PRESS RELEASE:
Long-time Seattle 'comedy music group' THE SQUIRRELS set to release Pink Floyd
parody "The Not-So-Bright Side Of The Moon" in Jan. 2000!!!
ABOUT THE ALBUM:
In 1973, English progressive rock group Pink Floyd released what has turned out
to be one of the all-time classic rock albums, "Dark Side Of The Moon". The
album set a new standard for creativity & studio techniques, & eventually went
on to spend a record 741 weeks on the Top 200 Albums chart, selling in excess of
25 million copies worldwide in the process.
A sort of "Holy Grail of trippiness", the album has since been dutifully
snatched up & memorized by virtually every buzzed-out teenager to come down the
pike since (& more than a few adults as well), becoming something of a 'right of
passage'- to this day, one can hardly listen to FM radio for more than 20
minutes without hearing a cut from this LP.
As we enter the 21st century, Seattle Washington's own 'Musical Merry
Pranksters' THE SQUIRRELS have decided to offer the music loving public another
option. Realizing that for many people such massive exposure has caused the
album to lose some of its original luster, The Squirrels have gleefully decided
to give the old warhorse a new coat of paint. Far from a total parody, yet
definitely not a straight "tribute album" either, "The Not-So-Bright Side Of The
Moon" is a rollicking, brain-bending and often hilarious reworking of the ENTIRE
Pink Floyd LP, clear down to the infamous sound effects, packaging, & mysterious
background mumbling (provided largely in this case by Tortelvis & Ed Zeppelin of
California-based crazies Dread Zeppelin, a band The Squirrels are often compared
to). Yep, it's ALL THERE- only THIS time around, things are a bit, um,
different.
We have 'test marketed' the CD on a number of individuals, and have happily
found that people who know the original LP by heart (and there's a LOT of 'em)
seem to absolutely LOVE this thing, and those who don't know Pink Floyd's music
have found The Squirrels CD tremendously amusing as well. So far, EVERYONE who
has heard it has seemingly enjoyed it, & many have commented that they believed
it to be "the best album The Squirrels have ever made".
ABOUT THE BAND:
Founded in 1984 by ex-Pudz vocalist/Poplust Magazine publisher Rob "Capt."
Morgan, this on-again off-again collection of musical misfits has been described
"as a cross between Frank Zappa, The Tubes, and a High School Dance band from
Hell". The Squirrels have played hundreds of shows throughout the Pacific
Northwest, and over the years have included amongst their ranks members of The
Young Fresh Fellows, The Posies, Prudence Dredge, Duffy Bishop & The Rhythm
Dogs, Sister Psychic & a slew of other NW notables. The current line-up of
long-time guitarists Jimmy "JT" Thomas and Joey Kline, bassist Kevin Crosby,
drummer Hollis The Bug, and keyboard whiz Tom "New New Guy" Morrison are perhaps
the best batch yet- the skill and expertise these players bring to the project
is undeniable. Also joining the boys this time around are guitarist Kurt Bloch
of The Fastbacks, pedal steel master Don Pawlak of The Souvenirs, sax maniac
Skerik, NW producer/PopLlama honcho Conrad Uno, Squirrels' "mascot"/talking
Cabbage Patch Doll Baby Cheevers, and the aforementioned cameos by Dread
Zeppelin. Commisioned by Fan Mael Records in The Netherlands, the album was
produced by Rob Morgan himself and is the band's sixth album, and the first to
be released in Europe as well as the USA (the CD has been licensed for a US
release by PopLlama Products, home of most of the bands previous works). With
millions of Pink Floyd fans worldwide, the potential for this thing is
FRIGHTENING!!!
(For a complete Squirrels discography, check out http://www.poplust.com/discography.htm)
RELEASE INFO:
Europe - "The Not-So-Bright Side Of The Moon" is in the regular shops right now!
USA - street date: 15 February 2000 (or right NOW from the
Official Squirrels Website)
Europe - Fan Mael Records,
Grundel 49, 2377 DA
Oude Wetering, The Netherlands
Website: http://www.fanmael.net
e-mail:
info@REMOVETHISPART2REDUCESPAMfanmael.net
USA - PopLlama Products,
PO BOX 95364, Seattle, Wa.
98145-2364 USA
Website: http://www.popllama.com
e-mail: condar1@REMOVETHISPART2REDUCESPAMaol.com
For more info please visit the Official Squirrels Website at
http:/www.poplust.com (they will have the CD available as well).
To arrange an interview with Squirrels leader Rob Morgan, e-mail The Squirrels
at poplust@REMOVETHISPART2REDUCESPAMpoplust.com
