i saw pitchfork open for fugazi at gilman street in ... it had to be 1988 or thereabouts? fugazi's first west coast show; crash worship was also on the bill, and pitchfork, who i'd never even heard of. they absolutely killed. a monster sound, and soon after i bought 'eucalyptus.' 'burn pigs burn' is the first song on that album, and just now, listening to it again for the first time in years, i was impressed with how goddam great it is. the song: apart from the usual cop-hating that the '80s were good for, i'm struck by the line "fuck yeah i got piano wire." i seem to remember a movie in which piano wire strung across a roadway was used to knock a cop off his bike...vivid image.
i saw pitchfork open for fugazi at gilman street in ... it had to be 1988 or thereabouts? fugazi's first west coast show; crash worship was also on the bill, and pitchfork, who i'd never even heard of. they absolutely killed. a monster sound, and soon after i bought 'eucalyptus.' 'burn pigs burn' is the first song on that album, and just now, listening to it again for the first time in years, i was impressed with how goddam great it is. the song: apart from the usual cop-hating that the '80s were good for, i'm struck by the line "fuck yeah i got piano wire." i seem to remember a movie in which piano wire strung across a roadway was used to knock a cop off his bike...vivid image.
Sounds to me like it's about a serial killer,maybe...
Sounds to me like it's about a serial killer,maybe...