Insatiable

by The Stick Men

Overview

Insatiable collects all of the Stick Men's recorded output (1982's This Is the Master Brew and 1983's Get on Board the Stick Men) and adds three live tracks and a 20-minute QuickTime video of live footage from 1981 to 1983. This is the complete, ultimate Stick Men release. Led by singer/guitarist Peter L. Baker, the band blended raw punk energy with funk grooves, no-wave/new wave cheesy synths and hairdos, avant-garde complexity, and incredible stop-on-a-dime musicianship into something absolutely impossible to categorize but both very contagious and mind-boggling. The band featured drummer Jim Meneses, who would later be involved with Amsterdam avant rock bands Blast and Palinckx. The Stick Men could be envisioned as an impossible clash between Funkadelic, Palinckx, the Cramps, and Talking Heads. All tracks are very short (most under two minutes), packed with quirky melodies, 15-second changes, and exhausting vocal deliveries. Definitely one of a kind! "Mystery Party," "Duraflame Dog," "Jampire," and "Personality Pollination" are fantastic dance tunes for the epileptic. Sound quality on this compilation is as good as it gets. The video footage is amateur and jumpy, but since it comes from the only sources available (three shows from 1981 to 1983), it should be viewed as the only way to get a glimpse of what an experience a Stick Men performance was. Very strongly recommended to fans of avant-garde rock, punk, and new wave. ~ Francois Couture

Product Details

Release Date:	01/16/2001
Label:	Cuneiform Records
UPC:	0045775015125
Rank:	118411

Tracks

1. Legend of the Stick Men
2. Master Brew
3. Joy Toy
4. Mystery Party
5. Bone Shadow
6. Action Man
7. Level Head
8. Set Back
9. Caged Sex
10. Tall Dragger
11. Ha Ha Hell
12. Paralyzer
13. Jampire
14. Funky Hayride
15. Crash My Dome
16. Hearts in Tempo
17. Double Checker
18. Duraflame Dog
19. Personality Pollination
20. Do Get Down
21. Discophonic Walk
22. Insatiable

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Stick Men   Primary Artist
Jim Meneses   Percussion,Drums

Technical Credits

Scotty Herzog   Reissue Producer,Engineer
Jim Meneses   Reissue Producer