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Brutal Juice, with Neurosis and GWAR, Sunday, November 19, at the Ogden Theatre, is not what you'd call a good date band: The name of the quintet's debut for the Interscope imprint--Mutilation Makes Identification Difficult--provides a fairly accurate indication of their not-so-tender sensibilities. The disc is filled with secretion-spattered lyrics...

By Michael RobertsNovember 15, 1995

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Brutal Juice, with Neurosis and GWAR, Sunday, November 19, at the Ogden Theatre, is not what you’d call a good date band: The name of the quintet’s debut for the Interscope imprint–Mutilation Makes Identification Difficult–provides a fairly accurate indication of their not-so-tender sensibilities. The disc is filled with secretion-spattered lyrics that, depending upon your worldview, will either amuse or repulse you. Its sound, however, is less open to interpretation: The tunes are hard, loud and nasty in roughly equal measure. Those of you who believe that noise annoys are advised to stay away.

Michael Roberts began his career with Westword in 1990 as music editor. In 1999, he took on a new role, full-time media reporter, as author of a column called The Message. In 2008, he became the lead writer for Westword‘s news blog, The Latest Word, a position he held until January 2023. Michael continues to freelance for Westword, covering everything from business to sports and the media; he also contributes to Jazziz, a national music magazine. He holds a bachelor’s degree from what is now Colorado Mesa University and master’s degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, and Northwestern University.

michaelrobertscolo@gmail.com

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