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Re: Young Fresh Fellows/The Minus 5/Scott McCaughey
m b v escribió:Vuelven los Young Fresh Fellows a España 3 años después de su última gira española:
Spanish Tour dates!
OCTOBER 29 / 2016 FUNTASTIC DRACULA CARNIVAL BENIDORM, SPAIN
NOVEMBER 2 / 2016 LOCO CLUB VALENCIA, SPAIN
NOVEMBER 3 / 2016 EL SOL MADRID, SPAIN
NOVEMBER 4 / 2016 KAFE ANTZOKIA BILBAO, BASQUE COUNTRY, SPAIN
NOVEMBER 5 / 2016 AUDITORIO BASTERO IRUN, BASQUE COUNTRY, SPAIN
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Allí estaremos, grandes!
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Está noche! SOMOS LOS MEJORES!
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Ueh! Incluso en Andoain
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Conciertazo anoche en Valencia
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Re: Young Fresh Fellows/The Minus 5/Scott McCaughey
Scott McCaughey (Young Fresh Fellows, R.E.M., The Baseball Project, The Minus 5…) ha sido, sin dudas, uno de los músicos más majos que nos encontramos en las historias incluidas en el libro "Directos al Rock'n'Roll".
Siempre se ha tomado su tiempo para escribirnos una cita larga y memorable.
En el libro nos cruzamos los caminos en:
- Festival Luna Lunera en Sos del Rey Católico (primer concierto a nivel mundial de The Baseball Project, junto a Steve Wynn, Mike Mills de R.E.M.…).
- Helldorado de Vitoria-Gasteiz con Young Fresh Fellows.
- En el primer festival Turborock en Sarón también con los Fellows (cartelazo aquel: Redd Kross, Mudhoney, The Soundtrack Of Our Lives, The Muffs, Sex Museum…).
Este fin de semana, el 5 de noviembre del 2016 ha vuelto a actuar con los Fellows en Bastero Kulturgunea de Andoain y, por su puesto, se ha llevado una copia del libro, mientras nos contaba sus anécdotas con Ian Hunter.
Young Fresh Fellows: una cuadrilla de colegas sinvergüenzas y con ganas de cachondeo continuado. Lo mejor de todo es que a pesar de que no paran quietos sobre el escenario y que se comportan como críos de 12 años, son unos músicos excepcionales y suenan tremendos. Conclusión: ¡una banda de las buenas además de buenos humoristas! ¿Parece fácil, eh? La verdad es que no sé si lo es pero… Lo que sí sé es que YFF son ambas cosas.
https://www.foroazkenarock.com/t54196-directos-al-rock-n-roll-libro-editorial-milenio
https://www.facebook.com/Directosalrocknroll/
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Re: Young Fresh Fellows/The Minus 5/Scott McCaughey
Ahora me entero de que estaban de gira
Bueno, cómo tampoco podría haber ido el disgusto es menor. Lo que si me jode es que la única vez que los vi fue cuándo giraron teloneando a los pesados de Mudhoney. Curiosos pensar que acabe viendo completamente desganado al que fue uno de los grupos de mi adolescencia porqué yo lo que quería era mas YFF, manda cojones
Bueno, cómo tampoco podría haber ido el disgusto es menor. Lo que si me jode es que la única vez que los vi fue cuándo giraron teloneando a los pesados de Mudhoney. Curiosos pensar que acabe viendo completamente desganado al que fue uno de los grupos de mi adolescencia porqué yo lo que quería era mas YFF, manda cojones
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Re: Young Fresh Fellows/The Minus 5/Scott McCaughey
En Valencia, le comenté que me hice una foto con él en el backstage del azkena 2006, y perdí la cámara. Y me dijo: aquí tienes otra, al hacernos la foto. El batería me dio una baqueta y nos pidió de fumar, que por desgracia no pudimos invitar. GRANDES TIPOS
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Son la polla, me flipan
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Le ha dado un derrame cerebral a Scotti ((((((
Parece que está estable. Recupérate pronto Scott, seguimos necesitando de músicos como tu
Parece que está estable. Recupérate pronto Scott, seguimos necesitando de músicos como tu
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Pues si, veoy que hay dos hilos distintos. Copio y pego lo que he visto por internet
Ken Stringfellow
12 min ·
reports have circulated that the lovely Scott McCaughey, surely the most important figure in my musical life, and one of my favorite people in the world, has suffered a stroke while on tour. I don't know much, other than the reports say he's under care and stable. Why post? Because I'm upset, and also, hoping that drawing some of the great collective good will that is out there and redirecting in Scott's direction, might send a little or a lot of healing energy where it's needed. You never know.
