“Irradiated Sluggard“
Sciagraph
Slughead
Original Release Date: 04/22/4495
Slugs had had their heyday in the 4390s, a festive reawakening of freedom, heavy narcotic use, and love abound. While the Free Love Wars of the early 4400s put a swift end to that way of enrichment, you cannot keep a good movement down. Slugs, for all intents and purposes, were quite useless as a species. Mostly originating from the Gulgoli Galaxy, these slimy, legless, multi-eyed creatures were susceptible to most universal truths: sunlight, water, and salt. Interested and fearless partakers would attach the creatures to their heads, from the top of the forehead to the base of the back of the neck (if one had a neck). The mucus excretions were highly toxic, and the head, a fantastically absorbent body area, accepted the goo for all it was worth. Dizzying highs of astral projections danced in front of the user's eyes. At the same time, the sensation of floating gave the body a buoyant lift that eliminated the aches and pains of sore joints and fatigued muscles. The side effects, of which there were virtually none, in no way outweighed the creative juice that surged within those who had become "sluggards." This creative and somewhat liberal wave gave birth to the Sluggard Period, in which bands recorded whole albums under the influence. Legendary acts such as Fultina and the Bent Pennies, Pentox Impenatrox, and Kjirkaal's Khippies lived and died by the high. But, as we mentioned earlier, dear Audionauts, the Free Love Wars had stopped these tasty beats. It was not until one hundred years later that Slughead, fresh on the scene with a pocket full of slugs, took the Sluggard Period to new highs. Playing live with slugs attached to their heads, they had achieved almost immortal status: the ability to perform while under the influence and, most surprisingly, remain absolutely true to the album versions of their songs. What goes around, comes around, and Sciagraph was the long-lost child of the Sluggard forbearers. Oozing with intensity and a heavy metallic rhythm section, Slughead was destined to rank among the best. However, in a somewhat ironic twist of fate, they succumbed to a rash of irradiated slugs. Having purchased the slugs on the black market, it was unclear where they were being harvested. This final batch has been bred near a toxic waste dump, infecting the poor creatures with radiation beyond the level of consumption. Slughead did not get a chance to say their farewells after their tour manager found them in their hotel room, unresponsive. Sciagraph lives on as a what-could-have-been, both for the budding young stars and the Sluggard Period, which, despite renewed interest, failed to gain any traction. Their lives might have been the cost, but Slughead's tasty beats still fight onward, inspiring, perhaps, a new generation to take up arms in the fight for Free Love.
Side A
Contact High
Hold Still
Irradiated Sluggard
Beam To The Head
Side B
Latch
Crawling Underneath
Sciagraph
Pain + Leisure