Jimi LaLumia And The Psychotic Frogs - Typically Tasteless (7", Four Song EP)
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Jimi LaLumia And The Psychotic Frogs - Typically Tasteless (7", Four Song EP)
I am the original owner. I'm not sure if I ever even played this disc. I just liked the cover, and it included a cover of a Beatles tune. From a non-smoking household
Jimi LaLumia And The Psychotic Frogs - Typically Tasteless (7", EP) Media Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-) Sleeve Condition: Very Good (VG) Nice copy of totally outrageous 4 track 7 inch EP. Record comes with great picture sleeve cover . Tiny marks on picture sleeve, see photos.
Track List:
Mangle Me (Jimi LaLumia/Peter Scarlata) You'll Never Walk Again (Jimi LaLumia/Peter Scarlata) Eleanor Rigby (New Lyrics by Jimi LaLumia & Peter Scarlata) (Lennon/McCartney) F**ked By The Devil (Wayne [now Jayne] County)
This is from Jimi's website:
This appears to be a very scarce disc. No others were listed on eBay as of this writing.
This is from Jimi's website:
The Long Island punk band Jimi LaLumia & the Psychotic Frogs started the Death to Disco movement with the single "Death to Disco (Disco Sucks)," released on the Death Records label in 1977/'78. It sold in the neighborhood of 10,000 copies, becoming an international underground hit. "Death to Disco (Disco Sucks)" was the first ever punk record to be released on Long Island and have worldwide impact.
The single's B-side, "Wipe Out," recorded as an afterthought, is now featured on AOL Radio's surf channel, and has become an internet fan favorite. The song, first a hit for the Surfaris in the '60s, was included because the band didn't have any other original songs at the time.
Psychotic Frogs - Typically Tasteless In 1978, spurred on by the worldwide success of "Death to Disco," LaLumia & the Frogs cut four new tracks, again for Death, and labeled the release the Typically Tasteless E.P.. The A-side boasted two new original tracks -- "Mangle Me," an extended vendetta answering and threatening the band's critics, and "You'll Never Walk Again," a mean-spirited song inspired by a Frogs appearance on the Don Imus television show and "You'll Never Walk Alone," a Broadway tune that Jerry Lewis sang at the end of the Muscular Dystrophy telethon.
The B-side features a triple X parody of "Eleanor Rigby, (also included on Killed By Death comp #14)" and a cover version of Wayne (now Jayne) County's "F**ked By the Devil," which County had cleaned up while in England and recorded as "Paranoia Paradise." L.A. legends 45 Grave covered "F**ked By the Devil" in the '80s and credited LaLumia.
Typically Tasteless is considered the crowning achievement for The Psychotic Frogs, and cemented the band's reputation. The kissing nuns sleeve art -- by local artist Michael "Sport" Murphy, who later went on to front The Skels and release solo albums on the Kill Rock Stars label -- was a second choice, after a naked picture of James Dean in a tree with a hard on was rejected by record pressing plants. Typically Tasteless again sold thousands of copies, outstanding for an X-rated band in the pre-internet, pre-MTV era.
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