Way back in the mid 90’s there was a little band from South suburban Chicagoland called Rustweiler. I’m not actually too sure on many of the details other than a girl I met at school in Champaign (I think her name was Lauren) was friends with ‘em. I think I she was friends with Mark from The Living Blue. Anyhow, I saw the band live a couple of times and picked up their Assholes Of The Universe 7” at one of those shows.
The 7” is full of six short and crappy (but awesome) warp-speed pop-punk that is just way too fun to pogo around your living room to. Think F.Y.P. meets Crimpshrine. The lo-fi craptastic recording and subsequent vinyl transfer make it sound even more punk rock (read shitty). All this happened right at the dawn of the Internet Age and because of the timing, there’s not much about the band available anywhere online.
What I do know is that former members of Rustweiler have played in other Chicago punk bands like Ambition Mission and Fourth Rotor. Even with the complete dearth of information on Rustweiler, I think that the songs below speak for themselves. Assholes Of The Universe was released on the wicked awesome but now defunct Underdog Records in 1996 and has long been out of print.
MP3 | Rustweiler – Assholes Of The Universe Assholes Of The Universe
MP3 | Rustweiler – This One Assholes Of The Universe
MP3 | Rustweiler – 2401 Assholes Of The Universe
MP3 | Rustweiler – You Can Knock Assholes Of The Universe
MP3 | Rustweiler – Canteen Assholes Of The Universe
MP3 | Rustweiler – Bad Feelings Assholes Of The Universe
Thanks for this. Do you have the “Double Dose of Dicks” comp 2×7″?
they have a couple other 7“s too that I could get ripped at some point, Jake and Bryan went on to form Ambition Mission with Annie from the Mushuganas. I think Craig Mushugana was in Rustweiler too. Jake went on to Fourth Rotor and now to Canadian Rifle. Bryan and Craig are now in Chronic Seizure.
The split with Boone, NC’s Pink Collar Jobs was also pretty great.
They also had a 10″, called “Sin, Squalor and the American Lie” and it’s awesome. I think it was actually pressed after they broke up but I don’t totally remember.