Municipal Waste have some of the best music videos. This is by far their best

Every day thus far this week, our collective compulsion here at Hood Burger has been to begin each Burger week post by acknowledging the impressive row of hungry food fans, meandering its way out the door and around the building, while no doubt providing a forum for innumerable conversations on beautiful burger possibilities. Well this day shall be no different, for upon my arrival on Thursday evening I personally saw more humans congregated in a relatively civilized fashion on the Oinkster’s grounds than ever before in my time on this Earth. This line (as they all have) began inside at the counter, backed out the door, and down the sidewalk all the way to the back of the building, but for the first time it did not stop there. People spilled from where the sidewalk ends into the parking lot, around the fabled truck whose presence assured that the wait would be worth it, and up a neighboring street. Absolutely unbelievable. Grill ‘Em All is one of LA’s more lauded food trucks, offering a menu of 8 particularly creative burgers, fries and mega-tots (known as h-100′s, hand rolled tater tots filled with cheddar jack cheese), and often an additional limited run special burger. They also bear the added charm of somehow insisting that heavy metal music is an inextricable part of their identity. I knew these boys had a pretty dedicated following, but I would never have wagered that their draw would be quite like this. Perhaps that is because before last night, I had never tasted their wares.

For the first 3 days, The Oinkster has conjured up one burger based shout-out per day to a well recognized burger of a fellow purveyor, but the boys of Grill ‘Em All did no such thing with their day. Rather, they offered 3 burgers that maintain real estate on the truck’s regular menu, and one unbelievable GEA/Oinkster collaboration made especially for the occasion. Lest my dedication be doubted whatsoever, I ate all 4. Not entirely mind you, but I made a pretty valiant effort. There was really no other way to do it, which you would understand had you been there. To write a full review of each of the 4 would be excessive, but I will say that they are all worth trying should you get the chance. Big thanks to my dining cohort and fellow blogger/burger nerd Teri Fisher, who if you don’t know takes the most beautiful photos of food that you have ever seen.

As much as I would like to explore each burger at length, and probably will eventually, I’ll keep the first three quick. Each was delicious, and served on a lightly toasted brioche bun. There were no wrong answers, but definitely a clear hierarchy, listed in ascending order:

Hannah Montana: American cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, ketchup. Simple, and delectable.

Waste ‘Em All: Green chilies, pepper jack, and beer soaked onions. The peppers had a little kick, but much more flavor than spice, making the overall taste extremely robust. This one is not only a joy to eat, but I think is a colab with Virgina Thrash Metal band Municipal Waste, which if true is totally awesome.

Blue Cheer (shown above): Blue Cheese, Cranberry Gastrique, Munchos (the potato chip). This was the clear standout of the trio of Grill ‘Em All regular menu offerings. The sharpness of the blue cheese was perfectly balanced by the sweetness of cranberry, and in every bite they seemed to cancel each other out just in time for the finish to be fresh rare beef. With Munchos added for additional salt and texture, the Blue Cheer lacks nothing, despite only claiming 3 toppings. This burger was stellar, and my recommendation by a large margin if you ever hit the truck.

This brings us to the real showpiece, designed by both parties to really make a mark on Burger Week: The ULTI-MEATUM!

Where to start. So much meat. So many verbose flavors. The Ulti-meatum begins as do the other 3, with a rare grilled beef patty on brioche. On top of that patty, lies a heap of the Oinkster’s house cured pastrami, and Swiss cheese. Under the patty, one finds a bed of blue cheese cole slaw, topped with an equally healthy heap of the Oinkster’s Carolina style pulled pork (which, as an NC native I feel fully qualified to say is a particularly respectable homage unto itself), and “Himalayan Ketchup” which is actually a blend of garlic aoli, ketchup, pop rocks(?!?!) and red food dye, to ensure this thing looks as crazy as it actually is. Don’t even bother trying to deduce how these guys came up with this combination, just hear me now: It worked. Obviously the Ulti-meatum is very dense and rich, but one should expect as much based purely on the title. The pastrami was as much present as complimentary, and the ketchup appears and sounds much more intimidating than it actually was, playing the part of perfect spreadable element despite a rather shocking appearance. Every time my teeth hit a cool crisp bit of cabbage from the slaw the bite turned to perfect- each was its own little oasis in a vast meat desert. All told the Ulti-meatum was certainly a memorable culinary happening, and one of the more boastful burgers I have ever eaten.

