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I think there should always be at least one band that would genuinely freak out kids' parents if they knew they were listening to it. Usually it's someone undeserving like eminem, or someone explicitly setting out to be "that band", like Marilyn Manson (I have absolutely no idea who wears that mantle these days). Much like you can't intentionally create a cult movie, you can't make yourself be freaky. You have to inhabit it, not just dress like it1.
Back in the 80's, the Butthole Surfers should have been "that band". Had they been unable to fulfill that title, Tragic Mulatto would have stepped up quite nicely. A scuzzy, grungy, noisy, free-jazzy, heavy as shit, weeping sore of a band, Tragic Mulatto were clearly never destined for fame or success, but they were perfectly suited for infamy. Sadly, even that didn't save them, as hardly anybody remembers them these days.
1. If you have tell people that you're a weirdo, you're not. See also: the difference between Hairway to Steven and Weird Revolution.
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I think there should always be at least one band that would genuinely freak out kids' parents if they knew they were listening to it. Usually it's someone undeserving like eminem, or someone explicitly setting out to be "that band", like Marilyn Manson (I have absolutely no idea who wears that mantle these days). Much like you can't intentionally create a cult movie, you can't make yourself be freaky. You have to inhabit it, not just dress like it1.
Back in the 80's, the Butthole Surfers should have been "that band". Had they been unable to fulfill that title, Tragic Mulatto would have stepped up quite nicely. A scuzzy, grungy, noisy, free-jazzy, heavy as shit, weeping sore of a band, Tragic Mulatto were clearly never destined for fame or success, but they were perfectly suited for infamy. Sadly, even that didn't save them, as hardly anybody remembers them these days.
1. If you have tell people that you're a weirdo, you're not. See also: the difference between Hairway to Steven and Weird Revolution.
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Tragic Mulatto on myspace
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This album rules!
I saw Tragic Mulatto open for the Butthole Surfers at the Farm in San Francisco back in 1986. Absolutely brilliant, plus they had naked people on the stage who were even uglier than the Buttholes' naked people. Flatula Lee Roth admonished the crowd to practice safe sex by barking "DON'T RIM!" Which, you know, is pretty good advice no matter where you get it.
Blurt!