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- Date Released: January 1, 1993
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Punk, Hardcore, Indie Rock
- Label: Touch And Go
What, no '68 comeback special?
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We Say...
In truth, this early-'80s Austin hardcore group was better live than on record, and so they evaded many potential fans. Along with The Skinny Elvis, this compiles their entire output. Their thrashing, blitzkrieg guitars rode over a funk-inflected beat like a boulder (instead of a rock) skipping over already-choppy water, and the horns and Randy "Biscuit" Turner's vocals did the rest. Turner was a conceptual artist who, unlike Henry Rollins, never let that get in the way of his music, and the Boys' party-hearty-with-drool interpretation of Kool and the Gang's "Hollywood Swinging" put a completely different overlay of fun on hardcore.
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They Say...
Released in conjunction with The Skinny Elvis, Fat Elvis compiles the later Big Boys releases -- Fun, Fun, Fun, Lullabies, and No Matter -- in one handy disc. As with its counterpart, the sound is perfect, the release notes thorough, and the reproductions of the original sleeves welcome. Also in common with Skinny, the best extra fun comes from the liner notes and archival photos. Offering up praise and recollections this time around are, among others, L.A. punk scenester Pleasant Gehman, Steve Albini (combative as always, but unreserved in his Boys worship), Jay Robbins, Sooyoung Park, and Skatemaster Tate. The latter offers a particular funny, brief story about seeing the young Red Hot Chili Peppers open for the Big Boys, dismissing them as "some kind of joke band" -- not too far off an assessment, frankly. Butthole Surfers drummer King Coffey tells the lead tale, enthusiastically explaining the Boys' importance to the early Austin, TX punk scene and how the Surfers benefitted from the Boys' help in adding them to bills and providing practice space. The photos cover everything from promo shots, in-studio snaps, live craziness (one pair shows the Boys on stage with Flipper covering Rick James' "Superfreak"), and a slew of flyers. A last mention at the end of the booklet describes the band as "the highest common denominators," well-deserved and accurate praise for a wonderful group.
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Nervous |
2:01 |
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| 02. |
Apolitical |
0:43 |
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Hollywood Swinging |
4:06 |
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| 04. | |
Prison |
2:42 |
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| 05. | |
We Got Soul |
2:24 |
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Fun Fun Fun |
3:14 |
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| 07. | |
We Got Your Money |
2:53 |
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| 08. |
Lesson |
0:40 |
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| 09. | |
Funk Off |
1:49 |
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| 10. | |
I'm Sorry |
1:07 |
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| 11. | |
Were Not in It to Lose |
2:16 |
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| 12. | |
Sound on Sound |
3:30 |
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Fight Back |
2:17 |
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| 14. |
Brickwall |
0:40 |
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Jump the Fence |
1:52 |
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| 16. | |
Assault |
0:58 |
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| 17. | |
Manipulation |
2:55 |
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| 18. | |
Same Old Blues |
2:29 |
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| 19. | |
Gator Fuckin |
1:25 |
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White Nigger |
3:19 |
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| 21. | |
Baby Let's Play God |
2:49 |
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No |
2:26 |
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| 23. | |
Narrow View |
2:08 |
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I Do Care |
2:40 |
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| 25. | |
Listen |
1:31 |
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| 26. | |
What's the Word? |
4:12 |
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Common Beat |
5:17 |
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No Love |
1:47 |
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Which Way to Go |
2:34 |
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Killing Time |
1:13 |
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Work |
3:30 |
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31 Total Tracks, 73:27 Total Length
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Credits
- Big Boys - Main Performer // Big Boys - ? // Skatemaster Tate - Liner Notes // Spot - Producer // Spot - Remastering // Spot - Assembly // Steve Albini - Liner Notes // Bill Daniel - Photography // Brent Fawns - Trumpet // Bill Foster - Executive Producer // Chris Gates - Bass // Chris Gates - Guitar // Chris Gates - Vocals // Chris Gates - Vocals (Background) // Nathan Gates - Trombone // Pleasant Gehman - Liner Notes // Tim Kerr - Bass // Tim Kerr - Guitar // Tim Kerr - Vocals (Background) // Tim Kerr - Remastering // Tim Kerr - Assembly // David Kitto - Trombone // John Mohr - Liner Notes // Jeff Nelson - Liner Notes // Fred Schultz - Drums // Fred Schultz - Vocals (Background) // Peter Stahl - Liner Notes // Randy Turner - Vocals // Rey Washam - Drums // Shannon Smith - Photography // Gerald Grates - Turntables // Cindy Wujcik - Executive Producer // King Coffey - Liner Notes // Brian Brannon - Liner Notes // Jeff Newton - Liner Notes
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