| The Bitter & The Sweet - Best & Rarest | |||
| 10_Something Better.m4p | 2.61 MB | ||
| 10_Sticks & Stones.m4p | 2.55 MB | ||
| 11_Have No More.m4p | 5.08 MB | ||
| 11_Stairway to Heaven.m4p | 2.73 MB | ||
| 12_Thrill of the Chase (Demo).m4p | 2.94 MB | ||
| 12_Tiptoe.m4p | 3.22 MB | ||
| 13_Brand New Life.m4p | 3.2 MB | ||
| 13_Never Gonna Be (Demo).m4p | 3.26 MB | ||
| 14_Cowards Beware.m4p | 3.33 MB | ||
| 14_Worlds Away (Demo).m4p | 3.67 MB | ||
| 15_Never Gonna Be.m4p | 3.21 MB | ||
| 15_No Sorrow (Demo).m4p | 3.54 MB | ||
| 16_Fascination (Demo).m4p | 2.01 MB | ||
| 16_Running Blind.m4p | 3.68 MB | ||
| 17_Still Walking.m4p | 4.14 MB | ||
| 17_Sworn to Blood (Live).m4p | 3.2 MB | ||
| 18_Brand New Life (Live).m4p | 3.19 MB | ||
| 18_Wheels In Motion.m4p | 2.69 MB | ||
| 19_Skull 2 (Live).m4p | 2.95 MB | ||
| 19_Sworn to Blood.m4p | 3.13 MB | ||
| 1_Guns At My Head.m4p | 4.67 MB | ||
| 1_Margarita (Demo).m4p | 3.57 MB | ||
| 20_Nobody's Home.m4p | 4.41 MB | ||
| 20_Tiptoe (Live).m4p | 3.43 MB | ||
| 21_How Ends the Slumber.m4p | 3.27 MB | ||
| 21_Presence, Dear (Live).m4p | 2.61 MB | ||
| 2_John Doe.m4p | 4.21 MB | ||
| 2_Trick or Treat (Demo).m4p | 3.42 MB | ||
| 3_Audrina.m4p | 3.79 MB | ||
| 3_Shame (Demo).m4p | 3.22 MB | ||
| 4_Mess (Demo).m4p | 3.03 MB | ||
| 4_Stolen Ground.m4p | 3.41 MB | ||
| 5_Skull.m4p | 3.01 MB | ||
| 5_Sunrise (Demo).m4p | 4.39 MB | ||
| 6_No Warning.m4p | 3.95 MB | ||
| 6_Tradition (Demo).m4p | 2.52 MB | ||
| 7_Forever & a Day.m4p | 4.1 MB | ||
| 7_One Day My Head Is Gonna Explode.m4p | 2.37 MB | ||
| 8_Don't Run Away.m4p | 4.57 MB | ||
| 8_Worlds Away.m4p | 3.71 MB | ||
| 9_Inseparable.m4p | 2.95 MB | ||
| 9_No Sorrow.m4p | 3.7 MB |
Toys Went Berserk was a Sydney post-punk band that formed in the late 1980s. The band consisted of talented members who had previously been in various indie bands such as Box Of Fish, Lavender Disaster, Happy Hate Me Nots, and Dusk Furrow. Toys Went Berserk was noted for their live performances. Their musical influences ranged from gothic-tinged music to pop and punk, comparable to Skeletal Family and Siouxsie and the Banshees. The end product was quite distinctive in the Sydney scene of the time.
They released numerous records, including 7-inches, LPs and one CD, and did tours of the United States as well as doing the obligatory interstate road trips across Australia. You can also hear their gothy version of "Stairway to Heaven" (ABC TV's "Money or the Gun" show), on the album of the same name. The band recorded their last album "Sensory" in the States, with Pixies producer Gary Smith at the helm, returning the following year to tour. The band split sometime in the late 1990s.
Singer Coo and guitarist Andy Burnaway moved to England for a while and started a new band called 'Feast'. In late 2003 they returned to Perth, Western Australia, starting their own "Trickster music" label. Toys Went Berserk have regrouped twice, for reunion shows; the first was in 1997 and the second in 2005, to promote the release of a new double "best of" CD. Entitled "The Bitter & the Sweet - best and rarest" it includes most of their studio releases, plus selected demos and live recordings. Coo and Andy released an album as Houdini Twins in 2006 ("In the Blink of an Eye") and are currently gigging with their new band "Rocket to Memphis".
Very obscure and great stuff. If you like oldschool goth or post punk check this out.
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