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THE CAVE UNDER KICKASS HILL, by The Wizard's Keys

post #1 of 33
9/18/10 at 5:01pm
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Steve Murphy and I have decided to do an album all by our lonesome. Fun, loose, and little catchy rockers. No keyboards, just us playing all the business and roughing it.

1. Piss Drunk
2. Incentive to Bleed
3. Unicorns
4. In the Morning
5. I Sold My Life
6. Rumors and Tumors
7. The Pope of Checking Shit Out
8. Evil News
9. Less Like You
10. Uncle Daddy

11. Mozart Junior

12. I Like All Ages

13. Before the Shit Fight

14. Shit Fight

15. Cleaning Up The Shit Fight

I need an album cover for 'The Cave on Kickass Hill', should anyone have an inkling. This is a placeholder.

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post #2 of 33
9/19/10 at 10:07am
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Incentive to Bleed - 3:02 - MP3 FILE (right click and SAVE AS)

Nick - Rhythm Guitar (L & R), Bass, Vocals
Steve - Guitar (Solo, middle), Drums, Backing

Sakes alive I wanna celebrate my life
it's half over before it's begun
I sigh every time I shut my eyes at night
another day spent treading in fear

There's no incentive to bleed

Still in
Covered
Basking in overprotection

Every time I need to go escape my life
I feel the pressure of the unknown
Lock the door, feel secure and still wonder "if"
another day spent living in fear

There's no incentive to bleed

Still in
Covered
Basking in overprotection

I own my life


Incentive to Bleed - 3:02 - MP3 FILE (right click and SAVE AS)
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post #3 of 33
9/19/10 at 10:17am
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Another song about a disgruntled falconer...

Piss Drunk - 3:52 - MP3 FILE (right click and SAVE AS)

Nick - Drums, Vocals, Guitar solo (2nd half)
Steve - Guitar, Guitar solo (1st half), Bass, Backing

This glove is way too bloated
tired of waiting for your attention
savior, I'm looking for a sign here

Formless apparition in a tight dress
cozy with a glass in hand
save me, hit me again and again

Seasoned for love and fit like honey
I'm Piss Drunk and I need your body
Fueled by the glove and love of money
I'm Piss Drunk and I need your body
Oh yeah, Oh no, OH YEAH!
I'm Piss Drunk. Well I'm Piss Drunk!

My hand is lonely and unamused
busy, dizzy, and in the news
lazy, and grab the drink again

Seasoned for love and fit like honey
I'm Piss Drunk and I need your body
Fueled by the glove and love of money
I'm Piss Drunk and I need your body
Oh yeah, Oh no, OH YEAH!
I'm Piss Drunk. Well I'm Piss Drunk!

I'm ready for love!
Hit me again and again!
I'm Piss Drunk


Piss Drunk - 3:52 - MP3 FILE (right click and SAVE AS)
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post #4 of 33
9/19/10 at 6:47pm
Good show so far chaps, sounds like a tankload of stripped down, shit-kicking fun to me. Incentive To Bleed is action stations in the best way right from the get-go - high gain distortion chopping on dead strings and feedback into that ace bam-bam-bam-bam combination lead/chord riff. I really like Steve's drumming throughout and the chugging dropped D riffage after "There's no incentive to bleed" too, and in the breakdown just before 2:00. In fact that whole breakdown is sweeeeeet. In fact the whole song is.

The sleazy grooves of Piss Drunk should be pumping out of the stereo of a hotrod cruising melting highways in the mid-afternoon sun or the amps of a greasy roadhouse band. Or maybe the stereo of a tank. I feel like I need a shower after hearing it, but in a good way.
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post #5 of 33
9/20/10 at 12:23pm
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Thanks, fella. So good to have comments at all but yours are legendary.
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post #6 of 33
9/20/10 at 12:48pm
I've neglected really diving into this stuff so far, but I'm going to give all these a good listen and comment more. Not that I'm some great music critic or anything.

