Fallen Youth
I'm a fallen youth, in my sixties, I'm eleven,
I'm not blind enough to forget the light of heaven
Purposely naive, T.V. shows make me so bitter
Your life is so vital to my heart

To my heart

To my heart

Egocentric times, I feel false and artificial,
They sell, cynic lies
To fullfill our grand ambition
Have we any right lift our heads and seek salvation
When kids fade and die like grass in fall

Like grass in fall

Like grass in Fall

And you shoudn't even bother, go away and fuck with other
And you shoudn't even care
Now it's easy not to care

We are nothing more the dolls,
Pretty bodies, ugly souls,
We are nothing more then tears,
On the face of God that leers

We've done nothing to stop this rotten dead empire
All that we could do is to throw weak to the fire
We are content, so many sad places,
Money to spend, makeup for blank faces

For blank faces

For blank faces

Glory to the scourge, devil in my church
Under yoke of time, your smile looks like crime

 

                                                    Sorrowladen
I can't deny sad God I worship, I can't remmeber full moon,
Piercing my eyes, it comes-distortion-
Leaving one question-  How soon?
Take me away, my waiting is over,
I'll have to pay in heaven

Not all are gone who are now forgotten
Their blood is flowing through the wind
Their shades lurk here at the very bottom
Their eyes are deadly clear

This life turns to be double-sided
Endless confusion- bleak lives
Are you still standing undecided
Just take a look
To their eyes

I wish we'd seen their lonley glances,
And felt their inner broken world,
Their dreams hold more,
Then our laugh and dances,
I wish their tale was told

If I could feel little more affection,
I'd blame myself a litte more,
Who stalks the dark,
Searching for direction?
Self-pity is a whore

                                                   Sappy(lyrics by K.Cobain)

And if you save yourself you will think you're happy
He'll keep in you the jar then you think you're happy
He'll give you breathing holes, I'm sure you'll be happy
He'll cover you with grass, they you think you're happy now

You are in  laundry room
You are in  laundry room
A clue that came to you

And if you kill yourself, then you think you're happy
He'll keep you in the jar, then you think you're happy
He'll give you breathing holes I'm sure you'll be happy
You wallow in your shit, then you think you're happy now

You are in a laundry room
You are in a laundry room
A clue that came

And if you fool yourself, you will make you happy
He'll keep you in the jar
He'll bring you fire and wars I'm sure you'll be happy
You wallow in your shit then you think you're happy now

You are in laundry room
You are in laundry room
A clue that came to you

Save you, happy now, think you are happy now

Yeah, happy now, happy now

 

                                                  Goodnight Nobody

Nobody cares about you,

Raped, gobbled up by just anyone,

Endless crowd  lacks its meaning without you

Impassive fun,

silent, they come

What, for God's sake,

have those bastards done?

So you went into rehab to heal cuts and sorrow

While they trade gleaming skies

For skyscrapers and ties

All my songs are lies

 

All my songs are lies

 

All my songs are lies

 

All my songs are lies

I feel the way, I feel my life

Have gone astray

But I can't change this

fucking crippled  thoughts

I've seen the signs

They rape and slay

But can't defile

the light of day

 

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Type S.L.U.D.G.E. in search bar and request the song....

Eh...


So, first of all, I would like to thank everyone who showed so much sincere support through all our hard times, as a band.


This record costed us a lot of nerves, but finally we made it, and Im REALLY greateful to those who shared their impressions sincerly. Actually, it's all about playing not for ourselves but for the PEOPLE. You don't even know how much all your kind words mean to us all. That's not just phony standard myspace lie. Thank you!


So you can support S.L.U.D.G.E. by ordering it on air of one of the biggest indie radiostation-here is the link-http://www.crossfire-radio.com/playlist.php



simply type S.L.U.D.G.E and then choose a song that you want to listen...


Only if you think it is deserves your time!
Thank you, take care, never give up,
S.L.U.D.G.E.

So, the recording process WILL continue at last, the guys from the stuiod called and reported that after a MONTH of repairs(that's a real Russian spot of luck, don't you think?) they finally managed get things working...Bad luck finally leaves.
I can't even express how impotant this recording is for us all...I perfectly realize that only few people cares for it, but... Before we did't have a face, because we didn't have our own original material recorded and presented. Now, I hope that we will have it. It's a new period for our band. And music is everything.
Total re-design of my space page is at hand also, work has already started, and moreover since we will have a record now I will be much more active on myspace. I really thank those who still remmber us.

Mikhail

So, we've spent two days in the studio, 10 hours each day. We managed to  record all bass, drums, acoustic and some part of electric guitars. Vocals and the rest of the guitars will be recorded in the first days of the New Year. Then, it will take some some time to mix and master the demo.

So to any who is interested- Merry Christmas, and please have a little patience- it's a hard and time-consuming labor, and we feel responsible before you all- we want to make a good record. And it takes time. Please take care and happy holidays,

Mikhail, Sludge band

 So, finally , I begin to post some of our own material here, on MySpace. Actually, I'm quite afraid and shy, because being a Russian, writing and singing in English but , hell, in this cursed Global world nations are all mixed up, art and music become really strange. And I hate so-called "Russian Rock"...I always felt that if I'm gonna to create music it should be in English.

