Toilet Rats IV: Tommy Ratz on cheap recording, dumpster diving, recycling electronic junk, and finding new sounds on old gear

Toilet Rats is a monolithic enterprise, singularly envisioned, executed, and upheld by the enigmatic figure of Tommy Ratz. Reportedly ensconced in a modest subterranean abode located beneath Minneapolis, MN, Mr. Ratz presides over a veritable menagerie of synthesizers, guitars, and discarded fast food packaging. Deprived of the typical information sources available to modern society within the sewer domain, Ratz has developed an unconventional approach to gathering knowledge. He scours the refuse for antiquated VHS tapes, audio cassettes, and discarded literature, which serve as the foundation for his perception of reality and outlook on the world. Consequently, he maintains an enduring suspicion of long-extinct national threats and a woefully outdated grasp of current trends and societal ...

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