Doctors' Mob - Gracious Brunette

I've been going through my record collection and found many LP's that will probably never be issued on CD and widely available, so decided to put some on here so people can at least enjoy a few long lost gems from the 80's.

Who are Doctors' Mob?

"Named for the 1788 Doctors' Mob Riot, this unruly, guitar-driven quartet was a key band in the so-called "New Sincerity" contingent that also included such mid-Eighties Austin acts as the True Believers, Reivers, and the Wild Seeds (side note, I have stuff from all those bands). Although no satisfactory definition of New Sincerity exists, the Mob represented the movement's scruffier extremes with its Replacements-style motto, "Show up drunk, show up late, or don't show up at all." Initially formed in 1981 by Big Boys drummer-turned-bassist/vocalist Steve Collier along with guitarist Jody Hunt and drummer Karl Schultz, the band's more recognized lineup with Collier and Don Lamb on guitar/vocals, bassist Jimmy Doluisio, and drummer Glen Benavides coalesced in 1983. Doctors' Mob combined a flailing punk pedigree with skillful songwriting to create a sound that enabled them to open for the Butthole Surfers, Hüsker Dü, and NRBQ within the span of a month. Their 1985 debut, Headache Machine captured the band's wily performance aesthetic on standout tracks like "Johnny Died Young" and "The Cage." In August 1985, Doctors' Mob was one of the bands filmed by MTV for the much-anticipated Austin episode of IRS's The Cutting Edge. Bassist Doluisio left later that year and was replaced by Tim Swingle. The Mob signed with Relativity Records for their second album and went into the studio with producer Tommy Erdelyi (né Ramone). The resulting tracks were deemed overproduced by the label, and the band had to re-record. Sophomore Slump finally came out in 1987, but after two tours in support of the album, Doctors' Mob called it quits the following year. Most of the band's recorded output was reissued on 1999's Last One in the Van Drives." -- Greg Beets

I have "Headache Machine" and "Sophomore Slump" on LP, both excellent. Like so many bands from the era, DM was criminally underrated back in the day and deserves to be heard by a wider audience.

Technical Note: As always I try to get the best reproduction possible by cleaning my albums with a pad, using a decent needle, and putting the transferred wave file through a basic de-clicker program to remove most pops and clicks. However, since I don't have access -- or could even afford -- a professional studio with hi-tech gadgets to really clean up the sound, like all vinyl LPs there is inherent surface noise and other imperfections I can't fix. I still think my album transfers sound better than 99% of the LPs I hear on here. Hope you agree.

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• austin rock
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