Comments on: He was in Big Black, right?

By: Mr. Lost His Way

Mr. Lost His Way — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:57:54 +0000

awesomeness.

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 29 May 2009 23:39:31 +0000

Thanks, Justin and Mr. That’s a great offer! I will have to poke around in the shed and see if I can find my old stuff. Not sure if I can make it happen by Wednesday.

To be sure they were all in the Chicago area and Cheap Trick was aware of the Big Black cover, but talking to both of them it didn’t sound like they knew each other. I certainly didn’t set it in motion that they recorded together. But I think I was the first person who told Albini that Cheap Trick might record with him.

By: Mr. Lost His Way

Mr. Lost His Way — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:19:21 +0000

Absolutely. You can have this Wednesday if you would, holler.

I’d be surprised though if the suggestion had not been put to both of them many times being that all those guys hang out in the Chicagoland area. Even I’ve caught the CT guys and Albini out and about, I’m sure they have many connections.

By: justin

justin — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:40:44 +0000

Maybe you could put it on the this corner of the web.

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 29 May 2009 02:25:40 +0000

Thanks for the great tidbits! I love Jarvis (though I agree with you about his last solo album) and Cheap Trick… those links to In Color made me really happy.

Weirdly enough, I believe myself to be the first person who told Steve Albini that Cheap Trick might be interested in recording with him, back in the early 90s when I interviewed him for Thora-zine magazine. I did a massive piece on Cheap Trick’s influence on grunge era rock that the editor cut, and I’ve always wanted to transcribe it and put it on the web.

By: roberto

roberto — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:16:29 +0000

Great links, thanks. I esp dig the Pussy Galore (which i used to own years and years ago, may still be in some crate full of cassettes, but this is way better). And I’m looking forward to the Albini/Cheap Trick stuff, sounds like a winning combination.

By: mrshl

mrshl — Mon, 25 May 2009 23:48:33 +0000

The only other kid I knew named Marshall lived down the street from me. His mom did A&R for Matador, and his step dad was the singer in Fuck. My first Pavement record was an advance cassette of Wowie Zowee he managed to wrangle from his mom.

Years later I saw Fuck at Rudyard’s, and got to meet the guy. He was old then; no idea how weathered and sardonic he looks now. What a great band, though.

By: Mr. Lost His Way

Mr. Lost His Way — Mon, 25 May 2009 15:06:17 +0000

Funny connection there mrshl. Jman Sage and I know a girl married to one of the guys from Fuck. I stayed with them in Oakland once. He is a stained glass artist and the whole front of their space had wicked glass pieces in different stages of completion including a gigantic dragon fly that was very cool.

I wonder now how Jman knows this guy.

By: mrshl

mrshl — Mon, 25 May 2009 14:59:17 +0000

Huh, that’s probably one of the things I like about it. But I tend do double my own vocals quite a bit. Though I’m rarely so obviously out of time with myself. I’m a sucker for the reverbed-out rustica, too.

There’s also a little in here that reminds me of the old Matador band, Fuck. Though this isn’t quite that good or as funny. It’s a bit too serious, actually.

By: Mr. Lost His Way

Mr. Lost His Way — Mon, 25 May 2009 14:50:26 +0000

What draws you in re:MBAR? I find the doubled vox immediately distracting. I think that has to do with fooling around with that stuff too much in the studio myself (although I don’t think I’ve ever released anything doubled like that…I always spend a lot of time listening to double vox mixes).