fat possum bio

When Bob Log III was a child, he lost his left hand in a boating accident. It was soon replaced with a monkey paw, and a new guitar style was born.

It’s my own personal style, see,” Log says, “the paw moves much quicker than a normal hand, so my real hand has to flop around a lot to compensate.” (more…)

Nomeansno: but Yes means Yes

by Kortney Jmaeff (April 2003)

When uttering the words “Best Canadian Power Trio”, most plebian Canucks would primarily envisage Rush. For my money, however, the throaty bellows, funky distorted bass lines and battle-axe guitar choppings of Nomeansno slay Geddy’s cat-in-in-a-lawnmower vocals, cheesy magniloquent synthesizers, sci-fi dungeon and dragon ramblings any day of the week.
For over two decades, Victorian trio Nomeansno have journeyed the globe, recorded over 10 albums, and spawned a cult side group, the Slapshot and the Ramones inspired Hanson Brothers. A band that has the tenaciousness to cover both a Ramones and a Miles Davis song on the same release deserves a scrupulous perusal. (more…)

Bassholes AMG

In the wake of the 1992 demise of the posthumously-fabled Gibson Bros., three bands that were to define the garage rock and blues music underground emerged ? Bassholes, ’68 Comeback, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Of these outfits, Bassholes remained closest to the rural isolated vision of traditional American folk-blues while simultaneously taking the sound the furthest from traditional rock & roll. (more…)

Pri?a je ponovo ispri?ana

Mesje D?efri Evans i Bassholes
18. 2. 2005.
Akademija
Autor: ?ikica Simi?

Ve?e pod nazivom The Real Rock’n’Roll Festival, koje je u no?i izme?u petka i subote ljubiteljima rudimentarnog roka priredio klub Akademija, bilo je vrlo uspe?no. Ameri?ki gosti Mesje D?efri Evans i sastav Bassholes su se za to pobrinuli.
Oni su dobro selekcionisanu i vrlo distingviranu publiku podsetili na ono ?to ona manje-vi?e zna, ali u ?ta je, pod naletom agresivnih i bezobraznih lokalnih medija, po?ela da sumnja: rokenrol je amalgam elektri?ne struje, ose?anja isku?enih u grani?nim ?ivotnim situacijama, ritma, gneva i odmetni?tva. Ni?ta vi?e i ni?ta manje. (more…)