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It contains the following songs: Album FAQA while back, I read a book called 'Ishmael' by Daniel Quinn, in which he talked a lot about a group of people called 'Takers'. So I wrote a letter to Guy Picciotto asking him if the title for Kill Taker in fact came from that book. This is how he responded: What's with the title?"...as for the "killtaker" title it may well have come from that book for all we know - the title was cribbed from the weird handwritten text we used on the back cover. it was found in the street and we have no idea who wrote it or what they were inspired by. thanks again and all the best- guy/fugazi". "I read well (heard) an interview, in which Ian was talking about these sessions. Originally the band went up to Steve Albini's to record some kind of a single, but when they got there they found they were having such a great time w/ Albini, that they decided to go ahead and record a full album. And at the time they thought it was the greatest piece of music ever laid to tape. But Ian says that has they were driving back to D.C. (from Chicago) Ian and Joe in one car and Guy and Brendan in the other, each car somewhere along the line listined to the tape, and all four agreed that it sucked. Then when Ian got home steve called and told him that he listined to the tape after they had left and that it sucked. So both parties agreed to hide the tapes and make sure they never saw the light of day. This tape is for the most part Killtaker, all the songs were reworked and one song was later added. And now you know the rest of the story..." What's with the cover?The yellow part on the left is a picture of the Washington Monument. The blue part on the right is the 'strange' letter mentioned above.
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