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Pink Stainless Tail by The Red Krayola
The Red Krayola
Artist Biography For The Red Krayola
The Red Krayola Or Crayola Are An Experimental Rock Band Who Formed In Houston Harris County Texas In Late 1966. The Group Was Made Up Of Musician And Visual Artist Mayo Thompson Who Has Remained The Group's Leader And Sole Constant For Over 50 Years Novelist Rick Barthelme Who Was The Son Of Donald Barthelme And Bassist Steve Cunningham Who Joined Them At The Age Of 17. One Night's Show At A Club Called "Love" Attracted People To The Stage Audience Members Began To Walk On Up And Improvise With Whatever They Saw Fit This Would Be The Event That Would Spawn Their Secondary Auxiliary "The Familiar Ugly" Who'd Follow And Improvise Amongst Them Wherever They So Pleased. After Playing At Local Radio Station KNUZ's Battle Of The Bands Event Hosted In The Gulfgate Mall The Red Crayola Were Subsequently Signed To "International Artists" By House Producer Lelan Rogers. He Suggested They Bring Their Group Of 50 Friends Into The Studio To Record A "freak-Out" Album. Roky Erickson Of The 13th Floor Elevators Would Make Two Instrumental Cameos On Electric Organ And Harmonica. The Album's Title Would Be Coined By Steve Cunningham The Parable Of Arable Land An Album Which Went On To Sell 50 000 Copies On Its First Run And Garnered The Attention Of Jimi Hendrix John Peel And The Beatles. Thompson Described It As "the Beginnings Of Alternative Rock" As No Advertising Nor Promotion Was Done For The Record. Their Sophomore Album "God Bless The Red Krayola And All Who Sail With It" Saw Drummer Rick Barthelme Depart From The Band. International Artists Provided The Release With A Quantity Of Promotion And Advertising. The Album Flopped Selling Around 6 000 Copies - Perhaps Due To It's Minimalistic Sound Contrasting With Their Debuts Maximalist Noise Pitchfork Wrote "It Would Take A Few Decades Of Post-Punk Experimentalism Before Mayo Thompson's Vision Would Have A Truly Suitable Context". The Album Would Go On To Be Assessed As A Precursor To The Minutemen Unrest Bastro And Gastr Del Sol. The Red Krayola's Follow-Ups Never Lived Up To The Success Of Their Debut But Always Broke New Ground And Foreshadowed Different Alternative Rock Genres.
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Pink Stainless Tail
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Pink Stainless Tail Is The Staple Psychedelic Garage Rock Song From The Red Crayola’s Debut Album. The Incessant And Turned Up Sound Of Steve Cunningham’s Bassline Speak Of The “post-Punk” Movement As Much As The Album’s Opener “Hurricane Fighter Plane” Does. The Lyrics Here Continue Mayo Thompson’s Abstract And Surrealist Brand Of Poetry. Rick Barthelme’s Drumming Also Stands Out As More Complex Aggressive And Energetic Than On Any Other Song On The Album The Speed He Takes Up Mixed With The Frantic Bassline Foreshadow The Punk Rock Movement Of The Late 1970s. Pink Stainless Tail Would Go On To Be Covered By The Late ‘80s Noise/industrial Rock Band Hailing From New York City Called Barkmarket. Additionally The Track Is Also Sometimes Associated With A Band Hailing From Melbourne Australia Who's Name Derives From The Song.
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Biography - The Red Krayola
The Red Krayola Or Crayola Are An Experimental Rock Band Who Formed In Houston Harris County Texas In Late 1966. The Group Was Made Up Of Musician And Visual Artist Mayo Thompson Who Has Remained The Group's Leader And Sole Constant For Over 50 Years Novelist Rick Barthelme Who Was The Son Of Donald Barthelme And Bassist Steve Cunningham Who Joined Them At The Age Of 17. One Night's Show At A Club Called "Love" Attracted People To The Stage Audience Members Began To Walk On Up And Improvise With Whatever They Saw Fit This Would Be The Event That Would Spawn Their Secondary Auxiliary "The Familiar Ugly" Who'd Follow And Improvise Amongst Them Wherever They So Pleased. After Playing At Local Radio Station KNUZ's Battle Of The Bands Event Hosted In The Gulfgate Mall The Red Crayola Were Subsequently Signed To "International Artists" By House Producer Lelan Rogers. He Suggested They Bring Their Group Of 50 Friends Into The Studio To Record A "freak-Out" Album. Roky Erickson Of The 13th Floor Elevators Would Make Two Instrumental Cameos On Electric Organ And Harmonica. The Album's Title Would Be Coined By Steve Cunningham The Parable Of Arable Land An Album Which Went On To Sell 50 000 Copies On Its First Run And Garnered The Attention Of Jimi Hendrix John Peel And The Beatles. Thompson Described It As "the Beginnings Of Alternative Rock" As No Advertising Nor Promotion Was Done For The Record. Their Sophomore Album "God Bless The Red Krayola And All Who Sail With It" Saw Drummer Rick Barthelme Depart From The Band. International Artists Provided The Release With A Quantity Of Promotion And Advertising. The Album Flopped Selling Around 6 000 Copies - Perhaps Due To It's Minimalistic Sound Contrasting With Their Debuts Maximalist Noise Pitchfork Wrote "It Would Take A Few Decades Of Post-Punk Experimentalism Before Mayo Thompson's Vision Would Have A Truly Suitable Context". The Album Would Go On To Be Assessed As A Precursor To The Minutemen Unrest Bastro And Gastr Del Sol. The Red Krayola's Follow-Ups Never Lived Up To The Success Of Their Debut But Always Broke New Ground And Foreshadowed Different Alternative Rock Genres.
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Pink Stainless Tail is the staple psychedelic garage rock song from the Red Crayola’s debut album. The incessant and turned up sound of Steve Cunningham’s bassline speak of the “post-punk” movement as much as the album’s opener “Hurricane Fighter Plane” does. The lyrics here continue Mayo Thompson’s abstract and surrealist brand of poetry. Rick Barthelme’s drumming also stands out as more complex, aggressive and energetic than on any other song on the album, the speed he takes up mixed with the frantic bassline foreshadow the punk rock movement of the late 1970s.
Pink Stainless Tail would go on to be covered by the late ‘80s noise/industrial rock band hailing from New York City called Barkmarket. Additionally, the track is also sometimes associated with a band hailing from Melbourne, Australia who's name derives from the song. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.