Who? Haha, well I bet you know some of the members or their respective bands that became popular in the coming years. Notable members include Cole Alexander, Jack Hines, and Ben Eberbaugh of the Black Lips and Spooks as well as Coline Mee of Deerhunter, amongst others. Naturally, line up changes have occured in those groups and those do not represent the current line ups for either band, but all of those dudes made notable contributions to the aforementioned classic Atlanta bands.
Category Archives: Cole Alexander
Songs of the Week: Halloween Style!
Better late than never…
Bobby “Boris” Pickett– “Monster Mash” (1962)
The Misfits– “Halloween” (1981)
and of course
The Spooks– “California Boys” (2009)
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Hell at the Hall Pics
Here are some really sweet photos from last night’s epic, “Hell at the Hall” Black Lips Halloween show.
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2011/10/black_lips_davi.html– Brooklyn Vegan.
A review will be up soon!
BLACK LIPS: HELL AT THE HALL! NYC 10/29
COME TO THE WEBSTER HALL ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 TO SEE THE BLACK LIPS WITH SPECIAL GUESTS DAVILLA 666 AND XRAY EYEBALLS. IT SHALL BE ONE SPOOKY EVENING!
SOTD: Black Lips- “Ain’t Comin’ Back” (2002)
I was shocked to see that this song has never been posted on this site! What is up with that? What is the world coming to? This is the Lips’ first single, “Ain’t Comin’ Back” and damn is it exquisite. Vintage Lips- even in their early days they contained all of the Punk Slime that makes them the Black Lips; especially Cole’s little, out of control, six year old vocals. Excellent. Every fan MUST hear this.
P.S. ya ya with all the recent, perhaps excessive Lips posts, we’re starting to look like a Black Lips fan site, which in some ways we are and always have been, but in other ways we’re something totally different. Always keep that in mind and check out everything we have to offer, you would be surprised how much shit from all areas of art, entertainment, news, politics, and just about anything else you can/will come across on KLYAM. One could find posts on Carl Jung, G.G. Allin, how to swallow pills, famous supreme court cases, Anarchism, and an in depth analysis of two girls, one cup… God, the list is endless! I guess I like to think of it as a life appreciation site, but that sounds really, really gay and not in a “it’s not that I think you’re bad looking, u don’t like Rock and Roll!!!” kinda gay, I mean the Un-PC, “this is lame… this is so gay” kinda gay. Alright, I should probably quit while I’m ahead.
SPIN’s Top Ten Lollapalooza Sets/Lips # 2!
http://www.spin.com/gallery/10-best-sets-lollapalooza-2011?page=9#main
Yessir, Black Lips at #2, should have been #1! Other notables (at least from my perspective as a fan) include Ween (#5), The Pains of Being Pure At Heart (#7), and Bright Eyes (#8).
My Old King Cole Younger Playlist
The following is a playlist I made of my favorite Cole Alexander moments from the various music outlets he has participated in over the years. Though I have to admit, the title is somewhat misleading because none of his solo, Old King Cole Younger releases appear here- I’m not really well-acquainted with them. Just to clarify, I’m not saying these are the best Black Lips songs nor am I even saying these are the best songs Cole provides his vocals on. Instead, this list focuses on what are in my opinion Punk Slime songs that are extremely unique to Cole’s singing and songwriting style, if you want to call it that. Numbers that would be completely different if it was someone else singing, at least to me. Okay, here it goes.
1) Sea of Blasphemy– Black Lips, from Let It Bloom (2005) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVVDdAmmeXE
2) Dog Years- Ghetto Cross, from Ghetto Cross 7″ (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f46eRyYBoFw
3) Ghetto Cross– Black Lips, from We Did Not Know the Forest Spirit Made the Flowers Grow (2004)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMEy9w0iXPo
4) Lock and Key– Black Lips, from Good Bad Not Evil (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2oQoufJQ98
5) How Do You Tell a Child That Someone Has Died– Black Lips, from Good Bad Not Evil (2007) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_i_SbCytiQ
6) Steal Your Soul– The Spooks, from Death From Beyond the Grave (2008) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcjX5d3dO6E
7) California Boys– The Spooks, from Death From Beyond the Grave (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00aAzkrYAZ8&feature=related
8) The Drop I Hold– Black Lips, from 200 Million Thousand (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slILJ4u90AQ
9) Spidey’s Curse– Black Lips, from Arabia Mountain (2011) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1TjTcTGEGI
10) Dirty Hands– Black Lips, from Let It Bloom (2005) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBmlpGeWEeQ– This is one of my favorite live versions
11) Bow Down and Die– The Almighty Defenders, from The AlmightyDefenders (2009) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIY0lDjyhj8
12) Don’t Mess Up My Baby- Black Lips, from Arabia Mountain (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0rMDR6FNs4
13) Empassant– Black Lips, from Let It Bloom (2005)
I couldn’t find a youtube link for this, what a disgrace :(. But, no need to fear, here is a linke to last year’s Toronto Tocks interview with Cole, where the epic, Bloom’ closer can be heard. http://torontotocks.podbean.com/2010/04/15/interview-with-cole-alexander-of-the-black-lips-toronto-tocks-6/
Well, there you have it, some great pieces of flower punk to share with your infant children, they are the wave of the future, you know? Now, settle down and have dem children cause your brain is fried!
So, what are some of your favorite “Cole” anthems? You know where the comment section is.
SOTD: Ghetto Cross- Dog Years
From the men that brought you such classics as Black Lips and Deerhunter, comes another Atlanta Hero: GHETTO CROSS!
Billboard: Black Lips- “Modern Art” Live + Q&A
Black Lips perform on top of a roof and Cole and Ian provide some insight on their work with Mark Ronson, commercial success, bullshit trends, and phony “intellectual” dolts.
“Family Tree”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjYX0tUDuYo&feature=relmfu
“Dumpster Dive”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKUkQtP5FEg&feature=relmfu
Spidey’s Curse…
Yessir, here is the comic book Old King Cole Younger was referring to in the new classic “Spidey’s Curse” from the Black Lips’s recent LP and KLYAM favorite Arabia Mountain. Spider-Man and Power-Pack was a 1984 issue distributed in sex education classes to teach the youngsters about sexual abuse and how to prevent it.
This website is a great resource for infomation on the comic: http://www.politedissent.com/archives/982
Here are the lyrics to Spidey:
Peter Parker’s life is so much darker than the book I read
‘Cause he was defenseless, so defenseless when he was a kid
It’s your body, no one’s body, but your’s anyways
So Peter Parker don’t let him mark ya, it’s so much darker
Don’t let him touch ya, he don’t have to stay!
Don’t fill a spider up with dread
Spidey’s got powers, he takes all of the cowards
And he kills them dead
But when he was younger, an elder among him messed him in the head
So Peter Parker don’t let him mark ya, it’s so much darker
Don’t let him touch ya, he don’t have to stay!
The teacher looked at everyone with a PSA
She saw that our hearts were gone
She saw that in everyone!
Peter Parker’s life is so much darker
Better tell him, man
‘Cause it’s your body, no one’s body, but your’s anyway
So Peter Parker don’t him mark ya, it’s so much darker
Don’t let him touch ya, he don’t have to stay!
Don’t fill a spider up with dread
Don’t fill a spider up with dread
Don’t fill a spider up with dread
(Dude, they are conjuring up those demons. Basically, they’re taking spells out of that book. Or they are taking demons out of that book and working it into a song that basically conjures up these demons, man. Oh dude, it’s way insane. Dude, trip out on this!)
Kids Like You & Me (KLYAM) 