Album Reviews

"Busted Circuits And Ringing Ears" documents the rise and eventual disintegration of the heaviest band around Literally. TAD may have never quite reached the status that other grunge bands achieved in the early 90ies but that didn't stop the band from becoming pretty well-known nonetheless. It could've been a lot more than that because TAD definitely had the potential to be every bit as solid as Nirvana. Unfortunately they went through a lot of label and legal issues that ultimately took its toll. It probably didn't help either that they weren't exactly poster boys like Kurt Cobain.

The DVD shows all of this from the band's beginnings as Tad Doyle’s solo project. Most of Tad’s ex-members are interviewed but the DVD also includes interviews with Soundgarden's Kim Thayil, Nirvana's Krist Novoselic and Chad Channing, Mudhoney's Mark Arm and Sub Pop cofounders Jonathan Poneman and Bruce Pavitt. The documentary paints a good picture of Tad, from what they stood for musically to Doyle's warped sense of humor. Or you can watch it as the typical story of a band that signs with a major, doesn't live up to the expectations and then collapses under all the pressure. It's a solid documentary either way!