This was the record that I learned about the Dayglos through. The "Out of the Womb" record was out of print and Fringe Product wanted to re-issue the release. The band had new material and wanted to release something else. A compromise was reached with "Feed Us a Fetus". Nine of the 22 songs were from "OUt of the Womb" they were just re-recorded. Fringe sent the Dayglos back to Legacy Studios to record the album. Nick Jones from the Pointed Sticks was not involved in this recording. The band took a bigger role in producing and Tony Moskal tweaked the knobs. Chris Walters in his new book "Argh Fuck Kill: The Story of the Dayglo Abortions" describes this release as "an instant classic on par with Damaged, Group Sex, Something Better Change, or any other North American hardcore punk album of that period." The book provides some incredible insight into the recording of this album as well as the importance of a number of songs on this release. For instance, the song "Inside My Head" outlines the Dayglos mandate. The record pays homage to the band's love for "Black Sabbath". "Stupid Songs" is often mistakenly considered a defining song for the band's songs, but is actually a statement about popular music. "Dogfarts" further demonstrates the band's saense of humour while stating a painful truth about pets. "Wake Up America" is a criticism off the US, but realizing we are not far bahind the band also penned "Proud to be a Canadian". The band also reappropriates Alex Varty criticisim of them with "Argh Fuck Kill". Cretin's sister Saskia plays the "Brahms lullaby" piano intro at the beginning of "Bedtime Story". On the back cover there is a picture of the band with Chris Prohom (a.k.a. Wayne Gretzky) of Red Tide although Chris didn't play on the LP. The picture is an awesome shot of the band playing the Edge in Vancouver in 1985 and is taken by Doug Clement.
The songs on here are:
The songs on here are:
1. Stupid Songs
2. Argh Fuck Kill
3. Die Sinner Die
4. Bedtime Story
5. My Girl
6. Dogfarts
7. Inside My Head
8. Wake Up America
9. Proud to be Canadian
10. Stupid World
11. Kill the Hosers
12. Religious Bumfucks
13. 1967
14. I Killed Mommy
15. I'm My Own God
16. Used to be In Love
17. Suicide
18. The Idiot
19. Germ Attack
20. Scared of People
21. Black Sabbath
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