Ken Stringfellow
12 min ·
reports have circulated that the lovely Scott McCaughey, surely the most important figure in my musical life, and one of my favorite people in the world, has suffered a stroke while on tour. I don't know much, other than the reports say he's under care and stable. Why post? Because I'm upset, and also, hoping that drawing some of the great collective good will that is out there and redirecting in Scott's direction, might send a little or a lot of healing energy where it's needed. You never know.
Re: Young Fresh Fellows/The Minus 5/Scott McCaughey
Y otros ni una miserable gripe... cagondios
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Re: Young Fresh Fellows/The Minus 5/Scott McCaughey
Stoner escribió:Pues si, veoy que hay dos hilos distintos. Copio y pego lo que he visto por internet
Ken Stringfellow
12 min ·
reports have circulated that the lovely Scott McCaughey, surely the most important figure in my musical life, and one of my favorite people in the world, has suffered a stroke while on tour. I don't know much, other than the reports say he's under care and stable. Why post? Because I'm upset, and also, hoping that drawing some of the great collective good will that is out there and redirecting in Scott's direction, might send a little or a lot of healing energy where it's needed. You never know.
Hace un par de días lo lei en Facebook porque estaban haciendo una recaudación de fondos para sus ciudados en el hospital. Estas cosas me dejan alucinado, que músicos de cierto nivel en una situación de éstas no tengan un duro para pagarse sus cuidados.
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Re: Young Fresh Fellows/The Minus 5/Scott McCaughey
Boohan escribió:Stoner escribió:Pues si, veoy que hay dos hilos distintos. Copio y pego lo que he visto por internet
Ken Stringfellow
12 min ·
reports have circulated that the lovely Scott McCaughey, surely the most important figure in my musical life, and one of my favorite people in the world, has suffered a stroke while on tour. I don't know much, other than the reports say he's under care and stable. Why post? Because I'm upset, and also, hoping that drawing some of the great collective good will that is out there and redirecting in Scott's direction, might send a little or a lot of healing energy where it's needed. You never know.
Hace un par de días lo lei en Facebook porque estaban haciendo una recaudación de fondos para sus ciudados en el hospital. Estas cosas me dejan alucinado, que músicos de cierto nivel en una situación de éstas no tengan un duro para pagarse sus cuidados.
a mi también... pero es que necesita mucha pasta o que en USA te dan por el culo si no te buscas la vida?
Re: Young Fresh Fellows/The Minus 5/Scott McCaughey
Stoner escribió:Boohan escribió:Stoner escribió:Pues si, veoy que hay dos hilos distintos. Copio y pego lo que he visto por internet
Ken Stringfellow
12 min ·
reports have circulated that the lovely Scott McCaughey, surely the most important figure in my musical life, and one of my favorite people in the world, has suffered a stroke while on tour. I don't know much, other than the reports say he's under care and stable. Why post? Because I'm upset, and also, hoping that drawing some of the great collective good will that is out there and redirecting in Scott's direction, might send a little or a lot of healing energy where it's needed. You never know.
