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Gynecologists!
Just got this e-mail from Gulcher today:
The Gynecologists 1981-1994
HOOSIER PSYCHOPATHS:
THE OFFICIAL RECORDINGS
(Gulcher 432)
Of all the sick and sordid sagas to come floating out of the punk rock scene in isolated Indiana, none are more twisted than the ravings of Tommy Afterbirth and the band he founded in the late 1970s, the legendary Gynecologists. Tommy learned to love the seedy underbelly of pop culture at his father's drive-in movie theater, in the small redneck town south of Indianapolis where he grew up. He had an entrepreneurial spirit and opened a record store as a high school student. Already passionate about rock and roll, Tommy naturally gravitated towards the Iggy Pop & The Stooges brand of musical mayhem. He befriended a cheesy heavy metal band called Stone Edge that played mostly covers, but did have one original, a cruel putdown song called "Dog Face."
Tommy came up with the idea of recording and pressing the vilest gross-out novelty record EVER and corralled the members of Stone Edge to participate. He scribbled out some perverted lyrics about the Brady Bunch, and the band quickly threw their musical weight behind them. "Dog Face" was already written, and Tommy targeted Hoosier native Jim Jones and child killer John Wayne Gacy for additional subject matter. Voila!—we have FECES & PSYCOPATHS, the debut Gynecologists EP.
The next item in our carnival of sounds is the Gynecologists second 7-inch EP, KINDLER, GENTLER NATION. The vinyl was released in 1989, but half the tracks were recorded much earlier, in early 1983, as part of an eleven track demo released in 1984 on a cassette titled A GOAT...YOU GEEK. The lead-off track, "Ron And Nancy," combines two of Tommy's great obsessions, kinky copulation and Republican politics. Tommy's vocals were spot on; listen to him gleefully sing "Even Ed Meese got a piece!" KINDLER, GENTLER NATION's three tracks from AGYG—including "The Shape Of Things To Come" from the 1968 exploitation flick Wild In The Streets—alternated with three songs recorded sometime after 1984 including another cover, "Ride Captain Ride" by Blues Image.
Backtracking chronologically, we now have the remaining eight tracks from A GOAT...YOU GEEK. As with later recordings, most of the songs were impromptu compositions, and cover the gamut of subject matter near and dear to Tommy's elephantine heart, including abortion, bestiality, TV personalities ("Gym Gerard"), and left-wingers—listen to him wail "Those traitors don't even deserve a decent burial" on "Kent State." Oddly, with his love of Ronald Reagan, Tommy had no problem pasting Nancy's head on a picture of a woman being screwed by a dog for the cover of AGYG.
The dozen remaining tracks on our CD first saw the light of day on the Gynecologists second cassette-only release, 1994's AUTO-EROTICA ASPHYXIA & VARIOUS MOLDY TURDS. Once again the themes of scatology and weird sex which run throughout the Gynecologists career were highlighted. Another classic rock cover—Grand Funk Railroad's "We're An American Band"—makes an appearance; how Tommy loved pop music of all colors.
After 1995, Tommy's focus turned to booking bands at local nightclubs, but he couldn't shake the Gynecologists. Working with guitar legend Frankie Camaro, they recorded SHARON TATE'S BABY in 1998. The album remains unreleased. In 2002, Tommy suffered a stroke and moved out of state shortly thereafter, but his mighty punk rock heart continues to beat and inspire. Fortunately we now have this compact disc to document one of the most notorious punk rock singers in history, Tommy Afterbirth of the Gynecologists! [John Barge/Panics, Walking Ruins]
A Double Dose of Gulcher Gross--Discounted!!
Now through July 4, 2008 save $4.00 when you purchase both the Gynecologists CD and Mykal Xul's JOHNSON COUNTY LINE!! Plus receive a free surpise bonus CD! Only $20 (plus shipping) for three Gulcher CDs!! Get them at our online store (we'll automatically adjust the prices when we review your order), or e-mail us for PayPal purchase.
http://gulcher.gemm.com
YOW!!!!
