We're the Meatmen...And You Still Suck!

by The Meatmen

Overview

After the Blood Sausage and Crippled Children Suck EPs helped stake the Meatmen's dubious claim to rock godhood, We're the Meatmen and You Suck!! helps slam the door completely on that particular notion. Recorded in front of a live New York City audience whose members presumably knew exactly what they came here for, We're the Meatmen has the same confrontational spirit as, say, the Misfits' Evilive, but one-tenth of the talent. In large part, this is because Tesco Vee is a (admittedly intentionally) terrible singer and raconteur -- take his introduction to "Mr. Tapeworm," demonstrating, among other things, what said tapeworm sounds like. More than once, his singing is mere gargled up-and-down hooting. Give him credit for knowing the ridiculousness of what's going on -- thus his a cappella rendition of the opening verse of "I Sin for a Living," which demonstrates clearly that Meatmen lyrics are best heard in a blur rather than recited as poetry. More than once, the musicians save Vee from himself -- the switch between hyper-speed thrash and slow-burn attitude on "Orgy of One" almost distracts attention from Vee's beefily voiced description of the joys of masturbation on the midsong break. Meanwhile, the otherwise unrecorded "Buttocks" finally gets the whole Meatmen aesthetic, if you will, down right -- Vee merrily uses the chorus to shout out "Buttocks, buttocks, I love buttocks!" over a surf-punk combination that's sheer hilarity. This is perhaps all related to the claims about girls who sh*t on the band's faces later during the introduction to "Meat Crimes," if one wished to investigate in more detail. Yes, the whole thing is perversely, stupidly funny -- but really, it only needs to be listened to about once every five years, if that. [The album was reissued in 2008 with five bonus tracks added. Two of the songs featured Tesco Vee singing with White Flag ("Hot Rails to Hell" and "Nervous Breakdown") and one, "Crime Pays the Bills", was performed by Tesco Vee's Hate Police.] ~ Ned Raggett

Product Details

Release Date:	10/28/2008
Label:	Meat King Records
UPC:	0760137480327
Rank:	239787

Tracks

1. Razamanaz
2. Tooling for Anus
3. Rock 'N' Roll Juggernaut
4. Lesbian Death Dirge
5. Camel Jockey's Suck
6. Centurions of Rome
7. War of the Superbikes
8. One Down, Three to Go
9. Turbo Rock
10. True Grit
11. Rebel Rowser
12. What's This Shit Called Love?
13. Come on Over to Mah Crib
14. Abba, God & Me
15. Meatmen Stomp
16. Wine, Wenches & Wheels
17. The Making of War of the Superbikes
18. Nervous Breakdown
19. Hot Rails to Hell
20. Crime Pays the Bills
21. Welcome to McDonalds

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Meatmen   Primary Artist
Nazareth   Primary Artist
Eddy Eastridge   Recorder
Don Zientara   Recorder
Jim Crenca   Recorder

Technical Credits

Darrell Sweet   Composer
Joe Bouchard   Composer
Pete Agnew   Composer
Stewart Casson   Mixing
Tesco Vee's Hate Police   Composer
Tesco Vee   Composer,Producer,Audio Production
Black Flag   Composer
Don Zientara   Associate Engineer
Lyle Preslar   Composer,Producer,Audio Production
Jim Crenca   Mixing,Engineer
The Meatmen   Composer
The Pagans   Composer
Manny Charlton   Composer
Tamsen Martin   Images
Rich Ramsey   Composer
Pete Ciccone   Design
Paul DeGooyer   Live Sound,Mixing
Alan Douches   Remastering
Dan McCafferty   Composer