Devils, Rats and Piggies: A Special Message from Godzilla by the Mekons, released in 1980 on Red Rhino.

Review by Chris Nickson

Even though they began in the Leeds punk scene, the Mekons never sat comfortably in the straitjacket of punk, and by 1980 they'd largely broken out of it,..The Mekons were lyrically enigmatic, with an overall sound that veered toward the avant-garde (and echoing early Cure on the deliberately mundane "Chopper Squad"), while becoming more aware of the past (a bizarre rendering of "The Trimdon Grange Explosion"). It's interesting, too, that this was recorded at one of England's leading folk studios. In many ways it helps set the scene for the rest of the Mekons' career -- challenging, sometimes awkward, sometimes funny (like "John Barry"), occasionally amateurish, but always interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddmMVUOfnTM&list=PLFvqccCja67tdQ6Uc4Ur1BLGsEeElsPx7&index=1

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I guess today's #TuneTuesday has a #MirrorsAndReflections theme.

Here' *The Mekons* doing *Mirro*r from their *Me* album (1998)
Not a particular favorite of mine, but always share #TheMekons when given an opportunity... Quite poppy tune.

https://youtu.be/5HbtvsiTUpI

#Music #Alternative #Mekons

Mekons - Last Dance
#JukeboxFridayNight
#DanceMusic
#Mekons #TheMekons #FearAndWhiskey

https://mekons.bandcamp.com/track/last-dance-2

The Mekons - Memphis Egypt

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https://mekons.bandcamp.com/track/memphis-egypt-1

Auch in diesem Jahr poste ich wieder meine angehörten Alben in 2025 als Cover. Die Reihenfolge ist rein zufällig und stellt keine Wertung dar.

#Album2025 #AlbumsOf2025 #album #cover #musik #musique #music

002. The Mekons "Horror"

#mekons #themekons #alternativerock #rock

Hier soir à Paris, au #HasardLudique, j'ai assisté à quelque chose d'incroyable (et ce n'était pas un match de foot) : hier soir, j'ai vu #TheMekons sur scène !

Le #punk joyeux de ce groupe est sans doute le meilleur antidote au capitalisme triomphant. Comme le groupe l'a proclamé entre deux titres, Margaret Thatcher est morte mais la vraie bonne nouvelle, c'est qu'elle est toujours morte aujourd'hui !

En revanche, The Mekons, eux, sont bien vivants. Ils sont même plus vivants que jamais !

Echantillon :

Devils, Rats and Piggies: A Special Message from Godzilla Review by Chris Nickson

"...the Mekons never sat comfortably in the straitjacket of punk..Traces of the old did persist, as on "I'm So Happy," but even there they were tweaked outside the norm. "Intuition" has the first stirrings of what would be their later country direction, while "St. Patrick's Day" even uses brass judiciously. The Mekons were lyrically enigmatic, with an overall sound that veered toward the avant-garde (and echoing early Cure on the deliberately mundane "Chopper Squad"), while becoming more aware of the past (a bizarre rendering of "The Trimdon Grange Explosion"). It's interesting, too, that this was recorded at one of England's leading folk studios. In many ways it helps set the scene for the rest of the Mekons' career -- challenging, sometimes awkward, sometimes funny occasionally amateurish, but always interesting."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddmMVUOfnTM&list=OLAK5uy_kHs3ZOCVuIpGvyALM3QMUeBdIDlSBT8hQ

#themekons #postpunk #leedsmusic #1980inmusic

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe

The Mekons:
🎵 The Western Design

#TheMekons

https://mekons.bandcamp.com/track/the-western-design

https://open.spotify.com/track/3YZufZH40R3gEB05XS1ugo