Royal Trux : Classic or Dud ?

I mean, it is just titanic... and there's tons of stuff that wasn't actually on singles, so even if you have like a half dozen of their 45s it is still totally worth it.

Oh I gotta get that.

it's great, and gives a taste of every aspect of their sound, from fucked up lo fi to hard rocking jams to spacey synthy stuff. Cool cover too!

yeah originally released in 1997

still fuckin love these dudes, probably one of the best american rock bands. was thinking today that i want to learn how to play "stevie" and "stop." their fucked-up slow soul jams.

the mere fact they wrote a song about fat greasy Buddhist Steven Seagal makes them grade A awesome IMO.

so good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91MivHQRIAk
"people think that the united states are a sweet bowl of plastic flowers"

or "sweet ol' plastic flower" ?

Royal Trux succeeded in the rare combination of making music that sounds familiar and unique at the same time

Got this when it came out all those years ago and it kind of cemented my view of RT as makers of astounding music. It seemks weird to say that a box set of rarities, b sides and unreleased stuff is all essesntial and also a good place to start for a beginner but thst what I would say about this set. Brilliant. Brilliant. So much stuff and just a great wild time to get to know all these tunes and non tunes.

A-sides too!

Yes asides. A good way to keep secrets.

Royal Trux (and Hagerty more generally) are totally going to be more widely recognized for their awesomeness somewhere down the line, I'm convinced. Probably in fifteen years or so, when some Tarantino analogue uses one of their songs in a movie.

Wait, the Singles, Live reissue is sold out on CD? I don't even see it listed on the Drag City website as having a CD version, just LP or mp3....grrr!

http://pl.ayli.st/Royal+Trux/Faca+Amolada

yeah the SLU has been OOP on CD for a while. why? i don't know.

i've been fans of these guys forever and i've seen them live twice but i still have no idea what jennifer herrema looks like. i can't find a single photo where her hair isn't over at least 2/3 of her face.

Well y'know, that's the point

Fringes are so hot

i know it's the point, but it's bizarre that she's sustained it so long.

One of the best gigs I've been to was Royal Trux and the Make Up in a very small venue in Bristol. Both bands were on fire.

never been to a Trux gig (shame) but from what ive seen on youtube - isn't the "fire" came mainky from Jennifer?
Neil looks kinda indifferent.

he's kind of second fiddle to Jennifer, yes. She's the real deal though, I think she was wearing a kaftan at the show I was at, proper Marianne Faithful rock star cool.

accelerator on vinyl was one of my better finds this year. definitely their best record if just for i'm ready and stevie

he's kind of second fiddle to Jennifer, yes

lol I guess in terms of enthusiasm/stage presence maybe but musically? gtfo

well yes, my answer was to the previous post, about the gig I went to. I don't think anyone would argue contrary to what you say on Hagerty being the compositional/ musical force.

Announcing First Object from FEATHERED FISH: A New Collaboration between Jennifer Herrema and Pamela Love

FEATHERED FISH WEBSITE

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It all started when artist and musician Jennifer Herrema approached her favorite jewelry designer Pamela Love about collaborating on a remake of the iconic Royal Trux skull ring. Pamela, a longtime fan of Jennifer’s and a musician herself, immediately said yes. The two quickly hit it off and realized that they had way more in common than just skull rings. The ideas started flowing between the two and they were just too good not to see through. Thanks to a collaborative partnership with record label Drag City, Feathered Fish took flight. The name honors Jennifer and Pamela's shared Pisces status and owes inspiration to a 1966 song by Arthur Lee of the psychedelic LA band, Love. Feathered Fish combines Pamela’s experience and vision, finely honed through running her eponymous jewelry line, with Jennifer’s prowess not only as rock royalty but also as a clothing and jewelry designer in her own right.

The debut object from Feathered Fish is a reimagining of that Royal Trux skull ring that brought Jennifer and Pamela's heads together in the beginning. They retained the skull from the original design, added a fitting traditional tribal motif and replaced the crossbones with crossed arrows. Made from sterling silver, the ring is limited to 40 pieces. Herrema and Love have way more than just jewelry up their sleeves. Feathered Fish will produce roughly four American-made artifacts each year, ranging from jewelry to art objects to clothing, each of a similarly limited edition. What they come out with is limited only by their imaginations and what’s legal to cross state lines. Tune in every few months to see what they come up with next. Expect a proliferation of good vibes.

PLACE SKULL RING ORDERS HERE

Only $200 postpaid!

hot n cold skulls?

So, for $200, is that all you get?

Or you get nothing at all.

Does someone have scans of the mag appearance where they interviewed Keith Richards?

Not a scan, but here's the text:
http://www.iorr.org/talk/read.php?1,1196890

Thanks!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpzmoBniw_I

mesmerizing

Jennifer Herrema just said on Facebook that the next Black Bananas album will have two songs cowritten with NMH

whoa!
i wonder if that means they are unearthing historical trux jams tho

either way

Killer!

it is interesting to wonder if they'll sound like old royal trux songs or if they'll sound like some ungodly mashup of RTX and the howling hex, like blaring hair-metal guitars in polka rhythm

i wonder if that means they are unearthing historical trux jams tho

this is my guess

i read a thing (on p4k?) that said new, so i can believe new until i hear otherwise. some of the stuff about neil playing twin infinitives in brooklyn talked about him & jennifer talking about it so maybe stuff went from there.

also props to n/a for writing this meta-referential faux-trux lyric: blaring hair-metal guitars in polka rhythm

Classic.

OK i finally just got the singles comp and whaaaat @ this milton nascimento cover

it's great!

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.

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

neil wearing a tottenham jersey!

wow, great video, thanks for posting.