Ethyl Meatplow was an American
industrial band
[ best known for their sole album, '' Happy Days, Sweetheart'', released in 1993 by Dali Records.
]
History
Ethyl Meatplow gained media coverage for its sexually explicit, burlesque
A burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects. -inspired live performances.Rolling Stone
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The magazine was first known fo ...
'' described the album as a "smorgasbord of unbridled lust and dance-floor fun." The video for "Devil's Johnson" featured on the '' Beavis and Butthead'' episode "Young, Gifted & Crude" and was aired on MTV
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's ''120 Minutes
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After it ...
''. The band played Lollapalooza
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and attracted criticism from Kim Gordon
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and Julia Cafritz of Free Kitten
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for its nude dancers and "recorded music," though others noted the band's use of found sounds and musique concrète
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methods.
Singer/trumpeter Carla Bozulich later formed the alt-country band Geraldine Fibbers.[Strong, Martin C.:"The Great Alternative & Indie Discography", 1999, Canongate, ] Drummer Harold "Barefoot" Saunders later formed the band Polar Bear
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with Eric Avery
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. Singer/guitarist John Napier was later a touring member of Nitzer Ebb
Nitzer Ebb () are an English electronic body music, EBM group formed in 1982 by Essex school friends Bon Harris, Vaughan "Bon" Harris (programming, synthesizers, drums, vocals), Douglas McCarthy (vocals), and David Gooday (drums). The band were ...
, and died in November 2012.
Discography
*"Dancing With Pork Face: Bump and Grind Mixes - 7" (1990, Motiv Communications/Spasm)
*"Colored Maxi" - 12" (1991, Piece of Mind Records)
*"Queenie" - 7"/12" (1992, Sympathy for the Record Industry/Dali Records)
*"Ripened Peach" - 12" (1993, Elektra)
*'' Happy Days, Sweetheart'' - CD (1993, Dali Records)
*"Betty Boy / Queenie" - 7" (1993, Dali)
*"Devil's Johnson" - CDS (1993, Dali Records/Festival Records)
References
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Dance-rock musical groups