Twelve Point Buck

Twelve Point Buck
Twelve Point Buck
Studio album by Killdozer
Released	1989
Recorded	1987–1989 at Smart Studios, Madison, Wisconsin
Genre	Noise rock, post-hardcore
Length	37:13
Label	Touch and Go
Producer	Steve Marker, Butch Vig
Killdozer chronology

Twelve Point Buck is the fourth album by Killdozer, released in 1989 through Touch and Go Records.^[2]^[3] After hearing the album, Sub Pop's Jonathan Poneman suggested that Nirvana record demos with Killdozer producer Butch Vig; after signing with DGC Records, Kurt Cobain asked Vig to produce Nevermind.^[4] Cobain told Vig that he wanted Nevermind to sound "as heavy" as Twelve Point Buck.^[5]

Twelve Point Buck was reissued in 2013.^[6]

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[7]

The Washington Post wrote that the "thump-and-grind is art music" and that "there's an integrity to its unrelentingly harsh rumble."^[8] The Wisconsin State Journal deemed the album "industrial dirge music at its best."^[9]

Track listing edit

All tracks are written by Killdozer

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"New Pants and Shirt"	3:36
2.	"Space: 1999"	2:56
3.	"Lupus"	3:09
4.	"Richard"	4:17
5.	"Man Vs. Nature"	3:15

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Gates of Heaven"	4:38
2.	"Pig Foot and Beer"	2:54
3.	"Seven Thunders"	3:45
4.	"Free Love in Amsterdam"	4:42
5.	"Ted Key Beefs"	4:01

Personnel edit

Killdozer

Michael Gerald – vocals, bass guitar, baritone horn
Bill Hobson – guitar
Dan Hobson – drums

Production and additional personnel

Frank l Anderson – accordion on "Free Love in Amsterdam"
Bill Crawford – trumpet on "Lupus"
Eric Olson – trumpet on "Lupus"
Steve Marker – production, engineering
Butch Vig – production

Charts edit

Chart (1989)	Peak position
UK Indie Chart^[10]	16

References edit

^ Earles, Andrew (2014). Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981–1996. Voyageur Press. p. 171.
^ Sprague, David (2007). "Killdozer". Trouser Press. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
^ Reynolds, Simon (Nov 4, 1989). "Albums: Killdozer". Melody Maker. 65 (44): 39.
^ Levy, Piet (16 Apr 2016). "New film shines spotlight on Madison's Smart Studios". Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune. p. A5.
^ Wall, Mick (2017). Foo Fighters: Learning to Fly. St. Martin's Publishing Group. p. 51.
^ "Also Out Today". Courier Journal. 23 Apr 2013. p. D1.
^ Raggett, Ned. "Twelve Point Buck". AllMusic. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
^ Jenkins, Mark (24 Jan 1990). "Garden-Variety Nihilism". The Washington Post. p. C7.
^ Kovalic, John (August 22, 1990). "Bands Rock Madison Style". Answer Book. Wisconsin State Journal. p. 36.
^ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved September 5, 2014.

External links edit

Twelve Point Buck at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] Earles, Andrew (2014). Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981–1996. Voyageur Press. p. 171.

[trouserpress-2] Sprague, David (2007). "Killdozer". Trouser Press. Retrieved May 27, 2013.

[3] Reynolds, Simon (Nov 4, 1989). "Albums: Killdozer". Melody Maker. 65 (44): 39.

[4] Levy, Piet (16 Apr 2016). "New film shines spotlight on Madison's Smart Studios". Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune. p. A5.

[5] Wall, Mick (2017). Foo Fighters: Learning to Fly. St. Martin's Publishing Group. p. 51.

[6] "Also Out Today". Courier Journal. 23 Apr 2013. p. D1.

[allmusic-7] Raggett, Ned. "Twelve Point Buck". AllMusic. Retrieved May 27, 2013.

[8] Jenkins, Mark (24 Jan 1990). "Garden-Variety Nihilism". The Washington Post. p. C7.

[9] Kovalic, John (August 22, 1990). "Bands Rock Madison Style". Answer Book. Wisconsin State Journal. p. 36.

[10] Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved September 5, 2014.

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