The Gynecologists 1981-1994
HOOSIER PSYCHOPATHS:
THE OFFICIAL RECORDINGS
(Gulcher 432)
Of all the sick and sordid sagas to come floating out of the punk rock scene in isolated Indiana, none are more twisted than the ravings of Tommy Afterbirth and the band he founded in the late 1970s, the legendary Gynecologists. Tommy learned to love the seedy underbelly of pop culture at his father's drive-in movie theater, in the small redneck town south of Indianapolis where he grew up. He had an entrepreneurial spirit and opened a record store as a high school student. Already passionate about rock and roll, Tommy naturally gravitated towards the Iggy Pop & The Stooges brand of musical mayhem. He befriended a cheesy heavy metal band called Stone Edge that played mostly covers, but did have one original, a cruel putdown song called "Dog Face."
Tommy came up with the idea of recording and pressing the vilest gross-out novelty record EVER and corralled the members of Stone Edge to participate. He scribbled out some perverted lyrics about the Brady Bunch, and the band quickly threw their musical weight behind them. "Dog Face" was already written, and Tommy targeted Hoosier native Jim Jones and child killer John Wayne Gacy for additional subject matter. Voila!—we have FECES & PSYCOPATHS, the debut Gynecologists EP.
The next item in our carnival of sounds is the Gynecologists second 7-inch EP, KINDLER, GENTLER NATION. The vinyl was released in 1989, but half the tracks were recorded much earlier, in early 1983, as part of an eleven track demo released in 1984 on a cassette titled A GOAT...YOU GEEK. The lead-off track, "Ron And Nancy," combines two of Tommy's great obsessions, kinky copulation and Republican politics. Tommy's vocals were spot on; listen to him gleefully sing "Even Ed Meese got a piece!" KINDLER, GENTLER NATION's three tracks from AGYG—including "The Shape Of Things To Come" from the 1968 exploitation flick Wild In The Streets—alternated with three songs recorded sometime after 1984 including another cover, "Ride Captain Ride" by Blues Image.
Backtracking chronologically, we now have the remaining eight tracks from A GOAT...YOU GEEK. As with later recordings, most of the songs were impromptu compositions, and cover the gamut of subject matter near and dear to Tommy's elephantine heart, including abortion, bestiality, TV personalities ("Gym Gerard"), and left-wingers—listen to him wail "Those traitors don't even deserve a decent burial" on "Kent State." Oddly, with his love of Ronald Reagan, Tommy had no problem pasting Nancy's head on a picture of a woman being screwed by a dog for the cover of AGYG.
The dozen remaining tracks on our CD first saw the light of day on the Gynecologists second cassette-only release, 1994's AUTO-EROTICA ASPHYXIA & VARIOUS MOLDY TURDS. Once again the themes of scatology and weird sex which run throughout the Gynecologists career were highlighted. Another classic rock cover—Grand Funk Railroad's "We're An American Band"—makes an appearance; how Tommy loved pop music of all colors.
After 1995, Tommy's focus turned to booking bands at local nightclubs, but he couldn't shake the Gynecologists. Working with guitar legend Frankie Camaro, they recorded SHARON TATE'S BABY in 1998. The album remains unreleased. In 2002, Tommy suffered a stroke and moved out of state shortly thereafter, but his mighty punk rock heart continues to beat and inspire. Fortunately we now have this compact disc to document one of the most notorious punk rock singers in history, Tommy Afterbirth of the Gynecologists! [John Barge/Panics, Walking Ruins]
A Double Dose of Gulcher Gross--Discounted!!
Now through July 4, 2008 save $4.00 when you purchase both the Gynecologists CD and Mykal Xul's JOHNSON COUNTY LINE!! Plus receive a free surpise bonus CD! Only $20 (plus shipping) for three Gulcher CDs!! Get them at our online store (we'll automatically adjust the prices when we review your order), or e-mail us for PayPal purchase.
http://gulcher.gemm.com
YOW!!!!
Tags: afterbirth, camaro, gynecologists
22 Comments
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Comment by Jbarge on June 27, 2008 at 11:20pm - Is it finally going to see the light of day? That's great. I did a long interview with "Tommy" before his stroke and got down many details. There are some not on the liner notes as well....time and what not prevented perfection but "Tommy" wouldn't have wanted it any other way. Sick stuff but still great rock and roll.
