"Rhythm Pigs-LP": Jay Smith, Greg Adams, Ed Ivey
"Choke on This-LP": Kenny Craun, Greg Adams, Ed Ivey
"I'm Not Crazy, I'm an Airplane-LP": Bill Atwell, Greg Adams, Ed Ivey.
"El Paso- CD": Jay Smith, Greg Adams, Ed Ivey
"Baby Falcon Getaway-CD": Shmeckie, Jay Smith, Ed Ivey
The scene (Tampa punk documentary) 1987 Part 1
The Rhythm Pigs were a punk band, originially from El Paso Texas later relocated to San Fransisco. Their first 7" EP is a classic example of early hardcore, welding driving rock and roll with broad melodies and the varied tempos and hooks that were to disappear from the form until reintroduced by Green Day and the like. The first two studio albums showed more "big tent" punk, with varied musical styles ("Break or we'll break your face" would not seem out of place on Licensed to Ill) happily shoehorned into melodic punk songs.
The first Rhythm Pigs record, "An American Activity" 7"
The Rhythm Pigs were one of the most sophisticated and musically diverse hardcore bands, and remained so throught the 1980's as hardcore became more and more musically conservative. That the wistful and melodic power-balads of "El Paso" would not be considered punk by most adherants has as much to do with the shifting definition of punk as it does with the mellowing of the band's sound. "Baby falcon getaway" saw a return to a more raw, fast-paced hard rock sound (the three out-and-out hardcore songs on "El Paso" are collected into a single track titled "The fast three") combined with the more humourous tone seen on the first album. "Baby falcon..." and included a hardcore cover to the Gordon Lightfoot's classic "Sundown", a furiously paced redition of Charles Mingus's "Boogie stop shuffle" recalling the "Peanut's theme" (Vince Guaraldi's Linus and Lucy) from the first album.
Hi, I've always been a fan. I'm from the south of France, and I've just added one of your songs to my profile...Hope you don't mind...Keep oinking. Cheers from DJ Zombie, deep down in the swampy reaches of southern France.
Like a lot of folk on this site, i loved you back in the day, nice surprise to find you. I was in IMMOLATO TOMATOES- we supported you and the $wan$ ( weird line up!) at a show in Brighton England in 1987 or so.... "Choke on this" got everything right. You pretty much nailed it. Glad you're well. Ta for the add. X
...greetz and cheers from hamburg. we started a band called SOUNDPIGS last summer. yes. it is a kind of hommage to the rhythm pigs...noise on, joey di lämma
Hey,i saw this show in Kiel..funny...and i saw you 2 times at the Treibsand/Luebeck...you remember tis place?It's nearly 20 years ago...oh,my god. Nell/Neanderberg
When was it?86?87? Remember seeing you guys at the George Robey in London Town. Checking out Mr Adam's s FX to get to the bottom of that beautiful guitar sound. BOSS CE2? And that was it? And a bit of skilful kneckery too? Still listen to your stuff in my human drama with opium balloons. Married with child in a boring part of England. I could drop the boring part and just leave England. Tell you what though. El Paso - fuck of a place to get to - I got as far as Austin - I am a pussy!
I've recorded w/Billy b4, & met u/caught yr live act in Morgantown, WV the winter of '87 - '88 perhaps? Good 2 know yr still out there kickin the nation's ass! Thanx 4 th add. sharonthedyslexicmess
