Formed in the wake of New Zealand noise rockers SPUD,
Solid Gold Hell was a continuation of that group's lurching Birthday Party/Jesus Lizard sound with more garage punk kitsch and less avant sonics in the mix. Turgid swing beats and atonal blues draw comparisons to Killdozer and Australian pub crawlers the Scientists. Similarly, they take a lot from
Captain Beefheart's magic band and filter it through punk and sarcastic bar-room jazz, resulting in a drunken mix of low-tech noise and reluctantly startling musicianship. ~ Martin Walters