But as a guitarist/music-production enthusiast/amateur I'm highly interested in what you guys are doing.
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post #7 of 33
9/20/10 at 7:02pm
Nice work, fellas! Really like the first two songs and can't wait to hear the rest.
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post #8 of 33
9/20/10 at 9:05pm
I'm with J Mak. like what I heard thus far. More traditional and, dare I say...normal than I expected from you two goofs. But very catchy, and the backing vocals are spot on, Murph.
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post #9 of 33
9/21/10 at 10:07am
Is that like your stoner rock album? If so, I'm for it!
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post #10 of 33
9/21/10 at 1:40pm
First off, thank you for the wonderful comments, all. It's really appreciated and always nice when your work is acknowledged!

As for the album, we realized that the stuff we are doing on our own is very old-fashioned rock ass, in a good way. So we're sticking to that vibe throughout... hopefully.

Personally, I hope everyone likes Unicorns just as much as the other stuff!
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post #11 of 33
9/22/10 at 8:27am
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Unicorns - 1:59 - MP3 FILE (right click and SAVE AS)

Nick - Drums, Vocals
Steve - Guitar, Bass, Backing

I believe in unicorns
I believe in love
I believe in setting up traps
to catch a horse from above

But I know what I want
And I know how it feels

And I know I'm reaching out for horns

I believe in unicorns
I believe in love
I believe in setting up traps
to catch a horse from above


Unicorns - 1:59 - MP3 FILE (right click and SAVE AS)
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post #12 of 33
10/7/10 at 2:58am
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In the Morning - 2:08 - MP3 FILE (right click and SAVE AS)

Nick - Guitar, Bass, Vocals
Steve - Drums, Backing

In the morning you will see
I'm not my father
I'm not that far gone

In the Morning - 2:08 - MP3 FILE (right click and SAVE AS)
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post #13 of 33
10/8/10 at 9:06am
A barren, creepy tune, and it sounds great. It's been a favorite of mine since we recorded it.
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post #14 of 33
10/8/10 at 4:31pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick Nunziata View Post
Thanks, fella. So good to have comments at all but yours are legendary.
You old smoothy.

(Dammit, now there's pressure.)
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post #15 of 33
10/12/10 at 4:44pm
In The Morning and Unicorns need love too.
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post #16 of 33
11/2/10 at 4:07pm
Guess what's still amazing... that's right, THE WIZARD'S KEYS!
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post #17 of 33
12/17/10 at 11:52pm
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I Sold My Life - 1:25 - MP3 FILE (right click and SAVE AS)

Nick - Drums, Vocals
Steve - Guitar

I just sold my life
slow and nice
efficiently bereaved

Slowly crushing life and breathing

I just sold my life
rolled in spice
sufficiently unnerved

Sifting in the ground beneath me

Here I go again
soldier and friend
conveniently relieved

Sans the taming


I Sold My Life - 1:25 - MP3 FILE (right click and SAVE AS)
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post #18 of 33
1/4/11 at 3:03am
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Rumors and Tumors - 2:45 - MP3 FILE (right click and SAVE AS)

Nick - Drums, Vocals, Additional Guitar
Steve - Bass, Backing Vocals, Additional Guitar
SPECIAL GUEST: Andrew Wylie - Guitar

The rumors are true
The tumors show through
wrinkled polyester
Things ain't been the same
since we changed the game
and sipped the volatile cocktail

[Steve]
Bloody buttons involuntarily
We came to be electricity

through combustion and chance
the chemical dance
we learned to live the nighttime ways
The rumors are true
The tumors show through
wrinkled polyester

Rumors and Tumors,
Loaded Guns
Rumors and Tumors,
exploding

Things ain't been the same
since we changed the game
and sipped the volatile cocktail


Rumors and Tumors - 2:45 - MP3 FILE (right click and SAVE AS)
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post #19 of 33
1/4/11 at 3:07am
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The Pope of Checking Shit Out - 2:55 - MP3 FILE (right click and SAVE AS)

