Saw them once - so ramshackle and fantastic. I also hope to get to see them again. great news!
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 18:51 (nine years ago) link
Cool I saw RTX years ago and it was great.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 18:53 (nine years ago) link
saw them play with the Make Up in a c200 venue, great show!
― Keith Moom (Neil S), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 18:56 (nine years ago) link
Weren't they a notoriously awful live band? I mean, I'd still go see them if I could but...
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 19:15 (nine years ago) link
Best-case scenario is that them leads to writing/recording new Royal Trux music.
i saw them twice in the mid 90s, hated them both times, but i was a stupid kid back then
― mizzell, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 19:17 (nine years ago) link
yeah i saw them opening for pavement when i was 15 or 16 and had no fucking idea what was happening.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 19:18 (nine years ago) link
I wonder whose rhythm section they'll borrow
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 19:20 (nine years ago) link
I was looking for the Puncture article about Royal Trux where Neil is all paranoid in their rural Virginia house and I found this: http://www.royaltrux.wolfzen.com/rtx_ints_needs_formatting.txt A whole bunch of Royal Trux interviews/articles on a long unformatted page
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 19:30 (nine years ago) link
"Why'd you get 90-minute tapes?" Hagerty groans."That's all they had.""But the 60-minute ones are better.""That's what they had,'' Herrema repeats. "Neil, I've had a bad day. I was loading the groceries into the van, and when I turned around there was a guy in a pick-up truck looking at me. He was jacking off.""Fuck! Did you see his plates?""No. He followed me but I blew a light and lost him.""Jesus, Jennifer, why didn't you get his plate number? How many lights did he follow you for? ... Three? He got your plates. He's probably a fuckin' serial killer."Hagerty walks to the front window and stares out, past the white propane tank, past the swampy lump of grass, past the van, the Jag, the Woody, and my own car. There's no killer visible, but Hagerty's not satisfied. "I should get the gun. Did you call the police? We should call the police.""Neil, I lost him.""You had a fuckin' killer and you let him slip out of your net. What if he goes and molests a kid?""I was not going to stop and take down his license-plate number.""I'm just saying he was behind you. You could've just looked back," Hagerty moans, stalking the room as if John Wayne Gacy is about to crawl from under the sofa cushions."You're paranoid," says Herrema.For the next few hours Hagerty will sporadically pop up from his seat and peek out the window, continually returning to the subject to retread his original argument.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 19:33 (nine years ago) link
\m/
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 19:43 (nine years ago) link
lol I want to read that whole thing but I feel like I should stop myself
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 19:49 (nine years ago) link
I did the thing to send that whole page to my Kindle for later reading.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 19:56 (nine years ago) link
I got as far as the part where they're arguing about the Reducers lol - the scenester minutiae is hilar
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 19:56 (nine years ago) link
No way, reunions are much better in general if they don't have any new material and just play the old stuff.
― anthony braxton diamond geezer (anagram), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 19:58 (nine years ago) link
sometimes I think there is no better song title than "Martyr Lectures Comedian"
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 20:21 (nine years ago) link
thanks for that link, NA!
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 23:27 (nine years ago) link
Weren't they a notoriously awful live band? I mean, I'd still go see them if I could but... --Immediate Follower (NA)
They were great when I saw them but I imagine their performances could be uh varied.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Thursday, 14 May 2015 00:34 (nine years ago) link
i saw them in 1998 and it was one of the greatest shows I've ever seen. Hagerty is an insanely glorious guitar player, on a good night. They played Back To School.
― NotKnowPotato (stevie), Thursday, 14 May 2015 08:17 (nine years ago) link
watching Hagerty play guitar is truly a gift - whatever his faults as a cantankerous contrarian trickster asshole the guy has chops for days, so inventive.
altho tbh I wouldn't be surprised if he opts to not play guitar at all for this (I did see him play 6-string bass for almost an entire show once, for instance)
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 14 May 2015 16:13 (nine years ago) link
I'd love it if they got Ken Nasta back on percussion. Is he up to anything these days?
― Roland McDoland (Old Lunch), Thursday, 14 May 2015 16:18 (nine years ago) link
I'll be surprised if they do anything that's a concession to their past (ie play with previous band members, play "the hits" or maybe even old Royal Trux songs at all), it seems out of character for NMH in particular.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 14 May 2015 16:20 (nine years ago) link
I'd be cool with all-new stuff. They've both kept it going at an admirably high level.
