Noise Addict
10,000 Kids with Guitars
What does teen spirit smell like, anyway? It might smell something like Noise Addict. Like the real life stars of some sort of choose-your-own-adventure book about pursuing rock stardom, few bands ever led a more charmed existence, springing from the Sydney suburb of Bondi into seemingly overnight international fame as friends and collaborators of Sonic Youth, Fugazi, and the Beastie Boys. Through a combination of relentless drive, luck, and an admirable lack of self-doubt, Noise Addict spanned puberty to surpass the haters and join Radio Birdman and Nick Cave as a strange but permanent piece of Australian punk history. Compiled here are 25 tracks, including their Evan Dando-worshipping satire I Wish I Was Him, the Thurston Moore produced demo, choice cuts from their Grand Royal-issued EP and LP, and covers of Let#s Lynch The Landlord and Back In Your Life. The entire sordid adolescent tale is covered in incredible detail inside the black and white 16 page zine. And fin
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