I’m left with little to say after the first 4 days besides The Oinkster is still batting 1000. They really know how to make a fine burger, and apparently also know just the right folks to conscript when it’s time for a sidekick. Grill on, bros.

그것은 메탈계에서는 신경을 덜 쓰는 일이었는지도 모르지만—특히 급증하는 웨스트코스트 스래시 밴드들 몇몇이 캘리포니아 하드코어를 잘 아는 것 같아 보이던 때부터—메탈블레이드의 80년대 초 엔더블유오비에이치엠 영향을 받은 밴드 명단에 기반을 두고 있었기 때문에, 이것은 예상 밖의 계약인 것처럼 보였다. 메탈블레이드 사장 브라이언 슬레이글은 데스 레코즈의 진용—디알아이, 시오시, 크립틱슬로터, 닥터노 등등—을 모은 후 결과적으로 천재처럼 보였을지도 모르지만 그때에는 꼭 그 의견에 동의한 것은 아니었다.

디알아이 자신들의 동기는 단지 음반을 더 많이 파는 것이었다. 원래 텍사스 휴스턴 출신의 멈추지 않는 순회공연 기계 같은 그들은 가능하면 많은 가게에 자기들 새 앨범이 놓이기를 원했는데, 이전 발매작들이 가진 지속적인 문제였던 것이었고 메탈블레이드가 해결책을 제공했다. 결과적으로, 그들은 크로스오버 발전상에서 의외로 영웅이 되었다. 그들이 또렷하게 자기들 노래에 메탈 요소들—느린 템포, 긴 곡들, 더블베이스 드러밍—을 더 추가했는데도, 그들도 인정하듯이, 이 시점에서 메탈 세계와 지속적인 제휴는 없었다.

이것이 이 앨범이, 1987년의 의식적으로 장르를 혼합한 크로스오버 대신에, <데시벨> 명예의전당에 올라있는 이유다. <<Dealing With It>>은 기본적으로 하드코어펑크 앨범이며, 메탈에 살짝 눈인사하는 정도다. 그리고 많은 메덕들한테, 그것은 하드코어로 가는 관문이었다. 또한 거의 25년 후에도 계속될, 이전에는 분리돼 있었지만 비슷한 두 장르 간 관계의 시작이었다—그 관계는 2009년에도 계속해서 뮤니시플웨이스트, 에스에스에스, 그리고 많은 다른 밴드들을 낳고 있다.

이야기는 1984년 샌프란시스코에서 시작하는데, 거기에서 밴드—보컬리스트 커트 브레트, 기타리스트 스파이크 캐시디, 베이시스트 조시 파페, 드러머 펠릭스 그리핀—는 그들이 태어난 텍사스에서 이전해서 버려진 맥주공장 “배트”에 무단으로 거주하고 있고… — 어뎀 티페들런

http://www.decibelmagazine.com/hall-of-fame/dri/

D.R.I. <<Dealing With It>> (1985 Death/Metal Blade) | Interpunk

I’m listening to it right now and it is exactly what it claims to be – old school hardcore punk! Very much in the style of Gorilla Biscuits and later Minor Threat. There’s a wee bit of the late 80′s punk style (Bad Religion, NOFX) thrown in there too. Anyway, the shit is awesome and this might be my favorite style of music so I’m super fucking happy and can’t wait for these punks to roll through town.

The album is streaming on PunkNews so go give it a spin before they take it down.