Casus Belli...

Casus Belli was formed not long after the break up of the often overlooked Minneapolis band Bastards. Former bassist for the band Anthony Martin created Casus Belli as a vehicle for his solo work after making the move to Germany in the early 90’s. Under the name, Martin put out a couple singles and one full-length titled Tailgunnrangeles. The disc is sort of hard to come by these days as the album was strictly a European only release through Amphetamine Reptile. I think the disc was limited to something like 1,000. It’s too bad since the album is a fairly solid one at that and you definitely don’t hear about it that often. The singles that were put out on AmRep as well were pretty great too, in particular the Punishment 7’’. The singles seemingly had a harsher or increased abrasiveness to them, a bit rawer than the sound that is on Tailgunnrangeles. As for the album, it at times reminds me of what other former Bastards member Joachim Breuer did in Janitor Joe and Gnomes of Zurich, but with an echoing guitar buzz that sounds like it's being played in a cellar. It’s a pretty good album and if anyone can find a copy of it I do recommend picking it up.

Tailgunnrangeles:
Casus Belli – Bloodhound [MP3]
Casus Belli – Ram [MP3]

Punishment 7’’:
Casus Belli – Punishment [MP3]
Casus Belli – Going Poundin’ [MP3]

Surprisingly enough you can find Tailgunnrangeles on various different digital sites like Emusic, etc. So for those that are down with that, definitely check it out.