 It's a very special song for me, I wrote it almost five years ago, and was working on the lyrics all this five years. Now I've approached what seems to be a final version. I really hope that we would be able to record the song itself soon(Screw Russian small towns), and these words won't be just words in a blog.   Please share you opinions, they are  really intersting and important for me. Take care all.

                           Fallen Youth(Third World Anthem)

I'm a fallen youth
in my sixties I'm eleven
I'm not blind enough to forget the light of heaven
Purposely naive
T.V.shows make me so bitter
Your life is just vital to my heart

Egocentric times, I feel false and artifical
They sell cynic lies to fullfil our grand ambition
Have we any right lift our heads and seek salvation
When  kids fade and die like grass in fall?

And you shoudn't even bother go away and FUCK with other
And you shoudn't even care, now it's easy not to care
We are nothing more then dolls, pretty bodies, ugly souls
We are nothing more then tears on the face of God that leers

We've done nothing to
Stop this rotten dead empire
All that we could do is to throw weak to the fire
We are content, so many sad places
Money to spend, make up for blank faces

Glory to the scourge
Devil in my church
Under yoke of time,
Your smile looks like crime
                      

.......

                       Sorrow-Laden ( here comes final version of the second song that will be in the upcoming demo) 

 

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I cant remember full moon
Piercing my eyes it comes distortion
Leaving one question- How soon?
Take me away, my waiting is over
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Not all are gone

 who  are now forgotten
Their blood is flowing through the wind
Their shades lurk here,

at the very bottom
Their eyes are deadly clear


This truth turns to be double-sided
Endless confusion, bleak lives
Are you still standing undecided?
Just take a look to their eyes.
Tenderly(?) go, my sorrow is rising
I will not fall, I feel you

 I wish we'd seen their lonely glances
And felt their inner broken world
Their dreams hold more than our laugh and dances
I wish their tale was told


If I could a feel little more affection
I'd blame myself a little more
Who stalks the dark, searching for direction?
Self pity is a whore

We are going to record the demo this weekend after hard rehearsal time and lots of preparation . Hopefully, the songs will be here soon.

 

Take care all,

Mikhail, Sludge band

I know that few people  realize that in the huge vastness of a huge, strange world  exists some band with a stupid name Sludge .  I can't blame them, of course, because why should they care? This world is SO enourmous, and there are so many people in it.

 But the real, unpredictable  miracle is that  there are selected few who cares. Whom we managed to find, or they found us, whose feeling we touched(I hope) and gave them few moments of something spiritua.l And to them(Edan,Lunar Strain, Darknight Fairy, Kelly(Goldberry), Mandy, Chemistry set records and many others)- I say- that WE ARE STILL ALIVE AND PLAYING, and will be playing UNTILL THE BITTER END. Because our people are suffering, our parents are divorced, our children are not born(exept our drummer-he has wonderful daughter), our loves are raped and soceity is sick. Sick of us, and we are sick of it. Because there is beauty in this world that makes everything worth being, because there is sadness that makes me FEEL and makes me try to do things to help someone. With anything.

We are preparing the record, and already have a deal with one of the local studios. Due to some techical reasons, the process of the recording itself is pushed to the end of Novermber. Hopefully, it will be ready in the beginning of December. Thank you for your attention, it means much for us all.  Don't give up, no matter what!

 

First of all,

I would like to thank everybody who spent their time to check in here while we were away and showed any kind of reaction, it's just gives me feeling that  we not alone and not so lost. In the worst moments it seems to me sometimes that many people in this world simply got their mouths torn away- by authorities, curcamstances and so on...And belive me, it's really nice to see that people are touched with the music, because music matters. All right,  I'm starting to rant again, shutting up.   

So the two-month period when I was engaged in building capitalistic prosperity in Sweden is finally over, I'm back home again, full of impressions, thoughts, inspirations, more sadness and well, some fucking  money. So, AT LAST, we finally can allow ourselves put our "sincere Russian suffering(c)" into more finished form and record some songs of our own. I can't belive it, but it is so. I perfectly realize that not many people are interested in it, and I won't shout "PREPARE YOURSELVES for expirience that will blow your mind and soul- (!)SLUDGE(!) has made a demo!"  as many bands do here, because it seems a little bit foolish and wrong to me due to plain reasons. But well, if anyone is intrested in what we are desperatly trying to create, well, we would be REALLY glad if it helps someone. It's simple as it is. For me the goal of writing and creating music is to help. Help people to fight the shit.

So now we start to prepare the material for the recording, it will be three or four song demo(Fallen Youth, Garden, another take on "Sappy"), and it will finally become clear if we play shit or not. Music itself seems very strange to me. Anyway, let music speaks for itself. I hope that we would be able to make the  record at the end of October. Moreover, general re-design of our myspace page is at hand, with the help of our friend,  we'll try to make it more meaningful.

 Thank you for your support, I'm here again, if you have anything in mind to share please feel free to poke me anytime you want. Lunar, Kat, Kelly, Kristel, Edan, Crissy, Darknight Fairy and everybody else who are intrested even a little bit-  I'll try to check to all your pages ASAP...

We are small but we are strong while someone remembers,

your faithful Russian friend,

 Mikhail