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Comment by John P. Strohm on June 28, 2008 at 12:02am -
I can't wait. I sing these songs to my children, but they're preserved from my distant memory, like passed-down folk gems. Poignant little ditties with classic melodies, and always a redeeming message in the sub-text. My favorite: "THERE'S AN ORGY GOING ON OUT IN THE BARN...BETWEEN HUMANS AND ANIMALS...YEAH IT'S AN ANIMAL FARM!" and the even better (if that's possible) second verse: "INTO BEASTIALITY, YEAH, YOU WANT A PIECE? YOU TAKE PIGS UP THE ASS...AND YOU TITTY-FUCK GEESE!" My dreams are still haunted with images of grown men attempting to unravel the mystery of titty-fucking geese.
What we really need to get going is a thread dedicated to anecdotes about Tommy Afterbirth. I have a few gems.
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Comment by mike whybark on June 28, 2008 at 12:38am - The email (I got it too) stringly implies it's shipping NOW. I emailed Bob and told him to get on over here and sell us stuff a week or so ago - I'll drop him a line tonight. And may I say OF COURSE I am buying this.
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Comment by mike whybark on June 28, 2008 at 12:39am
- And, JPS, hit YT for a clip featuring Tommy, Ian, and, if I am not mistaken, the jovial Jeb Banner at Bears' one drunken night long ago and far away.
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Comment by Bill Zink on June 28, 2008 at 12:51am - Yes, by all means, somebody (Barge? Whybark?) start a thread. I'm not the one to do it.
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Comment by John P. Strohm on June 28, 2008 at 12:56am
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I'll kick it off. One night in probably 1995 Glenn Hicks and I closed the Vid. Kerry I mean Tommy tagged along back to Glenn's house with his traditional case of carry-out beer. We were ready to call it a night. We called him a cab back to Martinsville, which I think pissed him off. When the cab arrived, Kerry got up to exit, but he paused and turned around and paused to express one last, important thought.
He said "listen...you fuckin' pussies...I gotta tell you something. I'm getting the Gynecologists back together, and it's going to be the ULTIMATE fuckin' rock n' roll show. I've got a great big ass I'm going to put up over the stage, with a giant asshole in the middle of it. At the finale the asshole is going to SPRAY DIAHRREA ALL OVER THE FUCKIN' CROWD. It's gonna be the most awesome rock n' roll show EVER. You fuckin' pussies won't even fuckin' believe it." Then he turned around and got in the cab, carrying the beer.
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Comment by mike whybark on June 28, 2008 at 1:07am
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I'm inclined to follow the JPS lead and also the Hello Munci precedent and make this the place where SEX ORGY WITH THE BRADY BUNCH is forever Googled to the Zink fambly name.
But here's the sad thing: I have no Kerry tales! He moved to town after I split, and even though I did my best to include myself in the Colburn adventures, my high-school availability was limited! So although I can TO THIS DAY do a passable impression, I met Kerry, like, twice, for a couple minutes each. Kinda pisses me off, actually, but so do the crows in my backyard picking apart my dog's shit.
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Comment by mike whybark on June 28, 2008 at 1:10am
- Also, that is an ideal story, John.
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Comment by Stephen Lee Canner on June 28, 2008 at 1:23am - This pales in comparison to the Johns' stories (Strohm and Barge) but my main memory of Kerry is that he didn't drink beer at parties (and this from the early mid-80s, before you left Mike). I remember that while the rest of us were drinking flat stale beer he would be sipping from a whole fifth of whiskey (at least once a bottle of Jameson, and that had to be like '84, pretty upscale for any of us at the time.)
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Comment by John P. Strohm on June 28, 2008 at 1:36am
- To be clear, I loved the guy. I was always happy to see him. Always smoking those cloves, always in those bermuda shorts, with that ill-advised Ramones haircut, always trying to get me onto some bill with some obscure band. "You've gotta play this show, these guys fuckin' rock - they're on Estrus - The Devil's Pubic Hair from Hattiesburg Mississippi. You're gonna love 'em." Then he'd go into that spiel - "I love you, but you're a pussy. You rock the fuckin' house, too bad you play all that pussy music instead of real rock n' roll. You fuckin' pussy." And on and on. I miss him terribly.
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