SELF ABUSE - Unestablished Since 1982 LP Drums Callahan's songs are slices of

Callahan's songs are slices of Americana at its finest--from the Yankee transcendentalism of New England forefathers to the sweep of westward expansion and the chokehold of loss and longing

plus the doom metal of Black Sabbath

Saccharine sweetness or fatalistic tales of unrequited affection are nowhere to be found on Love In Shadow

Sludge and Noise that will cut your mind

and filmmakers like Herzog and Lynch

SELF ABUSE - Unestablished Since 1982 LP Drums Callahan's songs are slices ofSelf Abuse was formed in Bournemouth, Dorset in January 1982 when Andy Nazer [vocals bass] and Dave Brown [guitar vocals] both 16 old and still at school, got together with Roger [later Jarvis] Smale [guitar] and Steve Ridgeway [drums] both age 17. The first gig was played in at the Sloop pub, Poole, [with Barbed Wire] in October and the first cassette 'State of Mind' was recorded and released on their own 'Abused Tapes' label later that year. 1983