This was a personal song that I wrote the day after prom. I think I recorded it not long after I wrote it, and it was included in the 1997 album “Stolen Shoes”. I don’t remember everything that happened that night, but there are a few memories I still have that I included in this song. We were in a big group and we all pitched in for a limo. I think I was the only non-Mormon in the group. So, after the dance, which was all loud deep house music, we went to a big house in Anaheim Hills that had a pool. Then we went back to Riverside and watched Overboard, one of my favorite movies. The girl I went with played piano for me at the house, which was pretty cool. I don’t think I ever played any of the songs I wrote about her for her. It was an innocent time back then and I had no clue what I was doing. But I got home around 7 in the morning the next day and I think I wrote this around noon when I got up again. There wasn’t any drama, and no one took dramamine, but I think the title reflects the struggle to not fall asleep while these intense future memories are occurring.
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This song, from the 1999 album “Future Sound of Irwindale”, features an amplified Casio drum track with guitar and vocals performed live. There’s a song I like better than this on the album that unfortunately got cut off because all the songs ran on longer than usual. I still have all the equipment I used to record this, and re-recording "Disappear" would be yet another project on my list. But I digress. This song has one of my favorite lyrics I ever wrote: I take a laxative, you know I’m full of shit. Enjoy!
The title for this song, from the 1995 album "Jackass Penguins", comes from a list of titles in the liner notes of R.E.M.’s “Monster” album, which I had on cassette, of course. This song has been re-recorded a few times by us, but nothing comes close to the sound of the original. Much of our music embraces the ethic of Beck’s early days, leaving mistakes where they lie. If you appreciate this, then you just might enjoy this song.
It wasn’t until after we listened to this track (off of 2010’s “Furlough Jam”) that we realized we had totally ripped off “When The Levee Breaks” by Led Zeppelin. Still, it rocks hard. Stoners rejoice.
This track is from the prolific 1996 album “Emptiness” that signaled a step forward in songwriting for the band. Though the entire album is basically solo work, it was the first recording completely comprised of all-original, never-before-recorded songs in over a year. Enjoy!
You may have heard Tupperware Hell on Soundcloud or our BandPage, but you probably haven’t heard this one. This is another song from the 1995 album “Interstate" featuring Alayne and The Dead Milkmen. This time, the backing track is "Vince Lombardi Service Center” off The Dead Milkmen’s classic 1986 album “Eat Your Paisley”. The song is a diss of a person we went to high school with named Dave. I can think of only one other song in our catalog that could be considered a “diss” as we were dorks who were made fun of on a regular basis. Enjoy!
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We chose this 2002 song for our YouTube debut. Pardon the cheesy graphics. We will someday make this into a proper 45.
Happy May Day, comrades. This track from the 1997 album “Fashion Victims” fits the bill for today’s posting perfectly. There are no lyrics, just a menacing riff over a stereotypical Native American beat. The perfect song for frolicking around the maypole.
Another song from the 1997 album “Stolen Shoes” that screams for my revisiting. Although it’s just me singing with the guitar on this track, it’s catchy as hell, even with my pitch problems.
One of the few new songs off the 2011 “Something New” EP, this was pretty much just goofing around and seeing what happens. Nothing profound here, merely some random riddims.
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