MONSTER ZERO – Demos (1CD)

A limited edition offering from Houston based ShroomAngel Records. This band was one of the “inner loop” bands that began pushing boundaries in the local scene with their hybrid style, born out of two worlds – the growing “grunge” sound pioneered by Janes Addiction (which you can hear in their sound especially vocals) and Mudhoney among others, but also in old guard punk and hard rock, which you also get reminiscences of in their sound. The music even crosses into some psychedelic territory, it’s pretty much an amalgamation of several styles that sometimes adds a sort of exotic feel, but with an anxious, almost paranoid underpinning.