Classic.
― chromecassettes, Tuesday, 4 June 2013 02:52 (ten years ago) link
OK i finally just got the singles comp and whaaaat @ this milton nascimento cover
― bentelec, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 02:23 (ten years ago) link
it's great!
― twerking for obvious reasons (contenderizer), Tuesday, 9 July 2013 04:38 (ten years ago) link
that's what
Still amazing. So many of their records are perfect for me and this is is one of only box sets that I love almost everything on. Also for a singles and odds and sods collection is also surprisingly a good place to start for introductions.I miss Neil and Jennifer togethor thats for sure. Apart from sporadic intervention I have lost track of both artists solo careers though - seems a little tricky to know where to dip in.
― Hinklepicker, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 09:50 (ten years ago) link
I just re-bought Pound For Pound which I kind of disliked as a water-treading, phoning it in effort when it came out. Maybe true, but it's great too. No bad albums from this band.
And check this out:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a16igonZo20
― Mike Dixn, Wednesday, 31 July 2013 22:53 (ten years ago) link
neil wearing a tottenham jersey!
― fit and working again, Wednesday, 31 July 2013 23:41 (ten years ago) link
wow, great video, thanks for posting.
― sleeve, Thursday, 1 August 2013 01:09 (ten years ago) link
Ian Svenonius wrote a short oral history of "Veterans of Disorder"
http://www.fvckthemedia.com/issue23/out-of-order
― Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 4 November 2013 18:26 (ten years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/news/59555-royal-trux-reunite/
― anthony braxton diamond geezer (anagram), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 17:45 (eight years ago) link
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 17:47 (eight years ago) link
aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
I never saw them live. have seen hagerty at least
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 17:49 (eight years ago) link
This is the one reunion I had assumed would never ever happen.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 17:50 (eight years ago) link
well there's still the Smiths
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 17:50 (eight years ago) link
and Spacemen 3
This is the one reunion of a good band I had assumed would never ever happen.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 17:53 (eight years ago) link
haha ok
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 17:56 (eight years ago) link
Holy. Shit. That's awesome. I reeeeeally hope they tour.
― Roland McDoland (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 17:58 (eight years ago) link
whaaat
― sleeve, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 18:06 (eight years ago) link
:OOOOOO
― you can now get married in a church of bacon (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 18:23 (eight years ago) link
!!!!! hyped for possible tour, i wonder if they will make it to the east coast before prob inevitable implosion
― adam, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 18:37 (eight years ago) link
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 (eight years ago) link
Cool I saw RTX years ago and it was great.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 18:53 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight years ago) link
I wonder whose rhythm section they'll borrow
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 19:20 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight years ago) link
\m/
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 19:43 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight years ago) link
sometimes I think there is no better song title than "Martyr Lectures Comedian"
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 20:21 (eight years ago) link
thanks for that link, NA!
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 23:27 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight years ago) link