CRACKHOUSE The Acid King CDR (Mandragora) 9.98More gruesome improv from the duo of Erik Amlee and David Gilden, originally released on cassette back in 1990. This was the second CRACKHOUSE tape, a largely horrific 74 minute blast of drugged feedback, mangled acid guitar, and fried tape loops. Ricky Kasso's grisly mug stares out atcha from from the dingy grey cover of the CD sleeve, promising nothing but psychotic mayhem. Less blacklight psych and more filthy metal than their first tape, these 8 jams still latch on a scuzzy SKULLFLOWER/HENDRIX noise guitar blowout mode, albeit tempered with more proto-grunge bass-sludge riffery and some real hammering mongo-drumming propelling this freakout into the big void. Pretty crucial for anyone into BRAINBOMBS, SKULLFLOWER, COSMONAUTS HAIL SATAN, and all of that wonderful Midwestern noise damage like WOLF EYES and HAIR POLICE, although these CRACKHOUSE jams def lean more towards the LSD/psychedelic bad-vibes end of that spectrum.