― Roland McDoland (Old Lunch), Thursday, 14 May 2015 16:22 (nine years ago) link
the first time these two actually see each other again should be as they walk out on stage
― tylerw, Thursday, 14 May 2015 16:24 (nine years ago) link
yeah of all the reunions that have happened, this is one that I think will be genuinely unpredictable
xp
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 14 May 2015 16:25 (nine years ago) link
would be cool with 40-minute version of Juicy Juicy Juice tbh
Hell, I'd outright request a 40-minute version of 'Juicy Juicy Juice'. Would be amazing.
― Roland McDoland (Old Lunch), Thursday, 14 May 2015 16:33 (nine years ago) link
lol I was talking about this with my wife in a "how do we get to this" way and my daughter asked who Royal Trux were and my wife said "they do that song you like about Juice"
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 14 May 2015 16:36 (nine years ago) link
That's great! I always figured (some language aside) that kids would be way into a lot of the Trux songs from that era.
― Roland McDoland (Old Lunch), Thursday, 14 May 2015 16:39 (nine years ago) link
hey who doesn't wanna go to the waterpark amirite
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 14 May 2015 16:43 (nine years ago) link
I'm going to go see Hagerty later on this month. I have a feeling it will either be terrible or amazing.
― kwhitehead, Friday, 15 May 2015 20:17 (nine years ago) link
i dont care i want to see the full world tour royal trux extravaganza
― Hinklepicker, Friday, 15 May 2015 22:48 (nine years ago) link
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beautiful post
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Saturday, 16 May 2015 00:40 (nine years ago) link
actually really lovely & interesting to know that rtx collaboration & now this are a thing, though
http://bombmagazine.org/article/6931428/neil-michael-hagerty
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Friday, 22 May 2015 14:18 (nine years ago) link
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I highly recommend doing this. One of the best books I've read this year.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 22 May 2015 15:01 (nine years ago) link
that bomb interview is great, thanks schlump
― NotKnowPotato (stevie), Friday, 22 May 2015 18:17 (nine years ago) link
Saw one tweet indicating that Jennifer and Neil have yet to meet face-to-face about the reunion, saw another tweet that there's a special Royal Trux t-shirt only for sale at the festival
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 6 August 2015 19:24 (eight years ago) link
gonna be a weird trainwreck, that's for sure. which is appropriate.
― tylerw, Thursday, 6 August 2015 19:29 (eight years ago) link
Saw one tweet indicating that Jennifer and Neil have yet to meet face-to-face about the reunion― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, August 6, 2015 12:24 PM (9 minutes ago)
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, August 6, 2015 12:24 PM (9 minutes ago)
lolllllll! link?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 6 August 2015 19:34 (eight years ago) link
Here: http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/cult-rockers-royal-trux-on-gearing-up-for-their-first-show-in-15-years
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 6 August 2015 19:37 (eight years ago) link
doesn't seem like a crazy problem imo
& otoh i am hyped for the tshirt
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Thursday, 6 August 2015 20:42 (eight years ago) link
they've known each other since they were kids. should be easy to get steezy on stage
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 6 August 2015 20:51 (eight years ago) link
that long text file is amazing
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 7 August 2015 05:31 (eight years ago) link
Neil: Did you read the Royal Trux thing in The Voice? Lisa: No. Neil: The Voice is just one of those things, like Karl Marx or the Don't Tread On Me flag. The Village Voice staff from 1970. The way I see it, there's a certain force operating underneath social life. To me. Royal Trux is like the trip, like the word life. It's like, I'm on a Royal Trux.[A conversation here about communism and its connection to the Don't Tread On Me flag too confusing to transcribe.]
"Herrema has plenty going on – as well a new Black Bananas LP, she's starring in the new series of the Judd Apatow-produced Netflix romcom Love"
Wait what!
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 7 August 2015 07:46 (eight years ago) link
lol yes
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Friday, 7 August 2015 08:31 (eight years ago) link
Of course that wasn't going to be it. NYC show in December - http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2015/10/royal_trux_play.html
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 5 October 2015 23:53 (eight years ago) link
ugh webster hall. tix on sale friday 10am
― adam, Tuesday, 6 October 2015 11:27 (eight years ago) link
highly considering going, though now it's a bit more likely that more shows could happen...
related/semi-self-hype: I did a piece on Twin Infinitives for PSF that sort of fits in with a lot of the conversation in this thread:
http://www.furious.com/perfect/royaltrux3.html
― whitehallunity, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 15:27 (eight years ago) link