Release Information
12″ 1987 Widowspeak #WSP 14 Made in the US
CD 1989 Widowspeak #WSP 20 Made in the US
CD 1995 Widowspeak / Atavistic ?? Made in the US
Track Listing
12″
Face A:
01) Stinkfist
Face B:
02) Meltdown Oratorio
03) Son Of Stink
CD:
01. Stinkfist
02. Meltdown Oratorio
* Part One: The Reckoning
* Part Two: The Crack
* Part Three: The Meltdown
03. Son Of Stink
04. The Crumb” (Lunch / Thurston Moore / Ruin) – CD only
Linear Notes
PERSONNEL: CLIFF MARTINEZ-DRUMS & METAL D.J. BONEBRAKE-DRUMS & METAL NEIL-DRUMS & METAL SPIT-DRUMS & METAL TOM SURGAL-METAL ROLI MOSIMANN-TIMBALES LYDIA LUNCH-VOICES & METAL CLINT RUIN-VOICES & METAL
RECORDED: ELDORADO, LOS ANGELES 1 APRIL 1986 ENGINEERED BY RANDY BURNS
REMIXED: EVERGREEN, NEW YORK 12 MAY 1986 ENGINEERED BY HAHN ROWE
REPROCESSED & EDITED: ROLI ROX, NEW YORK 5, 6, 7 JUNE 1986 ENGINEERED BY ROLI MOSIMANN
(Meltdown Oratorio Parts One Two And Three:)
PART ONE: THE RECKONING
PART TWO: THE CRACK
PART THREE: THE MELTDOWN
PERSONNEL: LYDIA LUNCH-VOICES, WORDS CLINT RUIN-INSTRUMENTS, MUSIC
RECORDED: B.C., NEW YORK 12, 13 DECEMBER 1987
MIXED: B.C., NEW YORK 25 DECEMBER 1987
ENGINEERED BY MARTIN BISI
(Son Of Stink:)
CREDITS AS WITH STINKFIST
PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY CLINT RUIN
CONCEIVED AND COMPOSED BY CLINT RUIN AND LYDIA LUNCH
(The Crumb (CD only):)
LYRICS: LYDIA LUNCH / THURSTON MOORE
MUSIC: CLINT RUIN / THURSTON MOORE / LYDIA LUNCH
PERSONNEL: THURSTON MOORE-GUITARS / VOICES LYDIA LUNCH-VOICES CLINT RUIN-LOOPS / TREATMENTS
BASS / DRUMS: GRAFTED AND TRANSPLANTED FROM ETERNITY
PRODUCED, STRUCTURED, CUT UP AND PUKED OUT BY CLINT RUIN
ENGINEERED BY MARTIN BISI AT B.C., BROOKLYN NY, MAY 1987
BLOW YOUR FUCKING BRAINS OUT
“STINKFIST” SLEEVE DESIGN BY CLINT RUIN AND LYDIA LUNCH
LETTERING BY ROBERT WILLIAMS
PHOTOGRAPHS BY WIM V.D. HULST FROM THE MOTION PICTURE “STINKFIST”
“THE CRUMB” DESIGN BY MARK O
LAYOUT AND EXECUTION OF SLEEVE BY MARK O
CD LAYOUT REMIX BY SLIM SMITH
PUBLISHED BY DIMEHART / WIDOWSPEAK
DONATIONS ACCEPTED REQUESTS REJECTED
Release Notes
Stinkfist is a collaborative EP from Clint Ruin (aka J. G. Thirlwell) and Lydia Lunch. This outing from the ex-Immaculate Consumptive bandmates was originally released as a 12″ in 1987 on Lunch’s Widowspeak label. A 1989 CD version added “The Crumb”, a single by Lunch and Sonic Youth leader Thurston Moore.
Sleeve Design Clint Ruin and Lydia Lunch – Photographs by Wim van de Hulst – Lettering by Robert Williams
“The Crumb” also appears on the Lydia Lunch / Thurston Moore 12″ The Crumb.
Reflex magazine’s discography stated this was intially released in October 1988.
