"Vaseline For The Vomit Queen"... what what?

Congas, organs, blazing guitars... and eating disorders. Free song for July is "Vaseline For The Vomit Queen".  (DOWNLOAD)

We've all got our problems. Mental problems. I don't know a single person who isn't tweaked in some way when you really start to dig in. Eating disorders are often a manifestation of something else, just like addictions, fetishes, etc. etc.. I realize in hindsight the lyrics may seem angry towards the Vomit Queen, but the song is more about realization than blame.

Sometimes I write songs phonetically in the beginning. This one started as "Kerosene Whore" then morphed into its current form.  Frank brought in a suitcase full of percussion toys and after some experimentation, we ended up with congas, triangles and magic egg shakers. Max unleashes the Hammond in the bridge while the drums clusterf*ck us all.  I don't think we can really call this one "industrial"; with each new track we're finding new ways to bend our genres.

  JUL - Vaseline For The Vomit Queen by Cancer Killing Gemini

SHOWS:

7/8 - Club Gallery - 150 Point St Providence, RI
benefit show w/ Era Nocturna
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7/28 - The Cantab Lounge - 738 Massachusetts Ave (Central Sq) Cambridge, MA
w/ might & Vostok 4
facebook event

8/6 - Tobacco Road - 355 West 41st Street  NY, NY

w/ Ex Machinae & Sektor 7
facebook event

8/11 - The Rosebud - 381 Summer St (Davis Sq) Somerville, MA
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I think you know I'm not to blame
There's still time to come clean
In your war with fat
You're on the losing team

The thing you think
Will make you thin
Goes in you mouth
Then comes out again

More vaseline for
The vomit queen
You're such a self-esteem whore
It won't let you see there's
No way this could be my fault

Does your disorder pretend
To give you what you want
That taste of life
You can't confront

Call in the diet police
No more food tonight
Your dress size won't decrease
Until you feel your throat get tight




















Cheers,

Eric

http://www.cancerkillinggemini.com

Sex with cigarettes... You Let The Honey Out Of Me

Not sex and cigarettes....

This one's for all my addicts out there, past and present. Is this song cool? Maybe, if Frank says it is.

The recording process is starting to streamline a bit. Very happy with the results. Thick and dirty.

Free download for April: You Let The Honey Out Of Me
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APR - You Let The Honey Out Of Me by Cancer Killing Gemini

If you enjoy the downloads, please share the music (facebook etc)!

One new free song a month…forever. That’s still the plan. Join the
mailing list to get monthly reminders with download links. You can
still grab a few others at http://www.cancerkillinggemini.com

Next month's tune: hmmmm. I'm thinking "Room Six".

Tomorrow: first Boston Area Show - early set time (8:30pm sharp)
 

April 15th @ The Cantab in Cambridge, MA
(with Angelspit, Gastrea and Streak)

Cheers,
Eric
Cancer Killing Gemini

info for recording geeks:

Frank / drums:
4 pc Yamaha Stage Custom kit
Overheads: M-Audio Pulsar II small diaphragm condensers
Toms: Sennheiser e609's
Snare Top: Audix i5
Snare Bottom: Shure SM57
Room: Studio Projects C1
Kick: MIDI trigger to Alesis DM4

Andrew / bass:
1972 Fender Jazz w/ Seymour Duncan vintage jazz pickups
Ross compressor pedal clone

vintage silverface Ampeg SVT

Chuck / guitars:

Gibson SG

Ibanez AMF 73

MXR fullbore metal pedal

recorded direct into Logic's amp modeler

Max / keys:

Rhodes Seventy Three Mark I
TAL Audio virtual synths (there free, go get 'em)

vintage silverface Ampeg SVT

Eric / vocals:
Studio Projects C1
Alactronics-modified Symetrix preamp
Presonus Smart Compressor
dbx 263x de-esser

Recorded, mixed and mastered in Logic Pro by Eric Michael Cohen

Thanks to Chuck Pukmel for mix consultation

“In Chocolate-Covered Misery” free for Valentine's Day

Maybe you love Valentine’s Day, maybe you don’t. Maybe you’ll love this song, maybe this song will love you.

FEB - In Chocolate-Covered Misery by Cancer Killing Gemini
To the CKG hard rock fans, don’t worry, the bone crushing will return in March.

“In Chocolate-Covered Misery” is the first recording featuring all members of Cancer Killing Gemini. Eric on vocals, Frank on drums, Andrew on bass, Max on Rhodes and Chuck on guitar.  For those not yet in the know – Eric started CKG as a studio project and it has since morphed into a live band.

Is this one down tempo, chill, alt-country, jazz, classic rock…? Can’t quite figure it out ourselves. Regardless, it’s free for the next 60 days.

One new free song a month…forever. That’s still the plan. Join the mailing list to get monthly reminders with download links. You can still download a few others and buy tickets for our next show (April 15th at the Cantab in Cambridge, MA) at http://www.cancerkillinggemini.com

Next month's tune is still undecided... "You Let The Honey Out Of Me" or "The Needle Down". Both are pretty rockin'.

Cheers,
Eric
Cancer Kiling Gemini

info for recording geeks:

drums: 

4 pc Yamaha Stage Custom kit

Overheads: M-Audio Pulsar II small diaphragm condensers

Toms: Sennheiser e609's

Snare Top: Audix i5

Snare Bottom: Shure SM57

Room: Studio Projects C1

Kick: MIDI trigger to Logic Pro Ultra Beat drum machine

bass:

1972 Fender Jazz w/ Seymour Duncan vintage jazz pickups
Ross compressor pedal clone

vintage silverface Ampeg SVT

guitars:

Fender Squier Telecaster

Parker Fly

recorded direct into Logic's amp modeler

keys:

Rhodes Seventy Three Mark I

vintage silverface Ampeg SVT

vocals:

Studio Projects C1

Alactronics-modified Symetrix preamp

Presonus Smart Compressor

dbx 263x de-esser

Recorded, mixed and mastered in Logic Pro