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first congealing as a cohesive mass in the ?90s, 16 began summarily mowing down LA?s vast contingency of stoner commandos and leftover hair bands, earning a reputation through the usual underground channels as a consummate schedule 2 professionals and unrepentant thunderfuckers of the highest order. After a handful of seven-inches (later released on the "scott case" cd), 16 unfurled their first full-length, the corrosive and aptly titled "curves that kick" on pushead?s bacteria sour imprint. More seven inches and foreign only ep?s followed before the prerequisite pillaging of Japan and release of their subsequent pessimiser debut, the now almost legendary "drop out". The devastating "blaze of incompetence" came next. A brief karma slump ensued, instigated by various barbiturate-releated traumas and the looming spectre of prior convictions, but our heroes emerged unbowed and relatively unscathed to record the songs that would become their new full length, "Zoloft smile". Adhering to a strict drug regimen to keep their minds limber, 16 have extracted only the absolute cream that seeps from their amplifiers like so much manna from heaven to create the trenchant majesty that is "Zoloft smile". Tales of urban decay, domestic despair, and psychoactive supplementation provide the fodder for 16?s terminally deviant tirades and bleary narco-rhythms.