Debutante Trash Rockers
* Pussy Galore: Rocks Off | Rip This Joint | Shake Your Hips | Casino Boogie
From Exile On Main Street : Shove Records : Shov 3
Back in the day, when I was getting into the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, I kept hearing about his former band, Pussy Galore, but didn’t really get to hear any of their music. Known for their musical incompetence, Pussy Galore, originally hailed from Washington D.C. Fronted by Jon Spencer (future leader of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion), the band made a move to New York City where they picked up a couple more members, including one Neil Hagerty (future leader of drug damaged Royal Trux).
Neil Hagerty convinced the band to record a complete cover of his favorite album, Exile On Main Street by the Rolling Stones (although I’ve also heard that Neil didn’t really like the album, but just wanted to do this on a lark). Well, for whatever reason, they made this track-by-track cover of Exile and ran off a bunch of cassettes. Their music ineptitude is definitely front and center, as they can barely keep it together for one song. At any rate, they made a bunch of cassette copies and sold them locally. This is super rare and out-of-print and something about it almost makes me think that is should remain that way. I can’t decide if I think Exile is a work of unmusical genius or if it’s just a bunch of debutante trash rockers making suckers of everyone (which, come to think of it, is almost how I feel about the original album).
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