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From: ellis@flairvax.UUCP (Michael Ellis)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Country Hardcore is HERE
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Date: Tue, 17-Jul-84 02:27:48 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 17 02:27:48 1984
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Another really swell country hardcore band is the Meat Puppets, from Arizona,
I believe.

They began their career doing the absolutely most abrasive hardcore I have
ever heard (check out `H Eleanor' on the compilation `Keats rides a Harley')
and have gradually moved back to their apparent C&W roots.

The most recent offering, `Meat Puppets II', sounds like nothing I've ever
heard -- highly recommended if don't care about technique, and are open
to C&W as well as punk. Aging hippies may enjoy the cosmic lyrics, which
recall the spirit of early (yikes) Grateful Dead.

Last time I saw the Pups in SF, they were received very poorly. I'm starting
to get sick of the close-mindedness of the hardcore movement around here.

-michael `longhairs unite' ellis