Ethyl Meatplow

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Ethyl Meatplow
Genres Dance-rock
Years active1990–1993
LabelsMotiv Communications/Spasm
Piece of Mind Records
Sympathy for the Record Industry/Dali Records
Elektra
Past membersCarla Bozulich
Harold "Biff" Barefoot Sanders III
Wee-Wee (John Napier)

Ethyl Meatplow was an American dance-rock band [1] best known for their sole album, Happy Days, Sweetheart , released in 1993 by Dali Records.

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History

Ethyl Meatplow gained media coverage for its sexually explicit, burlesque-inspired live performances. [1] They released their sole album Happy Days, Sweetheart in 1993. [2] Rolling Stone described the album as a "smorgasbord of unbridled lust and dance-floor fun." [3] The video for "Devil's Johnson" featured on the Beavis and Butthead episode "Young, Gifted & Crude" [4] and was aired on MTV's 120 Minutes . [5] The band played Lollapalooza and attracted criticism from Kim Gordon and Julia Cafritz of Free Kitten for its nude dancers and "recorded music," though others noted the band's use of found sounds and musique concrète methods. [6]

Singer/trumpeter Carla Bozulich later formed the alt-country band Geraldine Fibbers. [7] Drummer Harold "Barefoot" Saunders later formed the band Polar Bear with Eric Avery. [8] Singer/guitarist John Napier was later a touring member of Nitzer Ebb, [9] and died in November 2012. [10]

Discography

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