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One of the best album covers out there…
And one of the most disappointing albums. I’d really struggle to think of any album that’s had more talent involved with a less impressive product.
And one of the most disappointing albums. I’d really struggle to think of any album that’s had more talent involved with a less impressive product.
That’s how I feel about the Pigface project in general.
There’s some fun tracks here and there, but most of it just sounds dull and uninspired to me.
I remember back in the day my friends told me Al produced it, but I never bought it because it didn’t have the Luxa/Pan seal approval on the back cover.
Years later I bought the song Reznor sings on and was underwhelmed. Never went further than that.
One of the best album covers out there…
totally agree.
Years later I bought the song Reznor sings on and was underwhelmed. Never went further than that.
Yeah, that’s the problem with Gub. Suck and Tailor Made could’ve been great tracks, but they messed them up in a very un-interesting way. The live versions of many songs are far superior.
Same sort of thing with Notes From Thee Underground/Feels Like Heaven. The versions of some songs on one sound terrible on the other, so I made a mix of the good versions from each. And New High In Low did you the favor of including all the bad crap on a second disc you could just throw away.
Fook is the most listenable album to me. I wish they had recorded a better version of Suck, like Trent did. The Welcome To Mexico version is probably my favorite, but the quality sucks.
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Yeah, Gub sounds like it was recorded in a fucking garbage can . . . . in a fucking bathroom . . . . in the fucking garage . . . in fucking Barstow.
That said, I think WELCOME TO MEXICO (which is basically just a bunch of the same songs done in a live set as I recall) is actually really solid and listenable.
Fook is really excellent.
Notes From Thee Underground is also class.
After that . . . . it all seemed to go right up Atkins’ pooper.
As for the artwork for Gub . . . fucking phenomenal.
I bought a t-shirt of it.
I typically kept it hidden and wore it when I was out of range of my parents.
But one day I got high with my buddy and forgot that I was supposed to have dinner at my great grandma’s house. I remembered too late after I was already super baked, but made it (late) to dinner.
I was already struggling with the most basic of tasks . . . saying hi, eating mashed potatoes, etc. when all of a sudden my sister is leering at my chest and acting all revolted so as to make sure she gets everyone’s attention.
She proclaims loudly . . . “THERE’S NAKED PEOPLE ON YOUR SHIRT!!! MOM, THERE’S NAKED PEOPLE ON HIS SHIRT HAVING SEX!!!”
Bitch.
That same shirt got signed by Doctor Demento at a Doobie Brothers’ concert I went to, hahahahahaha!!!
“Wowwww, this looks reeeeeeeeaaaallly deeeeemented!!!”
Awesome story Gunnar lol.
While I agree on the production aspect of early Pigface (it definitely comes off flat) - I love nearly everything they have put out. I mean, yeah, maybe some of the tracks could’ve been better but as stand alones? “Point Blank”? “Chickasaw”? “Insemination”? God damn!
I wouldn’t buy the re-issue though, all these albums are so cheap it’s difficult to kind of double dip when you know the quality of how these were made…
Re-mastering is kinda funny. As we say in Texas, “You can’t polish a turd.”
Well regardless of what is thought of their recorded output there was a time when their live shows were a fucking blast…
Gunnar 1991
As for the artwork for Gub . . .
I bought a t-shirt of it…
…when all of a sudden my sister is leering at my chest and acting all revolted so as to make sure she gets everyone’s attention.
She proclaims loudly . . . "THERE’S NAKED PEOPLE ON YOUR SHIRT!!! MOM, THERE’S NAKED PEOPLE ON HIS SHIRT HAVING SEX
Naked people having Sex? Where the hell did she get that? It looks like two potatoes bolding hands? Oh wait thats fook… theres so much shit going on on the gub cover how the hell did she see naked people fucking in all that?
Gunnar 1991
Was that taken after you got off work at RST Video and went next door to visit your buddy Dante at the convenience store?
Was that taken after you got off work at RST Video and went next door to visit your buddy Dante at the convenience store?
HAHA!!! I looked VERY much like that dude (his name was Marshall, I think, right?) in college. I typically wore an unbuttoned flannel and had some shitty trucker hat of some sort (my favorite was a red one with a yellow patch on the front that just said ‘GILBERT’S FEED’ which was for some livestock supply place) . . . . . when that movie came out everyone said it was me, not just because of the way he looked but also because he was a total soulless sarcastic asshole.
Naked people having Sex? Where the hell did she get that? It looks like two potatoes bolding hands? Oh wait thats fook… theres so much shit going on on the gub cover how the hell did she see naked people fucking in all that?
It’s not like graphic or in your face, really. It’s just buried in the college. But my mom was pretty anal retentive and my sister was always looking for something to try and get me busted for.
[reply]Was that taken after you got off work at RST Video and went next door to visit your buddy Dante at the convenience store?
HAHA!!! I looked VERY much like that dude (his name was Marshall, I think, right?) in college. I typically wore an unbuttoned flannel and had some shitty trucker hat of some sort (my favorite was a red one with a yellow patch on the front that just said ‘GILBERT’S FEED’ which was for some livestock supply place) . . . . . when that movie came out everyone said it was me, not just because of the way he looked but also because he was a total soulless sarcastic asshole.[/reply]
His name was Randall in the film…and damn,it was driving me crazy who you looked like and Rev nailed it…that’s it!!!
Randal Graves, if we’re getting specific.