Hace un par de días lo lei en Facebook porque estaban haciendo una recaudación de fondos para sus ciudados en el hospital. Estas cosas me dejan alucinado, que músicos de cierto nivel en una situación de éstas no tengan un duro para pagarse sus cuidados.
a mi también... pero es que necesita mucha pasta o que en USA te dan por el culo si no te buscas la vida?
Te dan por culo si no tienes un seguro médico decente. Y me imagino que él tendría el mínimo.
Aún teniendo seguro, puedes tener unos copagos de 2000 o más al día tranquilamente. Es una locura.
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Re: Young Fresh Fellows/The Minus 5/Scott McCaughey
Boohan escribió:Stoner escribió:Boohan escribió:Stoner escribió:Pues si, veoy que hay dos hilos distintos. Copio y pego lo que he visto por internet
Ken Stringfellow
12 min ·
reports have circulated that the lovely Scott McCaughey, surely the most important figure in my musical life, and one of my favorite people in the world, has suffered a stroke while on tour. I don't know much, other than the reports say he's under care and stable. Why post? Because I'm upset, and also, hoping that drawing some of the great collective good will that is out there and redirecting in Scott's direction, might send a little or a lot of healing energy where it's needed. You never know.
Hace un par de días lo lei en Facebook porque estaban haciendo una recaudación de fondos para sus ciudados en el hospital. Estas cosas me dejan alucinado, que músicos de cierto nivel en una situación de éstas no tengan un duro para pagarse sus cuidados.
a mi también... pero es que necesita mucha pasta o que en USA te dan por el culo si no te buscas la vida?
Te dan por culo si no tienes un seguro médico decente. Y me imagino que él tendría el mínimo.
Aún teniendo seguro, puedes tener unos copagos de 2000 o más al día tranquilamente. Es una locura.
Q vergüenza. Si no eres rico te mueres
Re: Young Fresh Fellows/The Minus 5/Scott McCaughey
Pues al final no se ha muerto
Por lo que leo por ahí anda haciendo otra vez pequeños conciertos por el noroeste. Esperemos que encuentre un equilibrio entre cuidarse y volver a girar por su segundo país favorito. Ejem.
Por lo que leo por ahí anda haciendo otra vez pequeños conciertos por el noroeste. Esperemos que encuentre un equilibrio entre cuidarse y volver a girar por su segundo país favorito. Ejem.
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Re: Young Fresh Fellows/The Minus 5/Scott McCaughey
Escucha do ayer el HiLux de los Model Rockets veo en los créditos al bueno de Scott. En fin, que el disco tiene un sonido muy similar al de Electric Bird Digest, por si a alguén le interesa.Clark escribió:Por cierto, volviendo al tema:
Discazo!!!! mi favorito
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Menos de tres días después de que los médicos le dijesen que nunca volvería a tocar la guitarra, SCOTT McCAUGHEY (pronunciado Macoy) empezó a escribir las canciones de su próximo disco mientras estaba todavía en Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos, sin poder hablar y con el lado derecho de su cuerpo paralizado a causa del ictus que acababa de sufrir…
STROKE MANOR, el álbum número 13 de THE MINUS 5, es el resultado de lo que comenzó en aquellos primeros días en Cuidados Intensivoss, y acabó ensamblado en el estudio casero del sótano (o “la mazmorra”) de Scott McCaughey en Portland, con la ayuda de sus amigos PETER BUCK (REM), JEFF TWEEDY (Wilco), JOHN MOEN (The Decemberists), CORIN TUCKER (Sleater-Kinney), STEVE WYNN, y otros.
Entre la grabación de “Stroke Manor” y el ictus cerebral trascurrieró algo menos de un año, todo un milagro médico, o más bien la demostración del poder de la determinación y la fuerza de voluntad de un hombre cuya vida es la música. El álbum, que ve ahora la luz de forma oficial, tuvo un pre-estreno hace unos meses para el Record Store Day, como uno de los lanzamientos estrella del sello Yep Roc.
