Clint Ruin & Lydia Lunch: Stinkfist

Release Information

12″ 1987 Widowspeak #WSP 14 Made in the US
CD 1989 Widowspeak #WSP 20 Made in the US
CD 1995 Widowspeak / Atavistic ?? Made in the US

Track Listing

12″
Face A:
01) Stinkfist

Face B:
02) Meltdown Oratorio
03) Son Of Stink

CD:
01. Stinkfist
02. Meltdown Oratorio
* Part One: The Reckoning
* Part Two: The Crack
* Part Three: The Meltdown
03. Son Of Stink
04. The Crumb” (Lunch / Thurston Moore / Ruin) – CD only

Linear Notes

PERSONNEL: CLIFF MARTINEZ-DRUMS & METAL D.J. BONEBRAKE-DRUMS & METAL NEIL-DRUMS & METAL SPIT-DRUMS & METAL TOM SURGAL-METAL ROLI MOSIMANN-TIMBALES LYDIA LUNCH-VOICES & METAL CLINT RUIN-VOICES & METAL

RECORDED: ELDORADO, LOS ANGELES 1 APRIL 1986 ENGINEERED BY RANDY BURNS

REMIXED: EVERGREEN, NEW YORK 12 MAY 1986 ENGINEERED BY HAHN ROWE

REPROCESSED & EDITED: ROLI ROX, NEW YORK 5, 6, 7 JUNE 1986 ENGINEERED BY ROLI MOSIMANN

(Meltdown Oratorio Parts One Two And Three:)

PART ONE: THE RECKONING

PART TWO: THE CRACK

PART THREE: THE MELTDOWN

PERSONNEL: LYDIA LUNCH-VOICES, WORDS CLINT RUIN-INSTRUMENTS, MUSIC

RECORDED: B.C., NEW YORK 12, 13 DECEMBER 1987

MIXED: B.C., NEW YORK 25 DECEMBER 1987

ENGINEERED BY MARTIN BISI

(Son Of Stink:)

CREDITS AS WITH STINKFIST

PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY CLINT RUIN

CONCEIVED AND COMPOSED BY CLINT RUIN AND LYDIA LUNCH

(The Crumb (CD only):)

LYRICS: LYDIA LUNCH / THURSTON MOORE

MUSIC: CLINT RUIN / THURSTON MOORE / LYDIA LUNCH

PERSONNEL: THURSTON MOORE-GUITARS / VOICES LYDIA LUNCH-VOICES CLINT RUIN-LOOPS / TREATMENTS

BASS / DRUMS: GRAFTED AND TRANSPLANTED FROM ETERNITY

PRODUCED, STRUCTURED, CUT UP AND PUKED OUT BY CLINT RUIN

ENGINEERED BY MARTIN BISI AT B.C., BROOKLYN NY, MAY 1987

BLOW YOUR FUCKING BRAINS OUT

“STINKFIST” SLEEVE DESIGN BY CLINT RUIN AND LYDIA LUNCH

LETTERING BY ROBERT WILLIAMS

PHOTOGRAPHS BY WIM V.D. HULST FROM THE MOTION PICTURE “STINKFIST”

“THE CRUMB” DESIGN BY MARK O

LAYOUT AND EXECUTION OF SLEEVE BY MARK O

CD LAYOUT REMIX BY SLIM SMITH

PUBLISHED BY DIMEHART / WIDOWSPEAK

DONATIONS ACCEPTED REQUESTS REJECTED

Release Notes

Stinkfist is a collaborative EP from Clint Ruin (aka J. G. Thirlwell) and Lydia Lunch. This outing from the ex-Immaculate Consumptive bandmates was originally released as a 12″ in 1987 on Lunch’s Widowspeak label. A 1989 CD version added “The Crumb”, a single by Lunch and Sonic Youth leader Thurston Moore.

Sleeve Design Clint Ruin and Lydia Lunch – Photographs by Wim van de Hulst – Lettering by Robert Williams

“The Crumb” also appears on the Lydia Lunch / Thurston Moore 12″ The Crumb.

Reflex magazine’s discography stated this was intially released in October 1988.