Now if we were all to always to judge an album by it’s cover we’d all miss out on some great music. Take Lubricated Goat’s Paddock of Love… on first glance you’d probably think this has got to be some god awful bar rock band from Long Island’s self produced LP. Or maybe, just maybe you go out on a limb and guess they’re some shitty Psychobilly band in the vein of the Meteors. Thankfully none of the above is true!

Lubricated Goat, are… I don’t know semi-obscure I guess? They’re from Australia (where all good things seem to come from) put out three great records on Amphetamine Reptile records in the late 80s-early 90s, all of which are unfortunately out of print! Now the reason I love Lubricated Goat so much is that they so seamlessly combine the influences of 3 very different yet very similar bands all of whom I love. The free flowing noise assault of Scratch Acid/Jesus Lizard Scratch, mixed with primal sludgy rock of Pussy Galore and just topped of with a healthy heaping of The Birthday Party’s all-around weirdness. If I had to make a perfect Frankenstein with only 3 bands, these would have been the three I’d choose. Thankfully though Lubricated Goat already exists so I don’t ever have to wonder “what if…”! I highly recommend you check this album and band out even if you’re just a casual fan of any of the bands mentioned above!

Lubricated Goat has two other fantastic albums, Plays the Devil’s Music & Psychedelicatessen . However Paddock of Love is just my personal favorite and perfectly balances the rawness of their debut with some of the more (albeit little) commercial sensibilities they introduced on their final album!

Lubricated Goat - Paddock of Love

As an added bonus here is footage of Lubricated Goat preforming In the Raw on Australian TV’s Blah Blah Blah completely naked.

Man, I just know Lubricated Goat was the type of band that probably never played a bad show in their life! Too bad I was never able to see one!