The Meatmen were a Michigan, United States punk band headed by Tesco Vee from 1980 to 1997. Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Tesco Vee (b Robert Vermeulen 1955, Kalamazoo Michigan) was and still is to some extent the frontman for the early Michigan Hardcore punk Events January January 1 - The year starts off with a strong Disco backlash which causes the majority of musicians to abandon the use of real instruments Events January January 9 - David Bowie performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert
The Meatmen made fun of the hardcore punk scene of the time. Hardcore punk (now usually referred to as simply hardcore) is a subgenre of Punk rock that originated in North America in the late 1970s The band was known for their stage antics, and for songs with colorful song titles such as "What's This Shit Called Love?", "I Sin For A Living", "1 Down, 3 To Go" (a reference to the murder of former Beatles member John Lennon), and the Suck Trilogy of "Crippled Children Suck," "French People Suck," and "Camel Jockeys Suck. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born "
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Members
The band had a revolving door cast, with leader Tesco Vee being the only constant. Tesco Vee (b Robert Vermeulen 1955, Kalamazoo Michigan) was and still is to some extent the frontman for the early Michigan Hardcore punk Other members of the band included Brian Baker and Lyle Preslar of Minor Threat, Todd Swalla of Necros, Rich and Greg Ramsey, Jim Forsey, Eliot Rachtman, Mr. Minor Threat was an American Hardcore punk band that formed in Washington D for the James Bond character see List of James Bond henchmen in The Living Daylights Necros were an early Hardcore punk band from X, Mike Achtenbourg, Graham McCulloch, Eric Zelzdorf, Stuart Casson, James Cooper, Mark "Gooly" Kermanj, Norman Voss, Mark Davis, Mark Glass, and Rob San Pietro. [1]
Reunion
According to his myspace account and TescoVee. com, Tesco along with a new lineup of musicians will be touring in the Spring of 2008.
Discography
- 1981 Demo Tape
- 1982 Blüd Sausage
- 1982 Crippled Children Suck
- 1983 We're the Meatmen. . . and You Suck!!
- 1984 Dutch Hercules
- 1985 War of the Superbikes
- 1986 Rock `N' Roll Juggernaut
- 1988 We're the Meatmen. . . And You Still Suck!!! (Not Live)
- 1991 Stud Powercock: The Touch And Go Years 1981-1984
- 1994 Toilet Slave
- 1995 Pope on a Rope
- 1996 War of the Superbikes, Vol. 2
- 1997 Evil in a League With Satan
References
- ^ Huey, Steve. "Biography" All Music Guide. allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Retrieved on April 30, 2007. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
External links
- The Meatmen at Allmusic
- Unofficial Meatmen Page
- Official Meatmen/Tesco Vee's Hate Police/Blight homepage!
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