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THE IRRITANTS
"SKULLCAPACTION!"

release date: November 27, 2015
produced by: 
Dean Kendrick and The Irritants at
RELEVANT IMPERTINENCE PRODUCTIONS Chicago
BLUE STUDIO PRODUCTIONS Chicago
VELVETSHIRT STUDIO Highland Park,IL

The Irritants 2015 recording, "SKULLCAPACTION!" was 15 years in the making (sort of)! Enjoy more of THE IRRITANTS' brand of underground rock complete with plenty o' raw bite-radius guitar, unwanted dark satire and cruel irony, whizzing soundscapes, and more cowbell. Featuring new fab guest artists, some returning old fiends and a plethora of looney and distraught foundsound editworks presented in Harsh-O-Phonic sound, "SKULLCAPACTION!" is a soon-to-be lost soundtrack to a toontime nightmare and is, of course, a guaranteed warning of fun.

"SKULLCAPACTION!" was produced as a complete entertainment from start to finish and it is intended by the band to be heard this way rather than being heard as single cuts separated by unintended pauses of indeterminate lengths and/or with reordered or shuffled tracks. "SKULLCAPACTION!" runs like an engaging theatre of the mind edited for said purpose to provide maximum replay value as a total album.
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TRACK LIST:
  • 01. Skullcapaction!
  • 02. Welcome To My Nonexistent Fair
  • 03. Pardon My Contradiction
  • 04. Linkola
  • 05. Nutmeat 
  • 06. Nixon's Dog
  • 07. Enforced Recreation
  • 08. Krinos Be Praised
  • 09. Pubes On Fire

  • 10. Bossawesome
  • 11. Queasy Bastard
  • 12. Head Parasite Of The Rock
  • 13. Dark Walk Back
  • 14. Gender Engine
  • 15. Think X
  • 16. Something I Heard
  • 17. Noseworm
  • 18. Paradise Is Last

THE IRRITANTS
"BUTTERFLIES AND ALIENS"

release date: 2001
produced by: 
Dean Kendrick and The Irritants at
EDGE STUDIOS Chicago
ULTRASUEDE STUDIO Cincinnati
THE LIVING ROOM Cincinnati

The Irritants 2001 recording, "BUTTERFLIES AND ALIENS", is a disturbing wonderland necessary for the politically frustrated and poignant to the religiously ambiguous like their previous works, but this go-round, The Irritants have taken a more mature, biting, and darker turn in their songwriting and production values. Though still dotted with impertinence and solid underground rock and popness, "BUTTERFLIES AND ALIENS" features brilliant guest artists that help to stir this album into a liquid polished, genre-scavenging stew worthy of a wandering troupe of wretched, yet musically-inclined fweebs.

"BUTTERFLIES AND ALIENS" is a complete entertainment from start to finish and it is intended by the band to be heard this way rather than being heard as single cuts separated by unintended pauses of indeterminate lengths and/or with reordered or shuffled tracks. "BUTTERFLIES AND ALIENS" runs like an engaging theatre of the mind edited for said purpose to provide maximum replay value as a total album. 
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TRACK LIST:
  • 01. Butterflies and Aliens Intro
  • 02. Nothing To Add
  • 03. Good Idea
  • 04. All That Crap
  • 05. National Planet T-Shirt 
  • 06. Los Cantinos Del Beaky Mambo
  • 07. Not Too Close
  • 08. Shine Free 
  • 09. Spin'n'Win
  • 10. The Royal American Oasis Hotel
  • 11. I'm Always Late

  • 12. Bark 
  • 13. The Plain
  • 14. Bloodfingers
  • 15. Joe Was A Plant
  • 16. No Breakfast For Peace
  • 17. Meet Her Maker
  • 18. Tumor
  • 19. Drop The Load
  • 20. Assimilate The Young
  • 21. Butterflies and Aliens

THE IRRITANTS
"BRICK"

release date: 1994
produced by: 
Dean Kendrick and The Irritants
originally recorded by the boys 
on several portable 4-track audio
cassette recorders
in beautiful Chicagoland

The Irritants 1994 recording, "BRICK", is a musical endeavor of phenomenal indie proportions containing but not limited to short ditties, tasty rock crackers, silly blather, curious noise, and a great big bucket of tar. Necessary for the politically frustrated and poignant to the religiously ambiguous, The Irritants were/are light years ahead of their alternative-alternative contemporaries with music based on classic, organ throbbing rock mixed generously and unforgettably with any and all other genres that struck the fevered brains of it's creative participants. "BRICK", like The Irritants' earlier works, satisfies Moral Majority dissenters and dissers who crave mindful fodder for their headspaces.

