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Jokes about death, AIDS, retards,ĭrugs, sex, rednecks, and Charles Nelson Reilly are splayed all over the Philadelphia with an amazingly well-produced, crisp, clear, vibrant, aliveĪmateurish pile of ridiculous juvenile goodness. (Rodney Anonymous, Joe Jack Talcum, Dave Blood, Dean Clean) come tootin' outta :7(įour really short skinny guys with goofy fake names Of wonderfully infectious scruffy upbeat pop/punk/rock for ten years, then they broke up, then the bass player committed suicide because I didn't call him back. "the stupid man's They Might Be Giants." They consistently churned out record after record Love 'em so and defend them against the ranks who cruelly refer to them as Their music is unbelievably catchy and when they were funny, they were EXTREMELY funny. Their career because of their often silly and trying-too-hard-to-be-funny lyrics, but Yard Eat Your Paisley! Bucky Fellini Instant Club Hit (You'llĭance To Anything) ep Beelzebubba Smokin' Banana Peels Metaphysical Graffiti Soul Rotation If I Had A Gun EP Now We Are Ten Not Richard, But Dick Chaos Rules - Live At The Trocadero Stoney's Extra Stout (Pig) Now We Are 20 The King in Yellow The Dead Milkmen got a bad rap for most of Maybe engraved museums plaques will feature poesy brilliance such as: “Uh, what kinda car do ya’ got? I've got a bitchin' Camaro, bitchin’ Camaro, bitchin' Camaro.” Or, you know, maybe not.Prindle Record Reviews - The Dead Milkmen Maybe they will be the Van Goughs of whimsy punk-recognized as geniuses, but only after they’re gone. Maybe the Milkmen were before their time. Sadly, it seems, the mainstream just wasn’t ready for song titles like "Everybody's Got Nice Stuff But Me," "Thing That Only Eats Hippies," "Instant Club Hit (You'll Dance to Anything)" and "If You Love Somebody, Set Them on Fire," even if they were wicked mainstream pop satires. Their label, Enigma, dropped them after Metaphysical. The albums they released-Eat Your Paisley!, Bucky Fellini, Beelzebubba (with its MTV-appearing single, “Punk Rock Girl”), Metaphysical Graffiti-some would say, became oh-so-slightly less juvenile. But mostly, the quartet stayed a gloriously obnoxious college kids’ treasure.
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The Philly underground was their mid-80’s oyster, and their debut album Big Lizard in My Backyard did bring them some alternative radio play. Since plowing the fields and erecting barns isn’t fun for everyone, Joe passed the time by penning a newsletter that featured a good-hearted (but dim-witted) band frontman named “Jack Talcum.” After graduation, he became one with his creation, taking Talcum’s name, and then joined high school friend Rodney Anonymous (not his real name) and post high-school friends Dave Blood and Dean Clean (not theirs either) for a little music romp.
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