Grong Grong is the eponymously titled debut studio album of Grong Grong, released in 1986 by Aberrant Records.[1]

Grong Grong
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 5, 1986 (1986-05-05)
RecordedJuly – October 1983 (1983-10)
StudioSeaview Ballroom
(Melbourne)
Genre
Length34:46
LabelAberrant
Grong Grong chronology
Grong Grong
(1986)
To Hell 'n' Back
(2009)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [2]

Allmusic awarded Grong Grong two out of five possible stars.[2] Spin compared the band favorably to The Birthday Party, saying "Grong's sound screeches and shimmers smoothly in vibrato-drowned squiggles" and that the songs "only hint at the dark, heavy, and twisted minds behind this flat black slab."[3] Deborah Sprague of Trouser Press was especially complimentary towards guitarist Charles Tolnay, saying "where his fine abstract-expressionist guitar mist was subordinate to a series of overly pious Birthday Party eulogies like "Poor Herb" and "Louise the Fly."[4]

Track listing

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Studio Side
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Grong Grong"Farkas, Klestines, Taskas, TolnayFarkas, Klestines, Taskas, Tolnay4:28
2."Angels & Demons"FarkasTaskas5:10
3."Club Grotesque"FarkasTaskas, Tolnay4:01
4."Louie the Fly"TaskasTolnay3:39
Live Side
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Poor Herb"BuchanTonlay2:50
2."Looking at You" (MC5 cover)Davis, Kramer, Smith, Thompson, TynerDavis, Kramer, Smith, Thompson, Tyner3:03
3."The Hills Have Eyes" (The Meteors cover)FenechFenech2:46
4."Who's Got It"FarkasTolnay3:45
5."Vlad the Impaler"TolnayTolnay4:04

Personnel

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Adapted from the Grong Grong liner notes.[5]

Grong Grong

Production and design

  • Andrew DeCaux – cover art, illustrations
  • Regina Hayson – photography
  • Patrick O'Pillage (O'Pillage) – design

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog
Australia 1986 Aberrant LP Grunt1
United States Alternative Tentacles VIRUS 49

References

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  1. ^ Deming, Mark. "Grong Grong > Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Grong Grong: Grong Grong > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  3. ^ 'Enthal, Andrea (September 1986). "Underground". Spin. 2 (6). SPIN Media LLC: 34. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  4. ^ Sprague, Deborah (1991). "King Snake Roost". Trouser Press. Collier Books: 191. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  5. ^ Grong Grong (sleeve). Grong Grong. Sydney, NSW: Aberrant Records. 1986.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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