"BRICK" is a complete entertainment from start to finish and it is intended by the band to be heard this way rather than being heard as single cuts separated by unintended pauses of indeterminate lengths and/or with reordered or shuffled tracks. "BRICK" runs like an engaging theatre of the mind edited for said purpose to provide maximum replay value as a total album.
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TRACK LIST:
  • 01. Viking With A Red Forehead
  • 02. Dangerous Eye Play
  • 03. Surgeon On Parole
  • 04. Cats Fight
  • 05. Mmmbah
  • 06. Galamma Reborn
  • 07. Dead Bugs
  • 08. Happily Ever Anger
  • 09. After He Revealed His Skull
  • 10. Mean-Time
  • 11. A Perfectly Hideous Party
  • 12. Your Date With The Stars
  • 13. Feathers
  • 14. White-Trash Cabin In The Sky 
  • 15. Bloated Otis
  • 16. Eat Your Face

  • 17. Beat A Dead Frog
  • 18. Leak For The Lord
  • 19. Suck My Jesus
  • 20. Classes Of Centurions
  • 21. The House That Jack Built
  • 22. Hi-Lo 
  • 23. It's You Who Likes Home Economics
  • 24. Essentials Of Bill Pfold
  • 25. Asshole In An Acura
  • 26. Conference At Discovia
  • 27. Kill The Yeti
  • 28. Circumcise
  • 29. The Creature Dreams
  • 30. And Also I Wanted To Mention
  • 31. Nothing To Add
  • 32. Great Big Bucket Of Tar

THE IRRITANTS
"HARSH" (1985-1992)

release date: 1999
produced by Dean Kendrick
originally recorded by the boys on
several portable 4-track audio cassette
recorders in beautiful Chicagoland
digitally remixed from the original
master tapes at
BLUE STUDIO PRODUCTIONS Atlanta

The Irritants 1999 release, "HARSH"; a compilation of raw, home-grown wickedness and wholly impertinent mischievousness from the early days of the band (1985-1992). Culled from The Irritants first four releases (which are currently unavailable to the public at large):
"MOTION DISCOMFORT" (1988), "BITE ME I'M HOME" (1989), "WHAT GIVES?" (1990), and "THE THREE HEMISPHERES OF SANTAPEDE'S VILLAGE (1992), "HARSH" is a rubber-heartfelt, foolish but funnish attempt at remastering a selected collection of short songs, comedic interludes, and experimental noise created on primitive, lo-fi, home 4-track cassette tapes. Necessary for the politically frustrated and poignant to the religiously ambiguous, The Irritants early works were/are light years ahead of the alternative and grunge movements, based on classic, organ throbbing rock mixed generously and unforgettably with any and all other genres that struck the fevered brains of it's sickly creative participants. Presenting inviting (yet still irritating) melodies with fiercely solid drumming, wallpaper-shredding rips, and rollicking wildness track after track, "HARSH" is a must for anti-establishment souls with oh-so-hungry ears.

Not merely a party album, "HARSH" is a complete entertainment from start to finish and it is intended by the band to be heard this way rather than as single cuts separated by unintended pauses of indeterminate lengths and/or with reordered or shuffled tracks. "HARSH" runs like an engaging theatre of the mind edited for said purpose to provide maximum replay value as a total album.
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TRACK LIST:
  • 01. The Eternal Question
  • 02. Angels In The Toaster
  • 03. Welcome to Deathland I
  • 04. Negative Fish
  • 05. Welcome To Deathland II
  • 06. Blame Zontar
  • 07. Angela And The Zombies
  • 08. The Breathing Wardrobe
  • 09. My Little Green Pals
  • 10. Smoking In The House Of Wax 
  • 11. At The Mall
  • 12. Welcome To Deathland III
  • 13. You Can Take It With You To Hell
  • 14. Yuba My Pet 
  • 15. Baby Ants
  • 16. Sensitive As Me
  • 17. You're The Big Fat Woman With The    Snake Around Your Neck

  • 18. Keep Your Eye Centered In The Eyecup 
  • 19. Satin-Finish Paint
  • 20. Norman Cumz
  • 21. The Dinah Shore Cookbook
  • 22. Welcome To Deathland IV
  • 23. Oh Conrad
  • 24. Door Is A Jar
  • 25. Yeah Meltdown
  • 26. Want To Wonder
  • 27. Water-Tight Container
  • 28. It's Medication Time
  • 29. I.B.O.K.
  • 30. Peace Love And Bobby Sherman
  • 31. Your Big Hair
  • 32. All Is That All
  • 33. Fine
  • 34. I Don't Have A Brain In My Head

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Original out-of-print releases (from left to right)- "MOTION DISCOMFORT" release date: 1988, "BITE ME I’M HOME" release date: 1989, "WHAT GIVES?" release date: 1990, "THE THREE HEMISPHERES OF SANTAPEDE’S VILLAGE" release date: 1992.


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"THE IRRITANTS EYE WAX"

release date: 1991
produced and directed by Dean Kendrick
running time: approx. 25 minutes
color and black and white 4:3 / stereo 2.0

The premiere collection of music videos by The Irritants.Featuring the songs: "The Eternal Question", "Center of Discontent", "You're the Big Fat Woman With the Snake Around Your Neck", "Negative Fish", "Adrianne's Vacation", "Keep your Eye Centered in the Eyecup", "Trivial Accessories", "Grow a Brain", and "It's Medication Time".


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"SHORT ANIMATIONS BY DEAN KENDRICK"

release date: 2004
produced and directed by Dean Kendrick
total running time: approx. 17 minutes 


A collection of four short animations from 1992-2003 by award-winning independent animator Dean Kendrick. Includes: "The Thirteenth Bat" (1992) – color 4:3 / stereo 2.0; "Numbering Bad Fruit" (1992) – music by The Irritants – color 4:3 / stereo 2.0; "Don't Forget to Bring Your Eyes" (1993) – black and white 4:3 / stereo 2.0; and "Weed the People" (2003) – music by The Irritants – color 4:3 / stereo 2.0.

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