merle haggard, angry samoans, gram parsons, black flag, johnny cash, the skilletlickers, dead boys, the dils, willie nelson, buck owens, the pogues, screeching weasel, woody guthrie, hank williams 1, and 3, ramones, charlie poole, cheap wine.
we're like sha na na, but with more whiskey and less, you know, bullshit.
PRETTY BOY THORSON AND THE FALLING ANGELS: Take It Easy: CD
What is so damn attractive about misery? It seems like the only things that end up mattering to me, whether music or books (or, shit, even people some days) are all pretty miserable and self-deprecating. PBT and the F’n As are no exception. I can’t help but group them in with Off With Their Heads, not necessarily in sound (though Ryan OWTH shows up here too), but definitely in feel. The lyrics come off like they’re meant to be listened to in a dark room somewhere with only a bottle of whiskey as your company. But, the way it all comes together musically, sounds more like you should be throwing your arms around your friends in a packed and sweaty basement than anything the lyrics would have you believe. Maybe surrounding myself with all this misery will be the death of me some day, but I can’t think of a much better soundtrack to go to than Pretty Boy Thorson. –Megan (ADD)
PRETTYBOY THORSON AND THE F’N A’S: Take It Easy: CD
This CD has secret glue, and I don’t know what it is. First couple of listens, eh. Reminded me of The Staggers: a band that could easily switch from campfire to barroom without losing power, who (I’m totally guessing), respect the Misfits as much as Johnny Cash equally. But then I kept going back to the record. It tells stories. It has beats I tap along to. I saw them live a couple of times, and Dan, the lead singer, is a big dude who makes his acoustic guitar look like a ukulele and he sings his goddamn heart out. What more are we asking for in music? Nothing. Take It Easy is like a pair of work pants. At first, it seemed a little stiff and off-the-pile, yet gets smoothed out and more comfortable with more usage. Recommended. –Todd (ADD)
PRETTY BOY THORSON AND THE FALLING ANGELS "Take It Easy" CD $8.00
PRETTY BOY THORSON AND THE FALLING ANGELS "Aint It Funny" CD $8.00
PRETTY BOY THORSON HOWLING! with pretty boy thorson and friends 7" EP $3.50
first pressing - 500 (21 pink mix, 31 purple mix, 49 white mix, 70 dark gray mix, 146 light gray mix, 183 black mix)
PRETTY BOY THORSON / CORTEZ THE KILLER split 7" $3.50
Dave Disorder personally silk-screened all 500 covers by himself, by hand (not by robot), on his kitchen table. Each one is different and quality is dependant on how stoned Dave was..
To: "Talky McAsshole", "Quiet Guy" and ofcourse "Backstreet Driver" we had alot of fun with yall last night in Louisville. Have a good show in Cinci! Cheers, The Tennessee Drunk Chics :)
Hey fellas!...My band (the staggerers) is playing with you tomorrow at berlin...(flamingo nosebleed had to back out)...I'm pretty stoked, you guys sound great!!
Hello Faithful
followers!! Sorry for the
disappearing act. Maggie cracked her head open during a basement show, so we’ve
been out(no pun intended) for awhile. She is almost better so when that happens
we’ll be back in the recording studio. In the meantime, we did manage to
convince our buddies at myspace.com/onryeproductions to let us do the video
game SFX that are on their newest episode.
If you are interested
in having a song or songs of yours featured in future episodes please send mp3s
to onryecontact@gmail.com
HEY Pretty Boy Thorson & The F’n A’s !!! Hope you are doing good. Anyways I thought you might want to check this out. Let us know if you can make it k?
Good to see you guys play tonight. And the opening band, those guys were good. There was an interesting crowd also. One I'm not used to. Lots of sensible shoes on the ladies. Hmm. Hmmmmm.
