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The Jetsons, hardcore idiots who replaced the Panics as the best band in Bloomington.

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1.	Suicidal Tendencies 03:05		buy track
2.	Genetically Stupid 02:21		buy track
3.	Killing 03:35		buy track
4.	I Bet Not 02:51		buy track
5.	The Retarded Gods LIVE @ Third Base 11:15	info	buy track

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In 2001 or so, my friend Amy made me a mix tape that was solely of bands from Indiana and included the LP comp Red Snerts, which compiled bands from the Hoosier state that were affiliated with the Gulcher Records label. One of the bands that really stuck out for me was a little band from Bloomington called The Jetsons. Their track on the comp has a lite power pop feel to it, but has more damaging lyrics like "I wanna puke, I wanna vomit on your feet, but you're such a cliched punk, you'd think I was being real neat." I wanted to hear everything this band ever put out, but had no idea how to find it. I later found out (from the MaximumRockNRoll archives) that The Jetsons had one EP that came out on Gulcher back in 1981, and then they broke up. The first song, "Suicidal Tendencies," has a really warm, totally early-80s feel and is just as good (or better) than their comp track. My favorite part is when the singer is chanting "Kill myself! Kill myself! Kill myself! Kill myself!" at the end. The other two songs, "Genetically Stupid" and "Killing," are also great and make me want to hear more by them, but this is all there is since their demise came soon after this recording. Members of The Jetsons were also in the Latex Novelties, one of Indianapolis' first punk bands, and one of them went on to form The Unattached in Worcester, MA. That is all I know. I love this band. (Remote Outposts Blog, January 2012)

Unattached EP (Bisque-18) The last thing that we released. Jamie Sever had started out in the Jetsons, and helped run the legendary Gulcher collaborative/cooperative back in Bloomington, Indiana. He moved back to Worcester, MA where the Unattached recorded some demos (Volume insists there was a 1982 Unattached cassette in circulation). Jetsons fans have some idea, perhaps, of how great "Genetically Stupid" was, live. They played Boston on occasion but they were superstars in Wormtown...they just never thought about putting out a record. Oh yeah, and they broke up all the time. I got them to re-form for the Let's Breed! record-release parties (10 bands, two nights at the Rat) and again for the first Chain Link Fence record-release party, I think, but it wasn't til '87 that they stayed together for any length of time. Anyway, the EP is sorta over-polished and over-raw at the same time, and it might have launched a very profitable career, except that Alice Cooper heard one of their demos and loved it--though he wanted to write new lyrics for it. He even invited Jamie and Mark [Frazier] to come and play on "Trash," which was of course a big hit and re-established Alice's career, but Jamie and Mark celebrated this brush with fame by firing their long-suffering rhythm section and that was the end of them. And Throbbing Lobster. (Chuck Warner, Throbbing Lobster)

The Jetsons were from Bloomington Indiana. They formed some time around 1980. Some of the members had come from the Latex Novelties, one of the first punk bands from Indianapolis. I believe this was their only single. They also had a track on the comp Red Snerts. I read a story from the insert of [KBD-style] Break The Rules #9 that said, soon after the release of this single, internal conflicts caused the band to split up. Although 1500 copies of this were pressed, none were officially distributed--apparently someone who helped in the making of the record stole most of the copies and fled to NYC some time after the break up. The singer Jamie Sever went to Worcester and started the Unattached. (Shotgun Solution Blog, August 2012)

Then there's one of those three-song seven-inch 45s that may or may not qualify as EPs, by the Jetsons, hardcore idiots who have replaced the Panics as the best band in Bloomington. (Village Voice, [Robert] Christgau Consumer Guide. November 1981)

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released January 20, 2023

Download includes Bandcamp-only digital exclusive!! The infamous Retarded Gods LIVE at "No-Wave Night" in Indianapolis, August 23, 1980. Raw off the mixing board, this quintet featured one Jetson, one record label executive, one record store proprietor, and two additional Bloomington miscreants. They even had tee-shirts, only $6.00 each!!

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