Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 14:11:32 EDT 
     From: Dez (100702.123@COMPUSERVE.COM) 
     Subject: Scheer


Got 'Wish You Were Dead', the new Scheer ep today. The lead song isn't a patch
on 'Shea'. It's a fairly pedestrian rock track, with little in the way of a
memorable tune as salvation. Track two is an acoustic reading of 'Sad Loved
Girl' which is rather sweet. There follows a cover of Blondie's 'Hanging On The
Telephone' which is transformed from a bright pop-punk song into a gruesome slab
of mid-paced grunge, with all the cliches intact of quiet bits followed by
chugger-chugger guitars. I hope it's tongue-in-cheek. The ep is rounded off by
an instrumental, 'Cannon', which is probably the best track. Very rawk, but
strangely compelling. Not an essential buy by any means, but as trad-rock goes
Scheer are about as good as you get.

Dez



     Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 09:31:55 +0100 
     From: Andrew Norman (nja@LEICESTER.AC.UK) 
     Subject: Scheer - ugh!


Scheer's "Wish You Were Dead" (BAD 6005) is out now, and it is AWFUL
HEAVY METAL WANKING.  I have only listened to the A-side, but I think
it's safe to say that my "give the kids a break" policy ends here,
unless the B-sides are pretty spectacular.  Cover is a load of embryos
(sheep?), and is the most disgusting thing I have seen since the Pixies'
"Trompe le Monde" eyeballs.  The new Cocteaus album is absolutely bloody
wonderful, though.

--
Andrew Norman, Leicester, England 17/04/96
nja@le.ac.uk, http://www.engg.le.ac.uk/staff/Andrew.Norman/
Can - Soundtracks