MEATMEN ...And You Suck SEALED (Touch & Go 1985)

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193

SPECIAL NOTE FROM SELLER!!!!
eBay has been experiencing a coding "glitch" which is involuntarily listing the condition of this record as "ACCEPTABLE" which is completely inaccurate. This "glitch" may (or may not) be resolved for the better part of a month which is infurating for me as a seller. However, with most people knowing that my selling reputation is in good shape, please read BELOW to see the ACTUAL condition of the record. It's not my fault, but rather eBay's!

ARTIST: The Meatmen
Title: We're The Meatmen...And You Suck!
Label: Touch & Go
Year: 1983
Related link: http://www.tgrec.com/bands/album.php?id=325

The Meatmen formed in Lansing, Michigan in 1981. Fronted by Tesco Vee (of Touch and Go Fanzine fame), they were the most outrageous and original of the “funny punk” bands. With The Meatmen, nothing was safe or sacred. Using biting humor as a tool with which to annoy and poke fun at the politically correct, The Meatmen managed to make many enemies (and friends) everywhere they went.

The first incarnation of The Meatmen, based in Lansing, went through several line-up changes, but began in the twisted minds of Tesco Vee and Rich Ramsey. Their first 7” EP, Blood Sausage, was released in early 1982 and featured Tesco on vocals, Rich Ramsey on bass, his brother Greg Ramsey on guitar, and Mr. X on drums. Later in the same year, they recorded and released the Crippled Children Suck 7 EP with Tesco on vocals, Rich Ramsey on guitar, Mike Achtenburg (of The Fix) on bass, and Todd Swalla (of the Necros) under the pseudonym Berl Johnson, on drums.

In the fall of 1982, Tesco disbanded the last of the Michigan-based Meatmen lineups and moved to Washington DC. In DC, he had a legion of musician friends and fans just waiting to indulge him. In 1983, with an all new lineup that included Lyle Preslar and Brian Baker (both formerly of Minor Threat), Tesco Vee And The Meatkrew recorded an EP titled Dutch Hercules. It was released in 1984 and was to be the final new Meatmen material on Touch and Go. However, in 1991, Touch and Go released a compilation CD of all of the Meatmen’s Touch and Go recordings, aptly named Stud Powercock: The Touch and Go Years.

Throughout the second half of the eighties and all of the nineties, the Meatmen had numerous incarnations and released several more records on a variety of other labels.

CONDITION:
SLEEVE: NM-
RECORD: MINT
VINYL COLOR: Black (presumably)
NOTES: Still in the shrink copy of this T&G classic. Black cover (later editions were red). Back sleeve features the Maumee Ohio addy for T&G. Lower left corner of the sleeve is slightly banged (see photo) but the rest is absolutely flawless....

ORIGIN/PROVENANCE: My friend Corey Rusk, who runs Touch & Go Records (and formerly of The Necros), has been cleaning out his storage space and has realized that he really doesn't have any more room for the all doubles and triples of many of the rare records in his collection.  He's busy running Touch and Go and doesn't have the time to deal with selling his extras... but they do need to go.  So he asked me to help him sell them off.  And of course, as a long time friend of Corey and and fan of Touch and Go Records (along with being a 10+ year eBay seller with a perfect feedback rating of 1600+), I jumped at the chance. 

I'll be auctioning approximately 1500+ items so please stay tuned.....

NEXT WEEK! Rare posters!

New items will be listed every Sunday (unless I'm out of town).

PAYMENT: Paypal only. Or so sez eBay.

SHIPPING: The record will be housed between two pieces of cardboard and then put inside a sturdy mailer. If you live inside the US, tracking is provided free of charge. Outside of the US, airmail rates apply. IF YOU LIVE OUTSIDE THE US, DO NOT PAY UNTIL I SEND YOU AN INVOICE! Insurance is ADDITIONAL and strongly recommended (especially if you live in Italy!).

And yes, I'll be happy to combine shipping. It saves your money and my time!