Line Out Music & the City at Night

Slog

News & Arts

@SEAshows
Twitter feed of Seattle shows on sale now

« Popstep | I Don't Understand This Advertiseme… »

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Album / Love / MP3 Sicko Was a Band Before It Was a Michael Moore Movie

Posted by Megan Seling on Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 12:40 PM

Local pop-punk legends Sicko have been disbanded for about a decade now, but Red Scare is making sure their music lives on—the label has recently re-released digital versions of their four full-length albums You Can Feel the Love in This Room, Laugh While You Can, Monkey Boy, Chef Boy R U Dum, and You Are Not the Boss of Me!.

Perfect timing too, because the Rain City Mix Tape Club is meeting this Sunday at Havana and the theme is "Nerdy Songs" and there isn't a band in the world that's nerdier than Sicko. I'm still trying to decide which song of theirs is gonna make it on my mix—"Computer Geek," or "Dateless Losers"? Decisions decisions.

Here are some free MP3s, courtesy of Sicko.com:

"Where I Live"

"Believe"

"Farm Song"

You can buy all the albums via iTunes (Chef and You Can Feel... are my two favorites, for what it's worth).

(ht punknews.org)

Comments (12) RSS

Oldest First Unregistered On Registered On Add a comment

Sicko was easily Washington's best pop punk band ever. They put out a bunch of great albums, were on a fantastic local label (Empty), were the nicest guys, and always put on super energetic and fun shows. Their reunion show in 2002 at the Sunset was off the hook good times.

Posted by dan10things

on August 27, 2009 at 12:54 PM

@1 As was their show at the Old Fire House when they reunited for a benefit show. My legs kept getting slammed into the stage--they were bruised for at least a month. It was totally worth it.

Posted by Megan Seling on August 27, 2009 at 1:12 PM

"Bad Year" into "Rehash" on Laugh While You Can... is just such a killer combination.

Posted by Eric Grandy on August 27, 2009 at 1:25 PM

Pretty great stuff. I clearly missed the boat here. I'll be picking up 1 or 2 albums when I get home (thank goodness it's on eMusic too).

Posted by T on August 27, 2009 at 1:30 PM

"the juice is loose" made me love them.

Posted by Larry Mizell, Jr. on August 27, 2009 at 2:07 PM

Definitely in my top three punk pop bands of "the day". So much fun! Great to see the music still alive.

Posted by Snotty Pippin on August 27, 2009 at 3:54 PM

I was totally going to say what Eric said. "Bad Year" is one of my favorite songs ever, and its sits in that album at that spot perfectly.

Posted by Benj on August 27, 2009 at 7:30 PM

This makes me feel warm and fuzzy

Posted by Chris Force

on August 27, 2009 at 10:58 PM

God, will they ever reunite again? Seriously. Awesome.

Posted by Casual_Observer on August 27, 2009 at 10:58 PM

being a really good friend of the drummer has given me a fun perspective of the band...

Posted by nolenator on August 28, 2009 at 7:23 AM

Oh boy is this great. Too bad it's through iTunes, but better than nothing. I'll be picking these up.

@2/Megan: I was at that show, as well. So much fun and easily one of my fondest memories.

Posted by marcelebrate on December 19, 2009 at 9:31 PM