Here's my band, Ludicra and our first album Hollow Psalms. It was recorded in 2000, released in 2002 by Life Is Abuse, and is now out of print. I play drums, and I drew the cover, and the obligatory illegible logo. The digipack was designed to open backwards making it like a book. Bassist Ross Sewage hand calligraphed all the lyrics and info and did some excellent woodcut illustrations that you will never see because you can't get this. Seeing how this CD fetches up to $45,000,000 on eBay, and people are always asking me for copies, I figured I should probably put it up here. Since Hollow Psalms, we released two more full lengths through Alternative Tentacles and an EP through Life Is Abuse. All those are readily available so I suggest you stop dicking around here and buy them up, they are vastly superior to this recording, and someday will fetch gazillions of dollars on eBay.
One of my favorite bands.. Amen.
ReplyDeleteYou are making me miss the bay soooooo much right now!
ReplyDeleteLudicra is the Patron Silver of metal.
Hail!
Nice!
ReplyDeletemy old bands 7 inch only goes for 1 million dollars on the bay....
kudos!
I've got them all but the ep,where do i get that?
ReplyDeleteGreat debut. Bought this shit after someone told me it was the drummer from hickey, but boy was I pleasantly surprised when it was a black (or 'grey' metal) rather than a hickey rehash.
ReplyDeletebought this when someone told me it had the aesop from hickey...but boy was i pleasantly surpised to hear a black (or 'grey') metal recording rather than a hickey rehash.
ReplyDeleteI found this in the used CD section of Generation Records in NYC a few years ago. Scooped it right up. People inexplicably dump some really great shit off there. I scored the first three Today is the Day albums before any were re-issued and while the old AmRep versions were tough as nails to find.
ReplyDeletei've been really into your band since i heard one of your tracks on an AT comp... great music
ReplyDeleteSo people leave more comments if it's my own band? Weird. To the dude who asked about the EP..
ReplyDeletehttp://www.lifeisabuse.com/main.html
You're too modest, Aesop. Ludicra rules, so of course people are going to leave comments!
ReplyDeleteI have never been accused of being too modest. I'm sure those who know me well will find it amusing.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that the owner of this blog plays for Ludicra and Agalloch.
ReplyDeleteAwesome dude.
Indeed I do.
ReplyDeletecan't wait to see you guys play with wolves in the throne room at slims
ReplyDeletei started a blog also, i think you might like it, check it out if you care to, thanks for the great music, and you are right, your releases keep getting better, keep up the good work.
http://blacknoisebastard.blogspot.com
Mr. Svartsoy, thanks. Sam Gopal, Graves At Sea? Great start keep it up.
ReplyDeleteYou are too modest about this album. I bought it when it came out, and it still sits right next to my cd player. Userpent is one of my favorite songs ever. Fucking great.
ReplyDeleteUserpent is a great song, and a fan favorite. Here's a pretty good video of us playing it at Gilman Street some years ago...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGE2XLLgulc
Ludicra is one of my absolutely favourite bands I want to have CD AND vinyl versions from. (Category Magma, Neurosis, etc.) AND you also played in Grinch, Aesop. Another band too brilliant for most people to notice apparently.
ReplyDeletePS: Now I know why all my previous posts didn't show up. (I forgot about the word verification because the comment box is so little on my screen...)
Thanks, DiNo. All Ludicra material is available on vinyl except for this one, but it's in the works. I'm surprised you know about Grinch but I was really only in the band for a 5 week tour.
ReplyDeletei bought mine at Amoeba
ReplyDeleteall the rest i got from Scott
at shows
you guys fuckin shred and u know i'm at every local show headbangin like a fool
i have to thank Anthena Kautsh and jeff 'whiplash' Robinson of 'Short, Fast and Loud' magazine for doing an interview with you guys and i hunted down Hollow Psalms (by hunting i mean i hoped on the 22 fillmore, then transfered to the '7 Haight')
needless to say i was hooked...
keep up the great blog, love how u mix it up and dont abide to any specific 'type' of music
i am waiting for the new record (what gives man?) but i'd rather wait 2 years and get 5 incredible songs than 11 average ones every year like some lame ass commercial crap that is pumed out to the mtv driven, douche bags out there
ok thats my rant
a friend is recommending me Ludicra for almost two years now, 'bout time I get around listening something.
ReplyDeleteMy poor wallet, aesop, do you know where I can find a distro carrying Ludicra cds?
About time you put up something of your fame and glory ;)
ReplyDeleteI wish I were a rock star...
You rock Aesop!
Hey,have you seen this?
http://loumingpresents.blogspot.com/
time for me to shamefully confess I had never checked you guys out... ok, not completely true, I think I heard one of the AT releases at a friends' place once... but much as you might (as many bands do) knock it as yer first effort, I'm enjoying it a lot so far. thanks yet again.
