Maquee

Amazon.com This Tustin, California, trio satisfies a love of heavy sludge and great pop hooks, falling somewhere between Kyuss and Seaweed. The production is raw, the songs are great, and the band has a good sense of humor as well. Check out the opener "Rock Anthem for the Retarded Teenage Hipster Population" for an indication of this band's greatness: crunching guitars, rough yet melodic vocals and a strong hook. This is a consistently strong album with no shortage of visceral appeal. --Adem Tepedelen Product description Smile – Maquee / Atlantic Audio CD 1995 / 7567-82769-2 UPC 07567-82769-27 /// Maquee is an album by Smile. It was released by Atlantic on July 18, 1995. Smile had originally finished recording the album by September 1994, and it was released under the San Diego-based label Headhunter. Their album caught the attention of Atlantic Records, and Smile was soon offered a contract. Upon signing with Atlantic, the trio quit their day jobs and began touring the country. Alongside some of the tour was the band "Inch", and Smile stayed on the road for nearly a year and a half promoting Maquee. Lyrically, the album plays with themes of fatalism, revenge, and Gothicism. The name of the album came from Reeder's best buddy from Barstow, who had the nickname "Maquee". Rosas wrote their first single, which was one of the first songs he ever wrote, called "Staring at the Sun" in 1990, stating that he "...wasn't aware enough of what I was doing to be able to make any keen observations on the world of pop culture. It was just looking at my friends and me". It has been described as a "psychedelic plunge into retro rock and modern grunge" by Larry Flick of Billboard Magazine, and it is noted for having a particularly "loud" sound. /// Label: Atlantic – 7567-82769-2 Format: CD, Album Country: Europe Released: 1995 Genre: Rock Style: Alternative Rock, Grunge /// Tracklist: 1 Rock Anthem For The Retarded Teenage Hipster Population 3:17 2 Staring At The Sun... 3:43 3 Spud Gun 2:31 4 Picture Made Past Backing Vocals – Scott Reeder (2) 4:54 5 Lemonade 3:17 6 Moosh Vocals – Scott Reeder (2) 2:42 7 Jack Shrimp 2:27 8 Papaya Clearance Sale 3:05 9 She 5:19 10 Wallflower Backing Vocals – Aaron Christian Sonnenberg 2:41 11 Until(?) Backing Vocals – Heather Anderson (2) 5:52 Bass Guitar – Aaron Christian Sonnenberg Drums [Drum Set], Bongos, Cowbell – Scott Reeder (2) Guitar, Rainstick, Cowbell, Tambourine, Percussion [Casaba, Aspirin Bottle], Vocals [Sang His Little Heart Out] – Mike Rosas Mixed By – Smile (11) Mixed By [Additional] – Curtis Mathewson Recorded By, Mixed By – Eric Garten, Geoff Harrington
ASIN: B000002J50
VSKU: DBV.B000002J50.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Smile
Binding: Audio cd
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