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Drop Acid – Making God Smile – Compact Disc

The members of Drop Acid singer/guitarist Kevin Seconds, bassist Chris Carnahan, and drummer Brett Spain had a Nirvana/Pearl Jam fixation before it became fashionable. Making God Smile, the obscure power trio’s debut album, came out in late October 1991, a month after the release of Nirvana’s seminal Nevermind and two months after the release of Pearl Jam’s first album, Ten.

Had this grunge CD come out a year or two later, Drop Acid could have easily been accused of bandwagon-jumping, countless bands were hopping on the grunge bandwagon and trying to be as Nirvana-esque or as Pearl Jam-minded as possible. But when Drop Acid recorded Making God Smile, grunge only had an underground cult following. Grunge had not become mainstream, and pop-metal hair bands were still enjoying a lot of MTV exposure.

Even though Drop Acid was based in Sacramento, CA, tracks like ‘Dirt and Strain’ and ‘Reunion’ sound like the work of a Seattle band. Drop Acid was heavily influenced by Nirvana’s 1989 debut, Bleach, and they no doubt caught some of Pearl Jam’s early gigs.

Making God Smile isn’t without historic value; this Restless release is an early example of a non-Seattle band recognizing the importance of Seattle’s alternative rock sound. When Drop Acid’s three members first got together, many A&R people would have laughed at the idea of grunge bands causing Poison and Warrant to go out of fashion.
Restless Records

Song List
1. Reunion
2. Choke
3. Sometimes
4. Around The Bush
5. Mother Wheel
6. Whisper Hard
7. Dirt And Strain
8. Bluesy
9. Yeah
10. Pilgrim Zero
11. Dirge Two
12. Knew – (bonus track)