ARTIST: The Ribeye Brothers
TITLE: Bar Ballads And Cautionary Tales
LABEL: Times Beach Records
GENRE: Indie
TIME: 41:24 min
SIZE: 52,7 MB
RIP DATE: Nov-19-2005
RELEASE DATE: Oct-04-2005
WEBSITE: n/a
Track List:
01. Nothing To Show You 02:58
02. Roberto Duran 03:08
03. Buffalo 03:19
04. We Became Snakes 02:33
05. From The Floor 03:15
06. Lonesome Rhodes 03:48
07. Turpentine 02:53
08. Electric Chair 03:07
09. Horn Of Plenty 03:06
10. Find Yer Own 04:10
11. Goddamn The Sun 04:12
12. Death Ar Greyhound 03:57
13. Working Men Are Pissed 00:58
Release Notes:
The Ribeye Brothers were formed sometime in the late
90's, no one seems to be very clear on the exact
date, when legendary lyricist Tim Cronin (Former
singer of Monster Magnet) teamed up with a barely
conscious Jon Kleiman (Former drummer of Monster
Magnet). Their desire: To make the kind of music
they knew would shoot straight up the charts, namely
Garage/Country/Swamprock. And while the unbridled
success and fame has thus far eluded them, hopes
remain high that someday they will sell at least
enough CD's to pay for Jon's Insatiable animal porn
collection. After several lineup changes, they
arrived at what is now often called their "current
lineup". This includes bass player Jim Baglino (Lord
Sterling), keyboardist Matt Forman and noted drummer
Neil O'Brien (Butterflies Of Love).
The Ribeye Brothers' first album, If I Had A Horse,
was a substance-impaired collection of
garage-psychedelic swamp rock which reminded
listeners equally of the Gun Club, early (early)
Monster Magnet (no surprise there), and the Seeds.
It contained 12 songs, 2 of which were covers. Those
included "Don't Pass Me By", penned by Ringo Starr
and ""How Does It Feel?" by the great 60's English
band The Creation. The remaining 10 songs may have
sounded like covers, but under existing copyright
laws, we can assure you, they are originals. In
fact, "Mister Ray Charles" has become a bit of a
country/garage/psych classic. If I Had A Horse was
released by the small, but enthusiastic label
ALL-INDIE Records, but when the owner lost his only
set of keys to the office, the label packed up and
moved to Bulgaria, where the postal rates were much
lower. This left the band with two options, join ALL
-INDIE overseas where they would most likely spend
their remaining days in homo-servitude, or find a
new label. Luckily, for all involved, they chose the
latter and are now with Times Beach Records.
The Ribeye Brothers' new album was tentatively
titled Rubber Soul, until someone pointed out that
had been used already (that person was promptly
fired). Now the album is titled Bar Ballads And
Cautionary Tales and includes the same mix of
eclectic influences, but with a little less
yodeling. That means that the public will be treated
to an album chock-full of swamp-rock garage nuggets.
Recorded in a short time on vintage equipment, Bar
Ballads And Cautionary Tales sounds as genuine as an
old Zombies or Seeds LP; one can almost hear the
dust and scratches of the old vinyl. These two bands
count heavily in the Ribeye's influences, but the
band is not that monophonic: as former and founding
members of Monster Magnet, Cronin and Kleiman
understand, nay... verily invented modern
psychedelia and stoner rock. And, as good students
of Independent Music, The Ribeye Brothers have also
chosen to grace Ballads with a decidedly drug-crazed
psychobilly cover of The Minutemen's "Working Men
Are Pissed," which should tell you something about
what's going on in their twisted minds... or not.