For any
Meatmen
completists out there -- strange a thought as that might be --
Stud Powercock
is pretty much all that's needed for a complete overview of the band's earliest days. It's also about all any random listener needs as well, 39 songs' worth of ridiculously stupid, over-the-top condemnations of anyone not the
and their own particular vision of the world, simple and catchy enough
punk
/
metal
providing a vague hook for the general folly. Besides the
We're the Meatmen and You Suck
album, there is a slew of rarities and oddities that also appear on the simultaneously released vinyl-only
Crippled Children Suck
collection and elsewhere to keep one's attention, or alternately to drive one away. Six cuts from the band's original 1981-era demo tape kick things off; the quality redefines "rough" as a descriptive term, but
Tesco Vee
's ranting on familiar enough songs like
"Tooling for Anus"
and
"1 Down 3 to Go"
comes through arguably all too well. After another studio take on
"Meatmen Stomp"
that originally turned up on the
Process of Elimination
comp, it's off and away into
Blued Sausage
, the original
, and
We're the Meatmen
material, including such attractive (?) outtakes as the self-descriptive
"TSOL Are Sissies."
's solo
Dutch Hercules
EP makes up most of the rest of the disc, along with some live 1984 cuts featuring that particular band lineup doing deeply unattractive things to
Sly Stone
's
"Dance to the Music."
Hate-filled cartoons, a photo of a used condom with a
logo on it, and more ridiculous folly rounds everything out. If one really must discover who the only real competition for the
Mentors
were in the '80s
punk rock
scene,
will satisfy the need, along with provoking the question about why the discovery needed to be made at all. ~ Ned Raggett