Album Club #3 - Texas Terri and The Stiff Ones - Eat Shit (1997) - [Sunday Album Club]
Album Club #3 - Texas Terri and The Stiff Ones - Eat Shit (1997) - [Sunday Album Club]
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It’s time for album club #3! I pulled this one from one of the "What Were You Listening To Last Week?" threads. Texas Terri & The Stiff Ones' only album, Eat Shit, came out in 1997, one year before our previous album club pick, Americana. The two couldn't be more different. Comparisons to Wendy O. Williams are obvious. This is pure, gritty, rock & roll. The album also features a couple of covers of bands such as The Dicks, and the Dictators.
This post will stay pinned for 2 weeks, in order for anyone interested to leave their thoughts on the album. November 12th will see the launch of Album Club #4.
Oh the 90s. On one hand, 1997 saw Blink 182's major label debut, Dude Ranch, quickly becoming the number 1 hit at frat parties all over North America. Green Day had their sights firmly set on radio rock stardom with nimrod. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes debut Have A Ball came out, proving that even upper-middle class suburban moms could be hip to this "punk" thing that all the kids were talking about.
But all was not lost! On the more underground side, you have releases like The Dwarves Are Young and Good Looking, the Beltones had recently released a solid EP, and of course you have Texas Terri & The Stiff Ones' only album.
Again, comparisons to Wendy O. Williams and the Plasmatics are obvious. Both are unapologetic, rough, in your face, rock and roll. Both frequently included violence and nudity. At the time, this album struck me as a big middle finger to all the college radio rock pop-punk that was blowing up. This was raw, this was real. This is the first time I've listened to it in at least a decade and a half, but it's still a fun listen today. Solid 7/10.
Oh the late 90's. On the one hand, 1997 saw Blink 182's major label debut, Dude Ranch, quickly becoming a hit at frat parties all over North America. Green Day was rabidly pursuing radio rock stardom with nimrod. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes debut, Have A Ball was released, proving that even upper-middle class suburban Karen's could get behind this "punk" thing that all the kids were talking about.
But all was not lost! 1997 also saw releases like The Dwarves are Young and Good Looking. The Beltones had recently released a solid EP. And of course you have the only album released by Texas Terri & The Stiff Ones.
Again, comparisons to Wendy O. Williams and the Plasmatics are obvious. Both are unapologetic, in your face, rock and roll. Both often included violence, blood, and nudity. At the time, Eat Shit struck me as a middle finger to all the safe, radio friendly pop-punk that was blowing up at the time. This was raw, this was real.
This is the first time I've listened to this album in over a decade and a half, but it's still a fun listen today. Solid 7/10.