Artist description Two or more piece improv. No rules.

Music Style Noise Rock, Scum, Improvisional, Jazz, Noise.

Musical Influences Deer Hoof, Merzbow, Butthole Surfers, Kyuss, Wille Nelson

Similar Artists Marylyn Manson, Pink Floyd, Butthole Surfers, Migas

Artist History Born in a house off South Lamar in Austin Texas currantly described by one of my freinds as "A Graveyard" Bands:Ude Wir, Chloroform, Rice Burner, S.L.O.P. Nathan Espen Flatland Orchestra, Diamond Scamrock, Architects Of Fashion, Countryman, Nano, Death Bus, Rice Burner, Spirit of the Beaver, Anarchis Arm, Christbeaters, White Trash Veggie Taco, Baccho Umbertis, Dusty Beaver Head, Fallopian Tubesteakas With Beer, Wads, Kozmyk Vampz

Group Members Nathan Espen, Brent C. LT Goatboy.

Instruments Drums, Guitar, Keys, Samples, Loops, Bass, Vox, Drum Machine.

Albums We Drank Beer, Kill the Sun, Summerville, Tropical Depression

Press Reviews What is scum? To be honest, I don't particularly care. In my mind, music is divided into two categories—good and bad. Diamond Shamrock is a good band. Let the label representatives argue about where to place it in your local Sam Goody. Diamond Shamrock -- demo CDR (78 minutes), "Tropical Depression" CDR single (no label, 2000) These guys are the prime exponents of "scum" on alt.noise and elsewhere (They appear on the _Noise Kills Punk Dead_ compilation). Scum is sort of a musical (or post-musical) "anything goes" movement whose artists use noise, sampling, plagiarism, alt-rock, metal, low self-esteem, and whatever else that is handy. This may be the last musical movement to piss off parents, if only for its lack of consistency. Having said that, i liked this stuff. The demo CDR includes two long tracks and several shorter ones, with a couple very short ones. The shortest ones are simple sound effects that punctuate the album -- separating songs, such as the stewardess announcement on track 10, or the yells that begin and end the disk. The mid-length (3-7 minutes) tracks celebrate musical multitasking, which is one of the elements that adds to the freakout vibe on the disk. One track is an acoustic cover of "The Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey's Grave" accompanied by random noises, which highlights the infleuence of the Butthole Surfers on Diamond Shamrock. The other pieces often sound like a radio tuned between two country stations, where you hear two songs at once, plus a lot of static. This is actually a very interesting musical experience -- two melodic lines at once leave the listener with no center to the piece -- sort of an audio necker cube. Another track, "Ergo Oink", features a loud guitar solo running at the same time as some organ-like music. This leaves two long tracks. "Telephone Head" is a 23:50 rambling noise rant, which shifts from riff to riff or tune to tune without really stopping. The major masterpiece here is "Tropical Depression", which clocks in at 28:41 -- it starts with a drum machine and a heavy drone that moves into some spacey jamming that eventually turns into a drone that rises (Aube-like) into a noise climax that drops out into a drum machine freakout. Whew. The single has this same track plus "Lone Star Wars", which also sounds like it was recorded between two country stations, one of which seems to be sometimes playing backwards. The noise/multitasking elements seem to bring in a bit of free jazz. I'm tempted to say that there's an attempt here to make something as complicated (and cosmic) as Yes with the means of Jandek. In a way, the lack of reference in the appropriated sounds makes this music very psychedelic, in the same way the Butthole Surfers can be.

Additional Info Recorded By Nathan Espen

Location Austin, Tx - USA

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