“Las letras de las canciones son la razón de ser de este disco”, dice McCaughey, “son letras frustradas y frustrantes, soy yo tratando de comunicar algo, de ver si era capaz de comunicarme, de ver siquiera si era capaz de sostener un lápiz, de mover los dedos. Las palabras eran cruciales, aunque puede que no signifiquen nada para mucha gente, tenía que intentarlo”
Stroke Manor es como una cápsula del tiempo de semanas en el hospital, y largas sesiones de terapia y recuperación. Las canciones apareciendo de frases mal comprendidas, palabras confundidas, experiencias hospitalarias, películas vistas en la TV de la habitación, y la playlist de los Beatles que Peter Buck le hizo tratando de havcer reaccionar su memoria (“Beatles Forever”)
THE MINUS 5 es el colectivo de indie-pop/rock capitaneado por Scott McCaughey, y muy a menudo con Peter Buck de REM entre sus miembros. Scott McCaughey lleva 40 años subido a los escenarios, al frente de su banda Young Fresh Fellows, como músico de apoyo de REM (durante 17 años), así como de incontables proyectos como Filthy Friends, The Baseball Project, Tired Pony, Tuatara, la banda de Peter Buck, Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3, Split Squad, etc.
Re: Young Fresh Fellows/The Minus 5/Scott McCaughey
Con lo que me gustan YFF y creo que no he escuchado ningun disco de Minus 5..
Re: Young Fresh Fellows/The Minus 5/Scott McCaughey
deniztek escribió:Con lo que me gustan YFF y creo que no he escuchado ningun disco de Minus 5..
a mí es que me ponen Minus 5... jeje
Re: Young Fresh Fellows/The Minus 5/Scott McCaughey
Se me había olvidado poner algo sobre el nuevo disco de The Minus 5. Lo tengo desde hace varios días en el iPhone y me está encantando. Un álbum muy sólido y notable como suele hacer esta banda, pero este en concreto tiene el aliciente especial de que fue compuesto cuando el bueno de Scott se estaba recuperando de un gran palo que casi le lleva al otro barrio. El mejor disco de The Minus 5 en mucho tiempo. Ojalá se animen y haga una gira por España.
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Tienen nuevo disco, TOXIC YOUTH, el primero en 8 años, y suena joven y fresco, como debe ser.
Record Store Day “Drop 3” is the last of the RSD 2020 triad that make up what would have been last April’s normal single-day event. One of the two records I am/was hoping to get is YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS’ Toxic Youth (or as it is also known, Back to the Egg). Recorded three years ago but only now seeing the light of day, it’s a great addition to the Fellows’ discography.
To start with, Toxic/Back is both a first and a last. It is, indeed, the first YFF record in eight years. Just as important, Youth/Egg is the last album recorded at Seattle’s legendary Egg Studio, the nest in which many Fellows releases were laid (or is that hatched?). The story is that in 2017 Conrad Uno, Egg’s patriarch (or is that rooster?), had decided to retire and close the studio, word got back to the Freshies, and they booked one last weekend there before Egg went the way of the dodo bird. Since they’d gone in with just three songs and came out with seventeen, you’d be tempted to call it a success. Yet it took another three years for those results to show up on wax… was it delayed because of subpar quality? Band member Scott McCaughey’s stroke in late 2017?? Who knows??? One thing we do know: Once it finally got a release date – the original Record Store Day, April 2020 – Toxic Youth got delayed again thanks to that pesky coronavirus pandemic. Well, it’s finally out this Saturday (knock on wood) and it’s an honor to get to share my own opinions about it just slightly ahead of time.
