Who'da thought out of all the bands outta the Seattle scene that the Supersuckers would be still going 20 years later. This is one of the latest in a long line of Supersuckers albums/eps of Live or Demos that they put out there to fund their "real" albums and tours. You would of thought that they would be scraping the bottom of the barrell by now, but they ain't! You have gotta respect this band because many years ago they quit the bullshit that goes with the music industry and decided to go it alone and do it all themselves. They set up Mid Fi records, beefed up the website, have set up a fan club called the P.I.T. (People of Impeccable Taste).
This here album is a testament to their hell bound trail, 20 years in the making. This was recorded at the Showbox in Seattle 29th of November 2008, the supports included Zeke and Green River! This album traces their career from the start in an almost chronological order through to today. 38 tracks over 2 CDs! All the hits are here and some interesting anecdotes on what the band was doing at the time or how the song came about. Tracks on the first CD include Mudhead, Coattail Rider, 17 Poles, Creepy Jackalope Eye then slow down to the time when they went country and the Must've Been High album. The 2nd CD continues the country part of the show with addictive Killer Weed. But soon they they crank the volume again with more recent hits such as the Evil Powers Of Rock N Roll. Dead Meat, Rock Your Ass, the patent pending Fake Encore then a few from the new album Get It Together and finish it up Born With A Tail.
The album is raw, but honest. You can bet your ass there are no overdubs, fake crowd noises, neither was it recorded over a year on the road and put together to sound like one concert. You could do a lot worse than to login to www.supersuckers.com and buy this album for $US10 bucks, as you won't find these in stores (well not near me anyway) and by doing that you cut the middleman and directly support "the greatest rock n roll band in the world" who can continue record great rock n roll albums and tour the globe.
Here is a video of Tasty Greens from the show
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