Nick - Drums, Vocals
Steve - Bass, Backing Vocals, Guitar

I'm the Pope of Checking Shit Out
I'm the love that fuels your beliefs
This is my one and only decree
Rock and Roll in Heaven with me

Donuts in the hole
Feeding my zeal every mo'nin
getting fat on life
I'm alive, I'm alive

I'm the Pope of Checking Shit Out
I'm the love that fuels your beliefs
This is my one and only decree
Rock and Roll in Heaven with me

I'm the Pope of Desire
I'm the Pope of the Fire
I'm the Pope clad in leather

I'm the Pope of Checking Shit Out
I'm the love that fuels your beliefs
This is my one and only decree
Rock and Roll in Heaven with me



The Pope of Checking Shit Out - 2:55 - MP3 FILE (right click and SAVE AS)
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post #20 of 33
1/4/11 at 3:14am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick Nunziata View Post
In the Morning - 2:08 - MP3 FILE (right click and SAVE AS)

Nick - Guitar, Bass, Vocals
Steve - Drums, Backing

In the morning you will see
I'm not my father
I'm not that far gone

In the Morning - 2:08 - MP3 FILE (right click and SAVE AS)
New mix up.
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post #21 of 33
1/4/11 at 3:02pm
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Evil News - 3:06 - MP3 FILE (right click and SAVE AS)

Nick - Guitar, Bass, Vocals
Steve - Drums, Backing Vocals

This is Sodom
This is Fodder
This is Tomorrow

This is Evil News
And they've been printing the truth

This is Sodom
This is Fodder
This is Tomorrow

Defy the right , Defy the right

This is Evil News
And they've been printing the truth


Evil News - 3:06 - MP3 FILE (right click and SAVE AS)
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post #22 of 33
1/4/11 at 5:10pm
Wowser....."Evil News" is awesome. Everything except for the vocals reminds me of prime Iron Maiden, and it's Nick's most deft guitar work yet.
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post #23 of 33
2/1/11 at 10:01pm
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Less Like You - 2:52 - MP3 FILE (right click and SAVE AS)

Nick - Guitar, Vocals
Steve - Drums

Thunder bunny undercover lover

hands dark just like your mother

after you there'll be another

not like you

 

Winter whippoorwill you are chosen

sweet molasses burnt then frozen

what comes out before it goes in

less like you

 

The odds have spoken

the forces folding

less like you

 

Outer space before the blowing

comets speed by while we're growing

infinite and ever folding

less like like you
 

The odds have spoken

the forces folding

less like you


Thunder bunny undercover lover

hands dark just like your mother

after you there'll be another

but not like you



Less Like You - 2:52 - MP3 FILE (right click and SAVE AS)

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post #24 of 33
2/4/11 at 8:19am

Keep this stuff coming. Evil News and Rumors and Tumors kicked my ass. Good shit.

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post #25 of 33
4/5/11 at 8:07am
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Uncle Daddy - 4:22 - MP3 FILE (right click and SAVE AS)

Nick - Drums, Guitar Solo #2, Vocals
Steve - Guitar, Bass, Vocals

 

Nick: Robots and sandwiches for you

Steve: Break off a piece of the inner tube

Nick: They'll shine dark lights at what I do

(both)

Blame On

Scream On

Dream On

Cream On

(assorted yeahs)

 

Call me Uncle Daddy

Call me Uncle Daddy

Call me on the phone

Call me on the bone

Call me when you're all alone

Call me Uncle Daddy

 

Steve: Robots and sandwiches for you

Nick: Break off a piece of the inner tube

Steve: They'll shine dark lights at what I do

(both)

Blame On

Scream On

Dream On

Cream On

(assorted yeahs and no's)

 

Call me Uncle Daddy

Call me Uncle Daddy

Call me on the phone

Call me on the bone

Call me when you're all alone

Call me Uncle Daddy



Uncle Daddy - 4:22 - MP3 FILE (right click and SAVE AS)

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post #26 of 33
4/5/11 at 4:41pm

Chock full of grunt. For such a simple riff it really holds strong and never wears out its welcome. Both gat sounds are in that perfect overdrive zone combining smoothness and dirtiness. Actually so are the vocals. Love the throb in the thud of the kick drum and the wet splash of the cymbals too. And the melody of the repeated "Call me Uncle Daddy" to open the chorus is just what the witchdoctor ordered.