As Mott The Hoople once said, rock ’n’ roll is a loser’s game, and it’s a game the Young Fresh Fellows have been winning (or is that losing?) for (gag! I feel old!) nearly 40 years. GULP. Regardless of, or despite their relative obscurity, from their very first outing back in the early ’80s, Seattle’s Fab Four have been creating kooky, clever cult rock for the masses – it’s just that the masses never got the memo. Too bad! Those of us who did get it, we got it. Whether it was with “Rock ’N’ Roll Pest Control,” “My Friend Ringo,” “Taco Wagon” or any number of other hooky, cheeky tunes, the Fellows could always be counted on for a great time.
Young Fresh Fellows say “Vote!”
Times changed throughout the Eighties and Nineties and though they didn’t exactly stay young they pretty much stayed fresh on their handful of sporadic releases. And that was okay with the fans. But when the YFF guys took on other projects (playing with their original groups [Fastbacks, for instance], playing with big name rock bands [R.E.M., for instance]), we lamented what we thought might be the end. So today we have Toxic Youth – I don’t really know what the title means – and I can tell you it’s a killer record! Opening with “November” and heading into quintessential Fellows stuff like “Never Had It Bad,” “Gear Summer 2013” with its ’60s organ, “Alien Overlords” and drummer Tad’s “Black Boots,” this release was worth the waits. THEN there’s Side 2 and that’s where Back to the Egg really fries! “She’s By Request” has this wobbly, eerie lead vocal from Scott, telling the story of of a late night TV encounter with some actress that I can’t figure out. I really like this one and figured it was gonna be my favorite on this toxic green vinyl record until I got to the grand finale, “Bleed Out.” OMG. This is like the YFFs detailing their own career and demise, explaining “I’m married to this life / Gave my body and soul / When I take the final knife I will bleed out rock and roll.” Yes, I honestly believe that Scott, Tad, Jim and Kurt will and DO bleed rock ’n’ roll.
If Toxic Youth/Back to the Egg were the final Young Fresh Fellows album you could truthfully say – based on this album alone, let alone Topsy Turvy or Totally Lost or Gleich Jetzt – they played a loser’s game and won. Cleaned up. Mopped the floor with almost every other band there ever was. – Marsh Gooch
5/5 (YepRoc YEP-2722X, 2020)
P.S. – It may be a bit late in coming, but having known Conrad Uno of Egg Studio and Popllama Products fame for 30-something years – and having worked for and recorded with him at Egg myself – I’d like to thank you, Uno, for your contribution to the Seattle music scene and the rock ’n’ roll world at large. “What a humble guy.” Cheers! And say hi to Emily.
Record Store Day “Drop 3” is the last of the RSD 2020 triad that make up what would have been last April’s normal single-day event. One of the two records I am/was hoping to get is YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS’ Toxic Youth (or as it is also known, Back to the Egg). Recorded three years ago but only now seeing the light of day, it’s a great addition to the Fellows’ discography.
To start with, Toxic/Back is both a first and a last. It is, indeed, the first YFF record in eight years. Just as important, Youth/Egg is the last album recorded at Seattle’s legendary Egg Studio, the nest in which many Fellows releases were laid (or is that hatched?). The story is that in 2017 Conrad Uno, Egg’s patriarch (or is that rooster?), had decided to retire and close the studio, word got back to the Freshies, and they booked one last weekend there before Egg went the way of the dodo bird. Since they’d gone in with just three songs and came out with seventeen, you’d be tempted to call it a success. Yet it took another three years for those results to show up on wax… was it delayed because of subpar quality? Band member Scott McCaughey’s stroke in late 2017?? Who knows??? One thing we do know: Once it finally got a release date – the original Record Store Day, April 2020 – Toxic Youth got delayed again thanks to that pesky coronavirus pandemic. Well, it’s finally out this Saturday (knock on wood) and it’s an honor to get to share my own opinions about it just slightly ahead of time.
