I'm Mike V.
I'm Catherine Herrick.
And we're two ninths of The Everymen from New Jersey
Amoeba What's in My Bag. Thanks so much for having us.
We have 'Hate Your Friends' by the Lemonheads. Import.
I was never a huge Lemonheads fan but this record has a song called 'Uhhh'
which absolutely changed my life.
My cousin put it on a mixtape for me when I was like 11 or something
and it made me want to write tunes. That song specifically.
I started a band shortly thereafter, because I wanted to play that song
and we auditioned for the talent show, and we didn't make it.
And I've used that rage to fuel my creative fire ever since.
This is 'Love' by The Cult. I love this album and I love this band but
this would be my favorite of theirs. I mean, it also has their hugest hits on it but
besides that they only sound like themselves on this album
because they're in between when they were sort of New Wave
and then when they started to get into being an arena rock competitor.
I just think it's a very singular album and I love it and it's catchy.
I love to belt like Ian Astbury.
He used to come in to the record store where I worked and I would always freak out
duck and find something else to do because I'd get really nervous, so anyway...
'Q And Not U,' No Kill No Beep Beep
This record, y'know, was very, very important to me when I was like 16
and trying to, y'know, fit into my weirdness and
be six and a half feet tall and a hundred pounds and not trying to scare people
because I looked like a freak. And I saw this guy
and I was like, if he could play the guitar and be cool and get chicks
then we all could play the guitar and be cool and get chicks
and I'm still not cool, and I still don't get chicks, but I play the guitar.
This is an album by, I think you say Limiñanas.
Yeah it's just catchy and kind of simple but driving.
Fuzzy guitars, minimal drums.
Another one of those situations where I heard it and had to find out what it was right away
and I listen to it all the time.
So now I'm going to expand my collection.
When I realized that they were an actual current act that I could see, I got really excited
because it didn't sound retro, it sounded like something that existed a long time ago.
And every time you put it on, somebody asks what that is, without fail.
It's just got that kind of sound where it's just totally intriguing and inviting and awesome.
Black Breath, 'Sentenced To Life.'
The greatest heavy band on Earth right now
making the most violent and awesome music.
Seattle band, totally insane. In the way that Anthrax
all them years ago kind of married the worlds of two-step hardcore and metal
these guys are doing it in a way that's totally new
y'know there's elements of hardcore and there's elements of speed metal and thrash
and there's elements of plain old-school heavy metal
y'know, they're one of the few bands in the metal scene who I feel are totally, totally unique
and not really making music like anybody else.
But at the same time, like I said, the most violent band on Earth
and I mean that in a totally awesome, totally good way.
Y'know one of the best things about kind of metal scenes is that they're the nicest dudes ever.
Y'know it's usually the indie rock guys who are pricks.
The metal guys are just sweethearts because they get it all out on stage or whatever
So once the show starts, there's a lot of blood and there's punching
but once it's over it's like, everybody's cool, man.
And I have a pair of Black Breath sweatpants that I wear sometimes to the gym.
That's it.
Duran Duran. It's got 'Girls On Film,' 'Planet Earth'
I went through a huge obsessive Duran Duran period when I was in high school.
I was particularly a John Taylor fan, as many of us ladies were
and I kind of maybe followed him down the street once in Soho.
It was unintentional. I just kind of, I saw him and
gravity just pulled me in that direction
and then I realized what I was doing and I
just ran the other way.
I did the same thing with Alice Cooper, but it wasn't unintentional.
It was very intentional.
But then I skipped home and I was really happy
because I got to see John Taylor, looking lovely as ever.
Also, really underrated bass player. Seriously.
Pull out those parts, early days. Good stuff.
We're having van issues, so we need to stop using all the mp3 stuff and everything
so I had to get some CDs for van listening.
'He's a Rebel: Girl Groups of the 60s.' It was like the very first thing I saw when we got in here
and if you listen to our tunes, there's a lot of girl group influence
'cause like my mom was like James Brown, Carly Simon and girl groups.
And so I grew up listening to all this, like The Crystals, The Ronettes
The Shirelles who were from Jersey as well. So this is super cool.
Here is 'Miami' by The Gun Club.
'Fire of Love' I own, and that's one of my favorite albums
so I figured it was time for me to get this one.
And then, how could we go without William Billy Ocean.
This has a song called 'When The Going Gets Tough' from the soundtrack from the film 'Jewel of the Nile'
starring Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas, and Danny Devito.
And we've been covering this song lately, oddly enough, because
who the hell covers Billy Ocean?
Aside from us and Gwar
Oh, for the AV Club, right?
R.I.P. Dave. We miss him.
But Billy's still here. Billy's still on the charts in life. Anyway, it's just fun stuff.
This is 'Get Guilty' by A.C. aka Carl Newman
from the New Pornographers. This is his second album.
Both of us think that his first album, 'The Slow Wonder,' is one of the best albums of all time.
I think it's the greatest record that Matador Records ever released.
Top. And that's saying a lot. But you guys don't have that one in stock.
The first time I ever heard that album, I stopped what I was doing.
It was playing in the background and I ran to find out what it was.
Ever since, I've just been a huge fan of his.
I think he's a criminally underrated songwriter.
The Loaf. This is my favorite band of all time. This band changed my life.
This band is like the one... if there's one band that I could only listen to forever, desert island
Archers of Loaf. They make the Beatles look like the Osmonds.
I never got a chance to see them 'cause they broke up.
They never really got to a point where they were playing bigger theaters, y'know, they did a tour with Weezer.
But I never saw them in their hayday, because I was always too young.
We used to sneak into a club called Brownies.
They played at Brownies one time and it was the one time that we got denied. It broke my heart.
I mean, I have so much to say about this band
but y'know, we gotta get out of here and we have a show to play tomorrow.
But this is the only record I don't have on vinyl of theirs.
This is kind of demos, early, early recordings.
Greatest band ever. Go Loaf.
And I think that's it. I got some more stuff in here but y'know
Jethro Tull, 'Thick As A Brick' because if you're not down with Tull, you're not down with us.
That's it, that's cool.
Thank you so much for talking with us today.
Thank you for having us, that was fun.