Monastat 7
Monastat 7 was a Cheyenne, Wyoming grindcore trio whose 1993/94 debut 'Now Available Without A Prescription' — produced by Dan Lilker of Brutal Truth and reissued on Relapse — paired technical cybergrind riffing with heavy sampling, comedy/rap interludes and skits (a track built around a grocery-store clerk's price-check announcement over the PA). The lineup leaned into avant-garde instrumentation for a 1993 grind band, with Henkaboo E. Boltz credited on guitar, programming AND violin alongside Dr. Stat3's bass/keyboards. A 1995 follow-up EP, 'Operatic Genitalia Of 7 Bowel Movements,' continued the project on the same Japanese DIY label, Lost Frog Productions.
SCORE PROFILE
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WHY THOSE SCORES
- Hardcore 6 — Genre classified as Experimental/Avant Garde Grindcore, a hardcore-tempo-derived core style (lostfrog.bandcamp.com/album/operatic-genitalia-of-7-bowel-movements).
- Death 3 — Described alongside its grind base as having death-metal-adjacent riffing typical of technical grindcore of the era (rateyourmusic.com/release/album/monastat-7/now-available-without-a-prescription/).
- Technical 6 — Called 'impressively technical for 1994,' 'experimental and groundbreaking' (rateyourmusic.com/release/album/monastat-7/now-available-without-a-prescription/).
- Glitch 6 — Described as 'technical grindcore/cybergrind' with 'lots of sampling'; Henkaboo E. Boltz is credited with 'programming' (rateyourmusic.com/release/album/monastat-7/now-available-without-a-prescription/; lostfrog.bandcamp.com/album/operatic-genitalia-of-7-bowel-movements).
- Theatrical 5 — Album features 'comedy/rap' elements including a track ('Grocery Cart') built around a store clerk's price-check PA announcement (rateyourmusic.com/release/album/monastat-7/now-available-without-a-prescription/).
MEMBERS
- John Brown IIvocals, lyrics
- Dr. Stat3bass, keyboards, backing vocals, lyrics
- Henkaboo E. Boltzguitar, programming, violin, backing vocals
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