best albums ever
      • 1/6 of a great rock n' roll album
      		 Punch Lines
      Parasites
      Manufacturer: Shredder Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000001D1I
      Release Date: 1994-04-25

      Tracks:

      1. Crazy
      2. Nothing At All
      3. I Don't Believe You
      4. Young And Stupid
      5. When I'm Here With You
      6. You're Gonna Be Mine
      7. Someday
      8. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
      9. The Next Time
      10. Dead Roses
      11. Staring At The Ceiling
      12. Letdown

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars one of the best albums ever.......2003-04-06

      Pop punks' love songs at it's best... simple riffs with amazing lyrics.. fast paced. Every song on the album awesome. No other way to put it.

      4 out of 5 stars 1/6 of a great rock n' roll album.......2003-01-29

      The Parasites are one of those strange bands that made the same song over and over again in different ways, or rather the same sound throughout, as Neil Young said to the man in the crowd who said all his songs sound the same: "It's all the same song," --; these guys put out maybe six or seven incredible "pop-punk" songs during the mid 90s, the rest of the output was unfortunately "throwaway dreck", "filler" they call it, in-between and around the golden diamonds in the proverbial "rough" going, Not that this group was ever insincere or undevoted.... One definitely got the impression throughout that they were all doing their best. This was the Parasites album that I owned back then, and the first two songs, "Crazy", and "Nothing At All" was as if you were waking up to what you were flabbergasted to recognize was the beginning of a great pop record, which it was, but without, sadly, a great, or even really very good, middle and end.... It's hard to tell from this pt. of hindsight what could have been done with this band, -- if they were now today (2003) making the same songs, but were all 17 year olds who could dance, and wore silver suits, etc. & haircuts, they would have been the Backstreet Boys, yes, in an alternate universe where the Ramones really did overturn the terrible excesses of 70s rock n roll to re-evolve toward something pure and always fresh, always rock AND roll.... But the "context" in which these guys were making their music, the audience they were playing to, small groups of bored teen youth with terrible haircuts with no appreciation for the show, standing in front of these sometimes great bands performing them sniffling and never dancing . . . O, the Parasites were humble, a mere "Ramones-ish" band, so they were called, and they were content, as well, perhaps, naive, lacking in scope of ambition (ruling the airwaves), -- who knows however despite everything but that somewhere in the universe it is the Parasites, and not all the other undeserving punk not-rocking bands that became the Greatest Rock n Roll Band In the World.... (Look at what happened to Jawbreaker.The world simply couldn't handle their taking of the mount!)
      Keep the Beat
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • Mostly West Coast Comp
      		 Keep the Beat
      Snuff , Sicko , Blink-182 , Dragons , Parasites , Odd Numbers , and Lagwagon
      Manufacturer: Hairball 8
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD
      ASIN: B000005FNT
      Release Date: 1996-09-10

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Mostly West Coast Comp.......2005-10-14

      Just another great comp of bands from the West Coast and one band from England.

      Track List:
      1. Snuff - Vikings
      2. Sicko - Believe
      3. Blink 182 - Wrecked Him
      4. Parasites - When I'm Here With You
      5. The Odd Numbers - An Atom Bomb
      6. Swingin' Utters - Dirty Sea
      7. Jon Cougar Concentration Camp - Four Walls
      8. The Dragons - Red Fox Room
      9. Joey's Race Car - looking Out For #1
      10. Lagwagon - Violins
      11. Discount - Waiting By THe Wayside
      12. Carter Peace Mission - Pass Around
      13. Swindle - Chaos Kidz
      14. Slowpoke - Bridge
      15. Guns N' Wankers - incoming
      16. Frankenstein - Devil In A Bottle
      17. The Barnyard Ballers - Cenobites
      18. Tiltwheel - louis Hopeless Is A Rock Star
      19. Spazboy - Monkey's Paw
      20. No Use For A Name - Fatal Flu
      21. Down By Law - Daily Occurence
      22. Big Drill Car - Celebrated Summer
      Hidden Track. Barefoot Hockey Goalie - Camel Toes
      Parasites & Kings
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        		Parasites & Kings
        Sean Macdonald
        Manufacturer: Nettwerk
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B000056KVE
        Release Date: 2000-12-07

        Tracks:

        1. God
        2. Obsolesence
        3. Long Lost Friend
        4. Dancer & The Critic
        5. Psychopath
        6. Butterfly Wings
        7. God Is Smiling
        8. Powerdrive
        9. Love
        10. Generic Love Song
        11. Tornato Song
        12. Cappucino Anarchists
        13. Parasiles & Kings

        Music:

        1. Porcupine
        2. Remote Control [CD-single] [Import]
        3. Remote Control/Three Mc's [CD-single] [Import]
        4. Residence in Destruction
        5. Rock!!!!! [Import]
        6. Rough Music
        7. Rubber Space
        8. Simmer
        9. Sound of Sounds/Ping One Down, Pt. 1 [CD-single] [Import]
        10. Stereotype A [Extra tracks] [Import]

        Music

        music

        Music

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        Portrait [Import]

        Russian Fantasia

        Simply the Best: Country [Import]

        Then Again [Import]

        Reimann - Lear / Fischer-Dieskau, Dernesch, Lorand, Varady, Boysen; Albrecht

        Shades of Blue/Family Reunion

        Musical Moments Of Jascha Heifetz

        Pearls in the Snow

        Selection of Dixieland [Import]

        Peaches: The Very Best of the Stranglers [Original recording remastered]

        Putumayo Presents: One World, One Kid

        Nukluez Presentz: Hard House Anthems [Import]

        Blue Monday

        Last Call