Meatmen

Vinyl Records and Rare LPs:

	War Of The Superbikes Colored Vinyl - New - DPRLP04 Sealed 2010 180gm Clear Virgin Vinyl Reissue From The Dedicated Punk Reissue-ers Drastic Plastic. "With Tesco Vee's Dutch Hercules proving that chugging biker metal, parodic or not, was arguably a better platform for his intentionally over-the-top attitudes toward uncoolness (i.e., anything not Tesco Vee), War of the Superbikes turned out to be the icing on the cake. If Dutch Hercules' "Wine, Wenches and Wheels" was arena rock satire to the nth degree, War of the Superbikes blurred the line even more, with not one but two Minor Threat refugees -- Lyle Preslar and Brian Baker -- embarrassing themselves with what one hopes was knowing rather than unconscious meta-metal wankery on their part. Certainly nothing else could explain the likes of the Iron Maiden sex fantasy "Pillar of Sodom" and the jaw-droppingly over-the-top flamenco pornography of "Kisses in the Sunset." That said, there's a fair amount of stuff that could easily have fit on some of the early Meatmen stuff, but in its own weird way the role model is less Meatmen and more Meat Loaf, if on much less of a budget. The title track is one of the best things on here, in a comparative sense at least -- the ridiculous lyrics rival films like Streets of Fire for narrative coherence, and Vee certainly sounds like he's having plenty of fun setting himself up as the equivalent of the Anti-Nowhere League's Animal. Meanwhile, calling a song "Abba, God and Me" -- while not trashing either Abba or God in the lyrics -- has to count as a first for Vee. The schizoid nature of the album can best be noted with the two covers on the release -- the Pagans' proto-punk rampage "What's This Shit Called Love" (complete with fake country start on Elvis' "Love Me Tender") and Nazareth's whiskey-soaked boogie "Razamanaz." Ridiculous highlight -- the goony DJ rap at the start of "Punker-Ama," at once juvenile and just plain hilarious." All Music Guide - Ned Raggett. more
	War Of The Superbikes Colored Vinyl - Used - HMS009 1985 Original Pressed On Clear Vinyl With Custom Inner Sleeve. Includes Lyle Preslar And Brian Baker From Minor Threat. more
	We're The Meatmen And You Suck! Used - LP - TGRLP001 US Repress By Rainbo Records Of The 1983 Original. Strong VG++ Copy. Black And White Touch And Go Labels, No Barcode. Minimal Cover Wear, Tiny Corner Dings. more
	We're The Meatmen...And You Suck Used - LP - TGRLP 001 1983 White Vinyl First Pressing, Still In Shrink And With Original Touch & Go Insert! Sweet. “Obnoxious, Crude, Offensive, Blasphemous, Tiresome And Funny — The Meatmen Are One Band You'd Never Be Able To Explain To Your Parents (Or Even The Vast Majority Of Your Peers). The Rude Punk Parodists From Michigan Heard On The Infamous Blood Sausage And Crippled Children Suck 7-Inches Stomped On The Sensitive Issues Of Society With A Coarseness That Makes Dead Baby Jokes Seem Like Church Fare. If There Were Some Reference Points — Something The Meatmen Did Care About — The Gratuitous And Tedious Irreverence Might Have Had Some Real Shock Value. We're The Meatmen...And You Suck! (Initially Pressed On White Vinyl) Runs Aground In A Sea Of Unoriginality. The Puerile Forays Into Morbidity ("One Down Three To Go," About The Beatles), Homophobia ("Tooling For Anus"), Misogyny ("I'm Glad I'm Not A Girl") And Racism ("Blow Me Jah") Are Too Familiar And Predictable To Be Outrageous. A Little More Wit Would Have Made The Meatmen A More Engaging (If Despicable) Cartoon. One Side Of The Album Is Live; The Other Is A Reissue/Remix Of Blood Sausage.” – Trouser Press more