I read something on TinyMixTapes about Ruins and it sounded intriguing, so off I went to AllMusic to listen to samples. I fell in love and while out at lunch to pick up CDs, I grabbed the one and only Ruins CD they had - Vrresto, the 2004 remix (2005 release in the US, apparently.)

Like Mike Patton,I guess this guy has a ton of stuff out there besides just Ruins, right? What's a good route to take through his what looks to be complicated catalog? It looks like I have a new obsession!

Ahem, I said, "Tell me about Ruins"! Get to it, people.

Sorry, babes, dunno anything about 'em.

Sounds interesting. How's the album?

I like me some Ruins. They put out some truly insane albums for Alternative Tentacles in the 90s. I believe they're Japanese too, so get you some Boredoms or Merzbow for more of the same.

Hilariously weird. If you like Mike Patton's freak-outs in Fantomas, you'll love this - actually, it's slightly more song-like than Fantomas. I can't wait to play this for my wife later. She just loves it when I find something like this!

Two songs available here: http://www.skingraftrecords.com/audio.html

... along with other people's songs as well.

I dig.

I might check it out when the tour comes this way.

RIYL:Lightning Bolt, Fantomas, Boredoms. Simple enough.

I just bought Tzomborgha recently. Based on only that, they're not as distorted as Lightning Bolt, not as monolithic as Boredoms, and not as (fill in the blank, I don't own any Fantomas) as Fantomas. They've got maybe a little too much of that Zappa/Zorn start/stop thing I don't so much care for, but I'm liking it more than my first listen would have predicted.

bands aren't sposed to be exactly like their RIYL, that's for Dalen's recomendation threads.

insanely fueled drumming.. I like the Ruins- I think the RIYL was right on, while not exactly the same (which bands are, they are in that ballpark)--

My first Ruins Mix