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Newswire Powered by. Close the menu. Rolling Stone. Log In. To help keep your account secure, please log-in again. You are no longer onsite at your organization. Please log in. For assistance, contact your corporate administrator. With a lineup that included Johnson , Murphy , Louris , Perlman , Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy , and Honeydogs drummer Noah Levy all of whom recorded under pseudonyms as a result of contractual obligations , the record bore few reminders of Smog 's beer-soaked origins, instead revealing a more mature and thoughtful band breaking free of the restraints of their day jobs and having some serious fun in the process.

Weird Tales followed in , but it wasn't until that the group released Another Fine Day , which, unsurprisingly, due to the amount of time that had passed since the last album, sounded little like earlier Golden Smog records. Blood on the Slacks was released the following year. AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully. Blues Classical Country. Like their tributary bands, they sounded less like guys raised on the Carter Family and Johnny Cash and more like boys still enthralled with 70s classic rock radio and the muscle cars that blasted those hits.

In fact, at times these songs sound fairly predictable, making room in the backseat for tepid guitar solos, jangly guitar riffs, and lyrics about girls with "troubled mind s and star-crossed eyes" which seems to be Louris' evergreen theme. And you didn't have to look beyond the members' rent-paying bands to find better versions of some of these tracks. Johnson's "He's a Dick" is a one-play-only goof that might have been better as one of many bonus tracks on a future reissue of Mainstream.

Of course, some tracks bear the fruit of this cult-historic collaboration. Local Lake Minnetonka mansion, nearly completed, could be forced to relocate am. Local Minnesota family that lost the road to their home will get it back pm. Coronavirus Minnesota virus breakthrough cases rise amid 'perfect storm' pm.

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