As Mott The Hoople once said, rock ’n’ roll is a loser’s game, and it’s a game the Young Fresh Fellows have been winning (or is that losing?) for (gag! I feel old!) nearly 40 years. GULP. Regardless of, or despite their relative obscurity, from their very first outing back in the early ’80s, Seattle’s Fab Four have been creating kooky, clever cult rock for the masses – it’s just that the masses never got the memo. Too bad! Those of us who did get it, we got it. Whether it was with “Rock ’N’ Roll Pest Control,” “My Friend Ringo,” “Taco Wagon” or any number of other hooky, cheeky tunes, the Fellows could always be counted on for a great time.
Young Fresh Fellows say “Vote!”
Times changed throughout the Eighties and Nineties and though they didn’t exactly stay young they pretty much stayed fresh on their handful of sporadic releases. And that was okay with the fans. But when the YFF guys took on other projects (playing with their original groups [Fastbacks, for instance], playing with big name rock bands [R.E.M., for instance]), we lamented what we thought might be the end. So today we have Toxic Youth – I don’t really know what the title means – and I can tell you it’s a killer record! Opening with “November” and heading into quintessential Fellows stuff like “Never Had It Bad,” “Gear Summer 2013” with its ’60s organ, “Alien Overlords” and drummer Tad’s “Black Boots,” this release was worth the waits. THEN there’s Side 2 and that’s where Back to the Egg really fries! “She’s By Request” has this wobbly, eerie lead vocal from Scott, telling the story of of a late night TV encounter with some actress that I can’t figure out. I really like this one and figured it was gonna be my favorite on this toxic green vinyl record until I got to the grand finale, “Bleed Out.” OMG. This is like the YFFs detailing their own career and demise, explaining “I’m married to this life / Gave my body and soul / When I take the final knife I will bleed out rock and roll.” Yes, I honestly believe that Scott, Tad, Jim and Kurt will and DO bleed rock ’n’ roll.
If Toxic Youth/Back to the Egg were the final Young Fresh Fellows album you could truthfully say – based on this album alone, let alone Topsy Turvy or Totally Lost or Gleich Jetzt – they played a loser’s game and won. Cleaned up. Mopped the floor with almost every other band there ever was. – Marsh Gooch
5/5 (YepRoc YEP-2722X, 2020)
P.S. – It may be a bit late in coming, but having known Conrad Uno of Egg Studio and Popllama Products fame for 30-something years – and having worked for and recorded with him at Egg myself – I’d like to thank you, Uno, for your contribution to the Seattle music scene and the rock ’n’ roll world at large. “What a humble guy.” Cheers! And say hi to Emily.
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Re: Young Fresh Fellows/The Minus 5/Scott McCaughey
entonces Scott se ha recuperado bien por lo que parece
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Peaky Blinder escribió:Tienen nuevo disco, TOXIC YOUTH, el primero en 8 años, y suena joven y fresco, como debe ser.
Record Store Day “Drop 3” is the last of the RSD 2020 triad that make up what would have been last April’s normal single-day event. One of the two records I am/was hoping to get is YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS’ Toxic Youth (or as it is also known, Back to the Egg). Recorded three years ago but only now seeing the light of day, it’s a great addition to the Fellows’ discography.
To start with, Toxic/Back is both a first and a last. It is, indeed, the first YFF record in eight years. Just as important, Youth/Egg is the last album recorded at Seattle’s legendary Egg Studio, the nest in which many Fellows releases were laid (or is that hatched?). The story is that in 2017 Conrad Uno, Egg’s patriarch (or is that rooster?), had decided to retire and close the studio, word got back to the Freshies, and they booked one last weekend there before Egg went the way of the dodo bird. Since they’d gone in with just three songs and came out with seventeen, you’d be tempted to call it a success. Yet it took another three years for those results to show up on wax… was it delayed because of subpar quality? Band member Scott McCaughey’s stroke in late 2017?? Who knows??? One thing we do know: Once it finally got a release date – the original Record Store Day, April 2020 – Toxic Youth got delayed again thanks to that pesky coronavirus pandemic. Well, it’s finally out this Saturday (knock on wood) and it’s an honor to get to share my own opinions about it just slightly ahead of time.
