The Mekons - Devils, Rats and Piggies: A Special Message from Godzilla
December 1980
The Mekons
Devils, Rats and Piggies: A Special Message from Godzilla
Genre: Music by a band that hates music
1.75 out of 5
It’s one thing to be “alternative” and different but try to sound like acid taking beat poets who worship at the altar of Captain Beefheart but forgot the beef and have no heart is another entirely.
I saved this one for last because I have always struggled to understand The Mekons. Until this project I knew of them in name only. Once we started to investigate them I came to adore them.
This would not be a good place to jump in.
To me it’s as though a bunch of very talented musicians decided to forgo song craft and “go for the weird” and alienating.
They succeed in both but neither of them are digestible or palatable.
https://music.apple.com/us/album/devils-rats-piggies-a-special-message-from-godzilla/1120082782
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