It's sad how Mary Beats Jane continue to be overlooked and neglected. The few people who do rave about Mary Beats Jane always (literally always) talk about their 1994 selftitled debut and act like Locust, their second album and clearly their magnum opus, doesn't even exist.
If you have any interest in modern metal, I'm sure you're familiar with Peter Dolving. If not for his throat shredding performances in The Haunted, then perhaps for his rants on his MySpace Page - rants which frequently make the news section on Blabbermouth.
But before The Haunted there was Mary Beats Jane. Dolving was asked to join the band in the early 90's. At first he was hesitant, because he thought that by "metal" they meant stuff like Guns N' Roses, but when the band started namedropping Mudhoney and Black Flag, he was won over.
Funny thing is, Mary Beats Jane sounded absolutely nothing like either Mudhoney or Black Flag. The aforementioned overrated debut album has a Pantera meets Rollins Band kinda vibe and it hasn't aged very well. Locust however sounds as amazing as it did twelve years ago. Almost like a dirtier, more unhinged version of Tool, only much better (bring your wrath, Tool nerds - I'll take on every last one of you).
Shortly after the release of Locust Mary Beats Jane disbanded. They reunited in 2004, but has yet to produce a follow up to the majestic Locust.
These three songs only hint at the brilliance that is Locust, an album that must be heard in its entirety. Make the right choice and buy it today. Or just download it from somewhere, I don't care.
(mp3) Mary Beats Jane - Pure
(mp3) Mary Beats Jane - Flowered (recommended!)
(mp3) Mary Beats Jane - Cradlewake
Buy Locust @ Amazon.com.
A live performance of Day In Day Out:
3 comments:
Gonna have to check this out. Was in love with the self titled when it came out. That one's on Spotify but Locust ain't.
Well there you go, more proof of the conspiracy against Locust!
This will not do!
Absolutely agree with you on this one, though I am always dissapointed how few people know about them. The debut was a strong album, but Locust was genious. Music like that is hard to come by.
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