As Mott The Hoople once said, rock ’n’ roll is a loser’s game, and it’s a game the Young Fresh Fellows have been winning (or is that losing?) for (gag! I feel old!) nearly 40 years. GULP. Regardless of, or despite their relative obscurity, from their very first outing back in the early ’80s, Seattle’s Fab Four have been creating kooky, clever cult rock for the masses – it’s just that the masses never got the memo. Too bad! Those of us who did get it, we got it. Whether it was with “Rock ’N’ Roll Pest Control,” “My Friend Ringo,” “Taco Wagon” or any number of other hooky, cheeky tunes, the Fellows could always be counted on for a great time.
Young Fresh Fellows say “Vote!”
Times changed throughout the Eighties and Nineties and though they didn’t exactly stay young they pretty much stayed fresh on their handful of sporadic releases. And that was okay with the fans. But when the YFF guys took on other projects (playing with their original groups [Fastbacks, for instance], playing with big name rock bands [R.E.M., for instance]), we lamented what we thought might be the end. So today we have Toxic Youth – I don’t really know what the title means – and I can tell you it’s a killer record! Opening with “November” and heading into quintessential Fellows stuff like “Never Had It Bad,” “Gear Summer 2013” with its ’60s organ, “Alien Overlords” and drummer Tad’s “Black Boots,” this release was worth the waits. THEN there’s Side 2 and that’s where Back to the Egg really fries! “She’s By Request” has this wobbly, eerie lead vocal from Scott, telling the story of of a late night TV encounter with some actress that I can’t figure out. I really like this one and figured it was gonna be my favorite on this toxic green vinyl record until I got to the grand finale, “Bleed Out.” OMG. This is like the YFFs detailing their own career and demise, explaining “I’m married to this life / Gave my body and soul / When I take the final knife I will bleed out rock and roll.” Yes, I honestly believe that Scott, Tad, Jim and Kurt will and DO bleed rock ’n’ roll.
If Toxic Youth/Back to the Egg were the final Young Fresh Fellows album you could truthfully say – based on this album alone, let alone Topsy Turvy or Totally Lost or Gleich Jetzt – they played a loser’s game and won. Cleaned up. Mopped the floor with almost every other band there ever was. – Marsh Gooch
5/5 (YepRoc YEP-2722X, 2020)
P.S. – It may be a bit late in coming, but having known Conrad Uno of Egg Studio and Popllama Products fame for 30-something years – and having worked for and recorded with him at Egg myself – I’d like to thank you, Uno, for your contribution to the Seattle music scene and the rock ’n’ roll world at large. “What a humble guy.” Cheers! And say hi to Emily.
Acaba de llegar a casa, por fin!!!! De primeras está entrando fenomenal, discazo!
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Re: Young Fresh Fellows/The Minus 5/Scott McCaughey
Grandisima noticia
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Re: Young Fresh Fellows/The Minus 5/Scott McCaughey
Qué buenísimo es el último Lp! Para mi su mejor disco desde el "It's a low beat time"
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Re: Young Fresh Fellows/The Minus 5/Scott McCaughey
Han reeditado (por 1º vez) en vinilo y con un Lp de extras tanto el "Because we hate you" de los Fellows como el "Let The War Against Music Begin" de los Minus 5
Yo he comprado el 1º y la mala noticia es que entre el precio del Lp y los gastos se va a un pico, y la buena es que el bueno de Scott pone un valor tan bajo en la pegata que casi no hay aduanas (6€)
Yo he comprado el 1º y la mala noticia es que entre el precio del Lp y los gastos se va a un pico, y la buena es que el bueno de Scott pone un valor tan bajo en la pegata que casi no hay aduanas (6€)
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Re: Young Fresh Fellows/The Minus 5/Scott McCaughey
https://www.splittoothmedia.com/young-fresh-fellows-fab-sounds/
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