ReplyDeleteHAY AESOP I HAD THESE TUNES ON 8-TRACK FROM WHEN I CLANDESTINELY RECORDED YOU GUYS IN YOUR REHEARSAL SPACE MILLIONS OF YEARS BEFORE THE DAWN OF HISTORY.
ReplyDeleteActually I didn't catch on before I read Aversionline's review of Another Great Love Song but hey. Fantastic band, I have loved everything I have heard yet and I'm sure this old fucker will hit the spot too.
tis true, Nano is at every show, in front, and banging. The guy is a ruler!
ReplyDeleteNano, we agree, quality over quantity. We have enough new songs to record another album but we're waiting to work out some more stuff. I think we'll have something out befor 09 is half over.
Mark, you are a rockstar, and in a way, if not for you and your good influence over my listening habits as a teenage Floridian punk Ludicra would not exist. You hipped me to Amebix ferchrissakes!!!
Hey everyone if you like aesops band then support the man. I just bought my copy for $9.00 shipping included...great deal for a limited white vinyl release with a screenprinted b-side.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.lifeisabuse.com/main.html
Thanks, Dave. Life Is Abuse deserves support as well, great label. Never released anything I didn't love.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know you guys did this lay out yourself. I used to rave about the design to people all the time when I first got this album!
ReplyDeleteRoss and I together make for one capable designer.
ReplyDeletei got my compact dicks version, but make a vinyl, make a vinyl
ReplyDeletehey dino, it's "Pat from Deerfield" !
It's a c-hair too long for a 12" but we're brainstorming about how to make it work. Perhaps a double 10" but that means it will be pricey.
ReplyDeleteThanks dude. As it would happen, I've already bought AGLS and FELO. Rock on.
ReplyDeleteHi 'Pat from Deerfield', I don't think I'm the DiNo you think I am (I'm from Belgium actually).
ReplyDeletehey dino. sorry.
ReplyDeletei made the assumption that you were DiNo from Asunder.
i wonder if a 12" and a 7" would be cheaper than 2 10" - are 10'ers harder to produce cuz thery're "RARE" ? anyway, I have all the others on vinyl - it'd be cool to have the debut.
pd, you also assumed Dino from Asunder can read and write. LOL.
ReplyDeleteLooks like it will be a double 12" with extra tracks (probably live) or one of 4 sides left blank or screenprinted. We hope to have this done before our 10th anniversary show on Halloween but kind of hinges on the label.
ludicra rules! thanks for following my blog. if you ever need help seting up a show in new york,please contact me
ReplyDeleteAhh, well your blog is great. Krallice, Fen... obviously you are a man of taste and distinction.
ReplyDeleteI've really enjoyed the songs posted on the LUDICRA myspace. So I'm really looking forward to giving this a listen. Thanks for posting this and for putting so much work and insight into the blog. Its a great resource.
ReplyDeletei love Ludicra.."Userpent" has always been my fave,but "Why Conquer?" is def. one a my absolutely favorite songs ever by anyone..i just read an interview with Gary Holt where he talks about liking a great band from the Bay with 2 girls in it,and i guess the interviewer hadnt heard of the band and heard it different cuz it says "Luna Crow" in the interview hahaha
ReplyDelete(its an Exodus interview at voicesfromthedarkside.de)
That rules. I heard he did a TV interview where he referred to us as an all girl band. Yeah, he's a nice dude.
ReplyDeleteDEMO DEMO DEMO.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you mean, Mr. Handy?
ReplyDeleteplease post the ludicra demo tape.
ReplyDeleteor the dr. dre-del stuff.
so good.
Ahhhh, the Ludicra demo is the same as this album.
ReplyDeleteThat is a great album. The cover would make for some good patches and back patches. It reminds me of fog rolling in out there by the cliff house or at West Portal station. I'm going to sell mine and move back...
ReplyDeleteYa ,that scream in Userpent kills(the songs not to shabby either.). Are you guys coming through Austin,Texas on your next tour? If so I'd like to buy ya' a drink or 2 or 3 for all the righteous shit I've gotten from you. Diggin' your band.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Daniel. We probably won't make Texas this spring but we have a lot of travel plans for 2010 so...
ReplyDelete"$45,000,000 on eBay"
ReplyDeleteYour joke grows truer every year. Or would, but it apparently can’t be got for any price. I should have thought to look here; thank you so much for hosting this, though I will still look to purchase a flac/cd version.
And in light of it’s demise, I just gotta say how much I love this band's catalogue. I wanted to say that especially cause I was thinking of comments Don Anderson made in reply to a Sculptured retrospective at IO; I hope the people that make these albums know how much they still get spun.