01. Oh Mother 02. Lock Me Up 03. Short Train 04. Guitar Obsession 05. Chicken Bounty Hunters 06. Clean The Dirt 07. Border Town 09. Big Boss Man
Coming from Los Angeles, Tex & The Horseheads are another example of country/blues punk music. Fronted by the husky voiced and exotic looking Texacala Jones, they had a Jack Daniels drinking/ Marlboro smoking sort of image.
This is their first album that came out on Bemisbrain Records. They also had one other studio album – Life’s So Cool – and a live album that was recorded in the Netherlands.
I don’t know much else about the group, apart from that some of the members also played with Rik L Rik, Weirdoes and Funeral.
Although they have a more typical punk rock sound, here are the two Funeral EPs – Waiting For The Bomb Blast and Funeral.
01. Waiting For The Bomb Blast 02. Politicians Are Sick 03. Plastic God 04. Ant Trap 05. Will To Live 06. Outer Edge 07. Darkness On Your Doorstep 08. Bloody Hands
August 15, 2008 at 1:31 am |
Thank you for posting the first album. Would you by any chance have the second?
I already have both… on vinyl. I’m not tech-savvy so digitalizing them is beyond me. I want them on my iPod.
I also own a high quality live set by the band, recorded here in LA about 8 or 9 years ago. It is SO much better than the live album from the Netherlands.
cheers
ShitEd
August 15, 2008 at 8:53 am |
I’m afraid I don’t have the second album, I’d quite like a copy of it myself. If I ever do come across a copy I will post it.
I’d heard that the live Dutch album was quite poor sound quality so always avoided it, but I always thought they would be a class act to see live.
August 28, 2008 at 8:55 am |
this is a great find !
i saw it at one of my favorite stores (Radiation Records in Anaheim) a few months ago but it was outta my range
you’ve probably heard of them, but you should check out the Flesh Eaters.
They’re sort of similar
http://myspace.com/theflesheaterstribute
September 2, 2008 at 3:10 pm |
Thanks for the pointer about The Flesh Eaters – I have a few tracks by them from various compilations etc. and I’ve been meaning to get some more of their stuff for ages, I’ll try making a bit more of an effort now.
September 6, 2008 at 12:31 pm |
Hey Shit Ed I have both albums digitized and in my iTunes. I would trade you CD copys of the albums for a copy of the live stuff
October 4, 2008 at 4:46 am |
Thanks for the record. Hearing “Clean The Dirt” reminded me that I had the chance to see the band once, and as I recall they were pretty decent & fairly wasted, just the way it was supposed to be. Also, I think they have 3 tracks on “Hell Comes To Your House II”.
October 22, 2008 at 1:24 am |
Never heard Tex and the Horseheads before, very interesting. I did find the Funeral 12″ for £6 in a record shop in Harrow once (don’t look for it, it’s gone!) along with both Willful Neglect LP’s and the Bad Posture 12″!!! All £6 each.. It was the late 90’s too, if they’d been sat there for years, well, it’s hard to believe no one found them…. I nearly poo’d meself!!! One of the best days in my vinyl hunting life! I traded the Funeral for something tasty but still have the others.
March 5, 2009 at 11:09 am |
I have the live album in a box in my attic as far as I know unless I have given it away …
June 25, 2009 at 9:52 pm |
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