Ethyl Meatplow
Ethyl Meatplow was an American alternative/industrial music band best known for their sole album, Happy Days, Sweetheart, released in 1993 by Dali Records, a division of Chameleon Music Group and distributed by Elektra Entertainment. The album's songs "Devil's Johnson," "Queenie" and "Ripened Peach" were made into music videos.
Ethyl Meatplow toured nationally with Nitzer Ebb and gained coverage for its sexually explicit, burlesque-inspired live performances.[1] The band played Lollapalooza and attracted criticism from Kim Gordon and Julia Cafritz of Free Kitten for its naked dancers and recorded music.[2] The band attracted a cult following[3] and was reviewed positively in Rolling Stone, who described Happy Days, Sweetheart as a "smorgasbord of unbridled lust and dance-floor fun."[4] The video for "Devil's Johnson" featured on the Beavis and Butthead episode "Young, Gifted & Crude"[5] and was aired on MTV's 120 Minutes.[6] Their cover of "(They Long to Be) Close to You" was featured in a Season 2 episode of Daria.
The album label lists band members as Carla Bozulich, Harold "Biff" Barefoot Sanders III and Wee-Wee (John Napier). Bozulich later went on to found the band Geraldine Fibbers and Biff Sanders was a founding member of Eric Avery's side project Polar Bear. Napier was in the band E. Coli which released an album, To Drool on Triple X Records in 1996.[7] Wee Wee received his Masters in Social Work from Humboldt State University and is currently a mental health clinician intern in northern California, in addition to playing three-string cigar box slide guitar for the amusement of those close to him.[when?]
[edit] Discography
- "Dancing With Pork Face: Bump and Grind Mixes - 7" (1990, Motiv Communications/Spasm)
- "Colored Maxi" - 12" (1991, Piece of Mind Records)
- "Queenie" - 7"/12" (1992, Sympathy for the Record Industry/Dali Records)
- "Ripened Peach" - 12" (1993, Elektra)
- "Happy Days, Sweetheart" - CD (1993, Dali Records)
- "Betty Boy / Queenie" - 7" (1993, Dali)
- "Devil's Johnson" - CDS (1993, Dali Records/Festival Records)
[edit] References
- ^ Parsons, Clark (1993-05-03). "Chappell probe confirmed". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR106475.html?categoryid=16&cs=1. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
- ^ Smith, RJ (September 1997). "Blood on the Tracks". Spin. http://www.stardustlanes.com/fibbers/spin97.html. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
- ^ Roberts, Michael (1997-09-18). "The Truth About the Fibbers". Denver Westword. http://www.westword.com/1997-09-18/music/the-truth-about-the-fibbers/. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
- ^ Ali, Lorraine (1993-09-02). "Album reviews: Happy Days Sweetheart". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ethylmeatplow/albums/album/176506/review/5941146/happy_days_sweetheart. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
- ^ "Young, Gifted & Crude". TV.com. http://www.tv.com/beavis-and-butt-head/young-gifted-and-crude/episode/58070/summary.html. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
- ^ "120 Minutes archive: June 13, 1993". altmusictv. http://www.altmusictv.com/120/archive_mtvclassic.html#061393. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
- ^ Robbins, Ira. "Ethyl Meatplow". Trouser Press. http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=ethyl_meatplow. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
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