The Beasts of Suburban

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The Beasts of Suburban
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EP by
TISM
ReleasedJuly 1992
RecordedMarch–April 1992
StudioAtlantis Studios
Length31:43 (original release)
49:06 (1997 rerelease)
LabelShock Records
ProducerTony Cohen
TISM chronology
Gentlemen, Start Your Egos
(1991) 		The Beasts of Suburban
(1992) 		Australia The Lucky Cunt
(1993)

The Beasts of Suburban is an EP by Australian Alternative rock band, TISM. The EP was released in July 1992. The title is a play on the name of another Australian band, Beasts of Bourbon.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1993, the album was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Independent Release while Cohon was nominated for Producer of the Year for the song "Get Thee to a Nunnery".[1][2]

Feminist groups in Australia criticised TISM as sexist for their use of Sophie Lee in "Get Thee to a Nunnery". The song allegedly protests the use of sex to sell a product via Lee's appointment as the host of the TV series Sex in 1992, contrasted with her position in 1990 as a presenter on the Nine Network's Looney Tunes cartoon show. Feminist Karen Fletcher described the latter appointment in a Green Left Weekly article attacking the song as "middle-aged men... rush[ing] home from work in time to watch Sophie throw to Bugs Bunny cartoons". Lee described the song as "a boring song by a boring bunch of bourgeois boys."[3]

In 2015, ToneDeaf's Corey Tonkin listed "Morningtown Ride" as one of the 10 Greatest Songs About Melbourne..[4]

Track listings[]

On the cassette version of the EP, the same program is repeated on both sides of the tape.

The Beasts of Suburban
No.TitleLength
1."Michael Jackson's Conveyor Belt"3:04
2."Bishop = Handjob"2:25
3."Get Thee to a Nunnery"2:41
4."Father and Son"2:29
5."Lillee Caught Dilley Bowled Milli Vanilli"2:41
6."If You're Ugly, Forget It"3:41
7."Morningtown Ride"10:51
8."Loser, Losing, Lost"3:55
  • Note: "Morningtown Ride" has a length of 3:48 followed by a short interview and 5:00 of silence.

Reissues[]

The Beasts of Suburban (1997 reissue)
No.TitleLength
1."Michael Jackson's Conveyor Belt"3:03
2."Bishop = Handjob"2:24
3."Get Thee to a Nunnery"2:41
4."Father and Son"2:29
5."Lillee Caught Dilley Bowled Milli Vanilli"2:41
6."If You're Ugly, Forget It"3:49
7."Morningtown Ride" (Followed by a short interview and list of credits)5:52
8."Lose Your Delusion I"3:48
9."Jesus Pots the White Ball"4:07
10."Mr. Ches Baragwanath, State Auditor-General"3:52
11."Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's The House of Representatives"2:41
12."Recorded By JJJ, 24-1-93, Melbourne Showgrounds" (Followed by 5 minutes of silence, then "Loser, Losing, Lost")11:53
Digital bonus tracks (2009)
No.TitleLength
13."The Lead Singer of the Pogues Is Gonna Die" (From the rehearsal tapes)3:56
14."Subliminal Satanic Message" (From the rehearsal tapes)2:44
15."Consumption Tax" (From the rehearsal tapes)4:08
16."Aussiemandias" (From the rehearsal tapes)2:48

Release history[]

Region Date Format(s) Edition Label Catalogue
Australia July 1992
  • CD
  • Cassette
 Standard Shock Records SHOCK CD0022 / SHOCK MC0022
June 1997 Re-issue SHOCKCD0022J
October 2009
Genre B.Goode N/A

References[]

  1. ^ "ARIA Awards Best Independent Release". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  2. ^ "17th Annual ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 23 February 2004. Retrieved 6 June 2015. Note: User may be required to access archived information by selecting 'The History', then 'By Award', 'Producer of the Year' and 'Option Show Nominations'.
  3. ^ Karen Fletcher. "… and ain't i a woman?: No to a nunnery". Green Left Weekly. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009.
  4. ^ Tonkin, Corey (22 August 2014). "The 10 Greatest Songs About Melbourne". ToneDeaf. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
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