Artist: Tad

Title: 8-way Santa

Format: Vinyl LP

Genre: Rock

UPC: 098787117912

Release Date: 2016

Record Label: Sub Pop

Album Tracks

DISC 1:
1. Jinx (Remastered)
2. Giant Killer (Remastered)
3. Wired God (Remastered)
4. Delinquent (Remastered)
5. Hedge Hog (Remastered)
6. Flame Tavern (Remastered)
7. Trash Truck (Remastered)

DISC 2:
1. Stumblin' Man (Remastered)
2. Jack (Remastered)
3. Candi (Remastered)
4. 3-D Witch Hunt (Remastered)
5. Crane's Café (Remastered)
6. Plague Years (Remastered)
14. Pig Iron
15. Nuts 'N' Bolts
16. Delinquent
17. Giant Killer
18. Wired God
19. 3-D Witch Hunt
20. Eddie Hook

Vinyl LP pressing housed in a gatefold sleeve, includes digital download. Tad was a mighty force in the late-'80s/early-'90s Seattle scene. Their heavy, churning rock/metal/punk buzz was a crucial part of Sub Pop's early years, and, along with peers like Mudhoney, Nirvana, and Soundgarden, they defined the sound that reinvigorated the rock world in the early '90s. Tad was led by the physically imposing yet incredibly sweet singer/guitarist Tad Doyle, with bassist Kurt Danielson (ex-Bundle of Hiss), drummer Steve Wied, and guitarist Gary Thorstensen. With an image that sometimes cast the band as deranged lumberjacks, and influence from Head of David and Killdozer, Tad put a uniquely rain-and-fog-coated Northwest spin on '80s underground rock. The band released two albums and a few EPs on Sub Pop between 1988 and 1991, all of which are now lovingly remastered by the band's friend and engineer Jack Endino (Soundgarden, Nirvana, Mudhoney, Screaming Trees) and repackaged with bonus tracks and expansive liner notes. This reissue of 8-Way Santa includes tracks from the "Jinx" single, a 1990 EP, and a handful of unreleased album demos recorded by Jack Endino. This material has been out of print on vinyl/CD for many years, and this is the first digital release for the bonus content.