New Additions: The Creeps / Black Love split single (2000)

The first (and only) release in my collection by The Creeps is the 2000 split single with Black Love. It's an interesting document in that it's the only recording I can find by Black Love, which was the late 1990s band featuring former Carnival of Souls/Barbed Wire Dolls lead singer Johnny "Booger" Weills. When I found this at Records Per Minute, it ended up having both the green and red vinyl versions included, which for a record collecting nerd like myself, was a pretty cool bonus.

Video: Barbed Wire Dolls Live June 2012

Columbus Alive: Debauched rockers Barbed Wire Dolls reform for one night to pay tribute to fallen drummer

Back in 2012, the Barbed Wire Dolls got together for a rare reunion show, as previewed by the Columbus Alive:

“Coming into [the group] we were already steeped in trouble,” said singer Johnny Weills, who will join bandmates Joe Maple (bass) and Jeffery Alan Dutton (guitar), along with drummer Zach Shriner stepping in for the late Johnny Bernardo, for a one-off reunion show at Ace of Cups on Friday, Oct. 23. “All of us drank heavily and imbibed other substances heavily. And aside from the whole intoxication element of it, we were always the guys that would go out and start trouble. A lot of it was intended to be good-hearted mischief, but it didn’t always end up that way. There were a lot of people in town who were like, ‘Man those guys are fucking scary.’”

New Additions: Barbed Wire Dolls 1989 7" Single

Sometime tracking down records meaning a ten minute drive to one of the many local record stores, and sometimes it means finding an record store in the UK with low shipping rates, as is the case with the Barbed Wire Dolls first seven inch single from 1989. A nice bit of punk rock produced by a young John Curley of The Afghan Whigs. But hey, cheap is cheap, even if it's from the other side of the globe.

Know Yer Band: Barbed Wire Dolls

Band: Barbed Wire Dolls

Members
Bass – Joe Maple
Drums – John Bernardo
Guitar – Jeff Dutton
Vocals – John Weills

Releases
1989 - Sorrow Rains / Pissing Out The Poison seven inch single (Aroma Records)
1990 - Demoralized / El Camino seven inch single (Sympathy For The Record Industry)