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post #27 of 33
4/5/11 at 8:16pm

I did think it could be about 30 seconds shorter, but otherwise, I loved it. Awesome tone and quite meaty riff.


 

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post #28 of 33
4/24/11 at 10:14am
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I Like All Ages - 2:19 - MP3 FILE (right click and SAVE AS)

Nick - Drums, Vocals
Steve - Guitar, Bass, Backing Vocals

 

Wonderful
Tolerable
Don't blame yourself for how I feel
Cyclical
Invisible
Time has no sway on this parade
Finally
You and Me
Autumn, Spring, All in Between


I LIKE ALL AGES BABY
(Listen Listen Listen Listen Listern)
I LIKE ALL AGES BABY


Tangible
Swollen full
Our love transcends all right and wrong
Mostly Wrong


I Like All Ages - 2:19 - MP3 FILE (right click and SAVE AS)

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post #29 of 33
4/24/11 at 10:21am
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Before the Shit Fight - 2:08 - MP3 FILE (right click and SAVE AS)
Nick - Drums, Vocals
Steve - Guitar, Bass, Backing Vocals

 

Shit Fight - 1:22 - MP3 FILE (right click and SAVE AS)
Nick - Guitars, Vocals
Steve - Drums, Bass, Backing Vocals

 

Cleaning Up the Shit Fight - 1:56 - MP3 FILE (right click and SAVE AS)
Nick - Guitars
Steve - Drums, Bass

 

 

Creeping down the clock
My hands never stop
My walk is a strut, I strut in my sleep
(SHIT FIGHT)
I'm baked into a cake I baked
A cellophane plate
I'm the heavyweight
(SHIT FIGHT)


Oh right, I've got this one time
Oh right, I've gone big time


I'm the heavyweight champ of being pain in the ass
and I'm entering the ring for another shit fight


Oh right, I've gone big time

 

 

Before the Shit Fight - 2:08 - MP3 FILE (right click and SAVE AS)
Nick - Drums, Vocals
Steve - Guitar, Bass, Backing Vocals

 

Shit Fight - 1:22 - MP3 FILE (right click and SAVE AS)
Nick - Guitars, Vocals
Steve - Drums, Bass, Backing Vocals

 

Cleaning Up the Shit Fight - 1:56 - MP3 FILE (right click and SAVE AS)
Nick - Guitars
Steve - Drums, Bass

 

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post #30 of 33
4/29/11 at 5:21am

Everyone who has ears are welcome for the barrage of new Wizard's Keys material. This is a hell of an album, a HELL of an album, and what better way to end this triumph than with the much ballyhooed Shit Fight trilogy?

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post #31 of 33
5/4/11 at 7:32am
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Folks need to get in this. The album is done. Listen!


 

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post #32 of 33
5/15/11 at 2:00am

Oh yeah, I like the Shit Fighting a lot. Before is almost as pretty as the sun rising over the Pacific at Tairua. Love the way the sounds are at odds but complimentary at the same time - the electrotech drums with the organic vibe in the wash of the reverbed and delayed gats.

 

The beats and main riff on Shit Fight are eighty ton of filthy voodoo rock power in such perfect, primal simplicity. Great vocals too.

 

Cleaning Up doesn't quite crank my gears like the others, I think because the rhythm section is a little too far back in the mix. The kick drum especially seems lost out the back compared to the previous tracks and those muscular gat riffs could really put the boot in if that kick drum was brought up a couple of notches. For example in Shit Fight it's awesome. It's one of that track's most deadly weapons.

 

For the most part though I really dig the production on all the house band stuff from 2011 and the best tunes are champions of my mp3 players.

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post #33 of 33
5/15/11 at 7:46am

Bucho, you are loved. Thanks for all your comments, support and suggestions.

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