At The Mountains Of Madness

A short surf instrumental. One of the bands I'm currently in, The Filthy Thirds, has started a side project/alter ego group called The Boogeymen. It is a horror/surf project where we mash up classic horror movie persona's with early 60's surf. We wrote all our own surf songs, our only cover being a "Wipeout" style version of John Carpenter's "Halloween" theme. Our debut show is in a couple of weeks and we will play in costume. My character is Mummy Holly. This song gets its title from an H.P. Lovecraft book,and was recorded with a hanging mic in the basement, yet is surprisingly clear. Some lead guitar was overdubbed.

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posted by sourwookie (13 comments total)

Wow, what kind of mic was that? This sounds great! Great fun too!
posted by TwoWordReview at 7:33 AM on August 27, 2007

Oddly enough, some cheap dynamic mic.
posted by sourwookie at 7:42 AM on August 27, 2007

YES.
posted by cog_nate at 8:17 AM on August 27, 2007

Really nice.
posted by micayetoca at 8:54 AM on August 27, 2007

Good times!
posted by danb at 10:00 AM on August 27, 2007

Awesome.
posted by The World Famous at 11:18 AM on August 27, 2007

Me likey.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 11:24 AM on August 27, 2007

You guys are kicking ass, but being in costume too? Holy shit, I hope you post some follow up pics! That's gonna be a riot.
posted by snsranch at 4:42 PM on August 27, 2007

Hey MeFites let me join in on the fun.
Two Thumbs Up for the Filthy Thirds aka The Boogeymen. You guys are rockin with this tune.
This song plus my birthday being tommorrow reminds me of the stuff I used to hear on the old AM radio.
Great Job!
posted by Randy Curtis at 6:45 PM on August 27, 2007

Quentin Tarantino would need a new pair of pants if he heard this.
posted by ORthey at 3:32 PM on August 28, 2007 [2 favorites]

LOVED the song, but I wish the rhythm guitar was panned hard left instead, with the lead line in the middle. It's definitely the "focus" and need to be in the middle (in my opinion).

Still, great song, and sounds awesome for one mic.
posted by lazaruslong at 4:03 PM on August 28, 2007

Mwahaha! This is awesome! Let us know if you release this on an album, I want to play this track at halloween!
posted by LN at 7:07 AM on August 29, 2007

Great fun! I love the sound. Ever hear of the Zombie Surfers? They were (are?) a band from Detroit, mostly played locally, they were an offshoot of the 3-D Invisibles.
posted by marxchivist at 9:14 PM on August 29, 2007