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Mar 31

Pour a Rat Layer Over Your Heart: An Interview with Buck Gooter’s Billy Brett

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by Brian Flota, March 31, 2016

Buck Gooter, Stainless Steel Mirrors, Feeding Tube Records 2016

Buck Gooter is a Harrisonburg, Virginia-based band whose Bandcamp website describes their sound as “PRIMAL INDUSTRIAL BLUES.” There’s no better way to describe it. Big 80s new wave beats provide the foundation for acoustic guitarist Terry Turtle’s pickup-fueled runs and primary vocalist Billy Brett’s furious vocals and bloody theremin bleeps.

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