CoronaVinyl Day 421 (D): Loose Jewels by Diarrhea Planet

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Today's CoronaVinyl category is "D," and I went with one of my favorite bands from last decade, the inimitably named Diarrhea Planet, and their debut full-length album, 2011's Loose Jewels.

The band signed with one of my favorite independent labels, Nashville's Infinity Cat Recordings (who I first discovered about 15 years ago thanks to the now-defunct garage punk band Be Your Own Pet), and Diarrhea Planet was quite simply awesome.  I remember seeing them for the first time, and I paraphrased Jon Landau's famous quote about Bruce Springsteen, saying to no one in particular, I have seen the future of rock and roll, and its name is Diarrhea Planet.

The band had four guitarists, a bassist, and a drummer.  All four guitarists could absolutely shred, and three of them also sang lead vocals.  The band was pure energy, both on tape and in concert.  They combined the energy of punk with the technical proficiency and guitar solos of metal, and as I've previously described them as a blend of Weezer, Van Halen, Thin Lizzy, and Phil Spector's Wall of Sound.

I pre-ordered Loose Jewels when it came out in 2011, after reading about the band on Infinity Cat's website and then checking out some of their songs on their MySpace (!) page.  The album is 11 songs and less than 19 minutes long, and it's awesome, fuzzy, frantic, lo-fi garage punk metal.  If you have a third of an hour to spare and want to be lifted up by the majesty of rock, give it a listen.

Sadly, the band sadly broke up in 2018, but as long as there are people who love rock and roll, there will be a place for Diarrhea Planet.

Favorite Song on Side 1:  "Ice Age"
Pure energy, packed into one minute and fifteen seconds, with Weezer-on-speed riffs and solos.

Favorite Song on Side 2:  "Raft Nasty"
One of the longer songs on the album at a mere 2:12, "Raft Nasty" is another blistering ball of energy, and this is one of those songs that I remember the band just killing it live.