Old Gold 1989-1991
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Old Gold is a compilation album by American Noise Rock
band Cows. It is composed of material from three of their earlier albums Daddy Has a Tail
, Effete and Impudent Snobs
, and Peacetika
Noise rock
Noise rock describes a style of post-punk rock music that became prominent in the 1980s. Noise rock makes use of the traditional instrumentation and iconography of rock, but incorporates atonality and especially dissonance, and also frequently discards usual songwriting conventions.-Style:Noise...
band Cows. It is composed of material from three of their earlier albums Daddy Has a Tail
Daddy Has a Tail
Daddy Has a Tail is the second studio album by Minneapolis-based noise rock band Cows and their first to be released through Amphetamine Reptile Records in July, 1989.- Recording :...
, Effete and Impudent Snobs
Effete and Impudent Snobs
Effete and Impudent Snobs is the third album by the Minneapolis-based noise rock band Cows.-Track listing:# "Memorial" - 4:23# "Dirty Leg" - 2:39# "Big Mickey" - 3:15# "Preyed On" - 3:35# "The Emmigrant Song" - 2:37...
, and Peacetika
Peacetika
Peacetika is the fourth studio album by Minneapolis-based noise rock band Cows, released in March, 1991 through Amphetamine Reptile Records.-Track listing:# "Hitting The Wall" - 2:41# "John Henry" - 3:36# "The Man" - 2:53# "I'm Missing" - 3:56...
Track listing
- "Shaking"- 2:47
- "Camouflage Monkey" - 2:14
- "Part My Konk" - 6:09
- "Bum In The Alley" - 3:20
- "By The Throat" - 2:08
- "I Miss Her Beer" - 2:09
- "Sugar" - 2:47
- "Chasin' Darla" - 4:28
- "Sticky & Sweet" - 4:33
- "Memorial" - 4:23
- "Dirty Leg" - 2:39
- "Big Mickey" - 3:15
- "Preyed On"- 3:34
- "Whitney In The Woodpile" - 2:18
- "Cartoon Corral" - 1:41
- "Little Bit" - 4:11
- "Hitting The Wall" - 2:41
- "I'm Missing" - 3:56
- "Can't Die" - 3:07
- "3-Way Lisa" - 2:59
- "Good Cop" - 2:38
- "Peacetika" - 4:14
- "One O'Clock High" - 3:37
Personnel
Cows- Thor EisentragerThor EisentragerThor Eisentrager is a founding member and former guitarist for the Minneapolis-based Noise rock outfit Cows. After the release of the Cows's ninth album, Sorry in Pig Minor, Thor announced that he had grown tired of touring and left the band. The remaining members disbanded shortly thereafter...
– guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with... - Kevin RutmanisKevin RutmanisKevin Rutmanis is an American bass guitarist. He is of Latvian descent. In late 1985, along with his younger brother Sandris Rutmanis, Thor Eisentrager, and then Jayhawks drummer Norm Rogers started the band The Cows. After the dissolution of The Cows, Rutmanis was the bass guitar player for The...
– bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Shannon SelbergShannon SelbergShannon Selberg is a noise/punk rock musician known for his unusual antics on stage. Formerly the frontman for the Minneapolis-based group The Cows, Selberg provided lead vocals, trumpet, bugle and hardcore guitar...
– vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Norm Rogers - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Tony Oliveri - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....