Combine sarcastic, gory, and furiously intense punk rock to the extreme with really amusing movie samples and the desire to make a complete mockery of everything, and you get Spazz, possibly the best band in the history of the world. This album, subtitled "all of the out of print stuff '93-96," chronicles the tear-jerking metamorphosis of Spazz from a mediocre noise band to the intercontinental champion of powerviolence. And what a beautiful transformation it is. Early on in spazzdom, the spazzes, in their best move to date, gave up on trying to be a legitimate band and got funny. Currently reigning as the superhuman kings of my music collection, they have fought heroically to capture this position, possibly the greatest honor in the world. Their lyrics are impossible to decipher. They pound on their instruments in true death metal valiance. They masterfully embellish their tracks with samples from B-movies. They use a twangy banjo and mouth harp on such tracks as "Spudboy" and "Spazz vs. Mother Nature." They are the embodiment of powerviolence. In total, Spazz is way cooler than you or I will ever be, and you should, therefore, buy, scrutinize, and idolize their creations. Lucky for you, the elusive half of the superhuman Spazz is now available to mere mortals like yourself. In a glorious 64 action-packed tracks (54 min. 19 sec.), "Sweatin' to the Oldies" encompasses the complete history of Spazz, from geek to sheik, loud, comedic, insightful, inspiring, many times hard to find, and noisy. Buy it. What other band lines its record with kung-fu pictures? What other band lifts samples from Lifetime (television for women) premiere movies? What other band records an entire 7" in venerable tribute to powerviolence pioneers, Man Is The Bastard? What other band has a song that mocks phat beats and names it "Beattie and The Beat?" There is no other band that even comes close to the ingenuity of Spazz. Pick up their devil-spawn now or die a loser.
