- Ethyl Meatplow
Ethyl Meatplow was an American alternative/
industrial music band best known for their sole album, "Happy Days, Sweetheart ", released in 1993 byDali Records , a division ofChameleon Music Group and distributed byElektra Entertainment . The album's songs "Devil's Johnson," "Queenie" and "Ripened Peach" were made intomusic videos .Ethyl Meatplow toured nationally with
Nitzer Ebb and gained coverage for its sexually explicit,burlesque -inspired live performances. [cite web
last=Parsons
first=Clark
url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR106475.html?categoryid=16&cs=1
title=Chappell probe confirmed
work=Variety
date=1993-05-03
|accessdate=2007-10-22] The band playedLollapalooza and attracted criticism fromKim Gordon andJulia Cafritz ofFree Kitten for its naked dancers and recorded music. [cite web
url=http://www.stardustlanes.com/fibbers/spin97.html
title=Blood on the Tracks
last=Smith
first=RJ
date=September 1997
accessdate=2007-10-22
work=Spin] The band attracted a cult following [cite news
last=Roberts
first=Michael
url=http://www.westword.com/1997-09-18/music/the-truth-about-the-fibbers/
title=The Truth About the Fibbers
date=1997-09-18
accessdate=2007-10-22
work=Denver Westword ] and was reviewed positively in "Rolling Stone ", who described "Happy Days, Sweetheart" as a "smorgasbord of unbridled lust and dance-floor fun." [cite web
url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ethylmeatplow/albums/album/176506/review/5941146/happy_days_sweetheart
title=Album reviews: "Happy Days Sweetheart"
last=Ali
first=Lorraine
date=1993-09-02
accessdate=2007-10-22
work=Rolling Stone] The video for "Devil's Johnson" featured on the "Beavis and Butthead " episode "Young, Gifted & Crude" [cite web
url=http://www.tv.com/beavis-and-butt-head/young-gifted-and-crude/episode/58070/summary.html
title="Young, Gifted & Crude"
work=TV.com
accessdate=2007-10-22] and was aired onMTV 's "120 Minutes ". [cite web
url=http://www.altmusictv.com/120/archive_mtvclassic.html#061393
title="120 Minutes" archive: June 13, 1993
work=altmusictv
accessdate=2007-10-22]The album label lists band members as
Carla Bozulich , Harold "Biff" Barefoot Sanders III and Wee-Wee (John Napier). Bozulich later went on to found the bandGeraldine Fibbers and Biff Sanders was a founding member ofEric Avery 's side project Polar Bear. Wee Wee is currently attending Humboldt State University and in his junior year as a social work major with a minor in Native American studies in addition to producing and/or recording bands between semesters.References
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