''Daddy Has a Tail!'' is the second studio album by Minneapolis-based

noise rock Noise rock (sometimes called noise punk) is a noise-oriented style of experimental rock that spun off from punk rock in the 1980s. Drawing on movements such as minimalism, industrial music, and New York hardcore, artists indulge in extrem ...

band

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. It was released on July 10, 1989, via

Amphetamine Reptile Records Amphetamine Reptile Records (or AmRep Industries) is a record label founded in 1986 by Tom Hazelmyer in Washington state. The label specializes in noise rock and also released '' Strap It On'', the debut album by alternative metal band Helme ...

, their first album for the label.

Recording

The album was recorded and mixed by David B. Livingstone, who at the time was the guitarist for God Bullies, and producer Tim Mac. Originally, the record had been mixed to videotape but the result was of poor quality, forcing Mac and Livingstone to remix the entire album from scratch within the relatively short time span of 4 hours. Regarding the album's current mix, Livingstone has said, "I always felt that they got really screwed. I felt really bad." and that he intends to eventually remix the entire album from the original masters.Prindle, Mark.
David B. Livingstone Interview
. 2004, cited December 8, 2010

Release

The album was never released on its own on CD. It can be found on the ''

Old Gold 1989–1991 ''Old Gold (1989–1991)'' is a compilation album by American noise rock band Cows. It is composed of material from three of their earlier albums ''Daddy Has a Tail'', '' Effete and Impudent Snobs'', and '' Peacetika''. Track listing # "Shaking" ...

'' compilation released in 1996, with the exception of the song "Chow". Amphetamine Reptile Europe released the album in its entirety on a two-for-one CD that included "Peacetika", although "I Miss Her Beer" and "Sugar" are combined into one track. The song "Chow" appears on a split with the Melvins for

Sugar Daddy Live ''Sugar Daddy Live'' is a live album by the Melvins, released on May 31, 2011. The songs are taken from their 2008 tour, with the majority of the tracks coming from their two most recent studio albums at the time, '' (A) Senile Animal'' and '' Nu ...

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the ''Daddy Has a Tail!'' liner notes. ;Cows *

Thor Eisentrager Thor Eisentrager is a founding member and former guitarist for the Minneapolis-based Noise rock-outfit, the Cows. After the release of the Cows's ninth album, ''Sorry in Pig Minor'', Thor announced that he had grown tired of touring and left th ...

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* Tony Oliveri –

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Kevin Rutmanis Kevin Rutmanis (born October 17, 1958) is an American bass guitarist. He is of Latvian descent. Before getting into music, he was a student teacher. In late 1985, along with his younger brother Sandris Rutmanis, Thor Eisentrager, and then Jayhaw ...

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Shannon Selberg Shannon Scott Selberg (born June 3, 1960) is a noise/punk rock musician known for his unusual antics on stage. Formerly the frontman for the Minneapolis-based group The Cows, Selberg provided lead vocals, trumpet, bugle and hardcore guitar ...

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or witho ...

;Production and additional personnel *

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– production,

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, mixing *

Tim Mac Halo of Flies was an American noise rock band from Minneapolis. Named after an Alice Cooper song, Halo of Flies was formed in 1986 by Tom Hazelmyer, John Anglim and Tim Mac. Over the next five years they released a series of seven inch singles ...

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Release history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Daddy Has a Tail! 1989 albums Cows (band) albums Amphetamine Reptile Records albums