A
1995 album made primarily by
Mike Watt, with a revolving cast of 50 or so backing musicians. A notable album because of both the backing musicians and the
packaging.
Some of the more famous musicians heard on the album include:
It was packaged in a cardboard sleeve twice the length of a normal jewel case, making it hard to store. Inside were a dictionary of "Pedro Speak" or slang from the city San Pedro, where Mike Watt grew up and currently lives, as well as a cartoon done by artist Raymond Pettibon (I believe, in as much as it looks like his work.)
The tracks are:
- Big Train
- Against the 70's
- Drove Up from Pedro
- Piss-Bottle Man
- Chinese Firedrill
- Intense Song for Madonna to Sing
- Tuff Gnarl (originally by Sonic Youth)
- Sexual Military Dynamics (penned by Henry Rollins)
- Max and Wells
- E-Ticket Ride
- Forever - One Reporter's Opinion (a slight change from an old Minutemen song)
- Song for Igor
- Tell 'em, Boy!
- Sidemouse Advice
- Heartbeat
- Maggot Brain (I think this is an old P-Funk track)
- Coincidence Is Either Hit or Miss