Alive at the Fucker Club

[glen]

ZZ Top is one of those bands that you have to truly know to appreciate.   

one might think of Sharp Dressed Man or Sleeping Bag or some other 80's tune as a representation of The Top.  but there is SO MUCH MORE to them.     they're cultish, like MELVINS.  and their hardcore fans are HARDCORE, like MELVINS.

besides.. I can normally always appreciate an act that MELVINS appreciate.

[norecess]

ZZ Top is one of those bands that you have to truly know to appreciate.

It took me a while before I checked them out, but when I did, I knew it was about time, and that I was gonna like them. I won't deny it helped knowing the Melvins are fans, and when Harvey Milk put the phrase 'ZZ TOP IS THE BEST' in the credits of Courtesy, they weren't joking. I believe on the vinyl of Special Wishes it says 'produced by Frank Beard'

Anyway, get ZZ Top's First Album and Tres Hombres, and you should be good to go.

[Chris P. Bacon]

got it in the mail today,love the map of Tasmania picture

post it so i can see it if ya dont mind

thanks

[dead mike]

I remember reading somewhere that Jimi Hendrix once raved about Billy Gibbons' guitar skills.

[norecess]

I remember reading somewhere that Jimi Hendrix once raved about Billy Gibbons' guitar skills.

Yeah! Billy Gibbons's former band The Moving Sidewalks opened for Jimi Hendrix in 1969 or something.

[anaconda]

Deguello is a good ZZ record as well.

[bathroom creep]

got it in the mail today,love the map of Tasmania picture

post it so i can see it if ya dont mind

thanks

   Damn, you spoiled the surprise!   My copy still hasn't arrived.


As for ZZ Top, I've only heard their first album yet, still waiting for my copy of Tres Hombres.  I recently saw a live show on tv that was really damn great.. the next day I found out I'm gonna see them live.  That got me pretty stoked.

[black stallion]

got it in the mail today,love the map of Tasmania picture

post it so i can see it if ya dont mind

thanks

   Damn, you spoiled the surprise!   My copy still hasn't arrived.

damn,sorry bathroom!i spoiled not the whole surprise though.you haven't seen the back cover and a part of the booklet yet

[Eponymous]

The sound quality is kinda poor, and all of the track breaks are incorrectly positioned, and it's very short. But I do have a soft spot for "Fucker Club" because i was at the show!   

Hard to believe they were the support band, huh?

[therizz]

i love it, i know there are boots in better quality, but it has this aura about it that i can't refuse.

i think the recording quality is part of what makes it so great.

[rimb]

Just thought I'd throw in a link to this post from a couple of years back with some interesting info on this release.

[black stallion]

Hard to believe they were the support band, huh?

saw the Melvins in 2003 and they were the supporting band as well,Tomahawk were the headliner..missed two songs of the Melvins set(one was the fool,the meddling idiot ),missed  the opening band too (Zu  )

[dead mike]

who was the headliner? silverchair?

[seas of luck]

i love it, i know there are boots in better quality, but it has this aura about it that i can't refuse.

i think the recording quality is part of what makes it so great.

I agree with this.  Boris sounds REALLY heavy on this recording and the whole thing is short and sweet.  I got lucky and found and like new copy on amazon a few years ago for $7!

[therizz]

exactly. the vocals are godly, dale's drums are CRUSHING. earth shattering.

just listen to the first minute of boris and try to argue otherwise.