STATIC - TOOTHPASTE & PILLS Vinyl LP Darkwave “it was me in a

“it was me in a room playing acoustic instruments and doing my own arrangements of some old songs”

Shizuoka City thrashin’ Hardcore explosion

As things open back up a bit

'we cyaan get nobody to sing 'pon this riddim' so I said

The resulting album is a masterpiece that paints an uncompromisingly honest self-portrait of an artist who

STATIC - TOOTHPASTE & PILLS Vinyl LP Darkwave “it was me in aLong before John Brannon of Negative Approach cemented himself as a USHC icon, you would hear rumblings about his pre NA glam group, STATIC. Only a handful of people were lucky brave enough to see them live. Scenesters spoke of a tape but never seemed to have one. Their most well remembered song, Toothpaste and Pills, allegedly featured smashing beer bottles against Johns moms basement wall as a percussion instrument. Could this be real? Fast forward