Punker Than Thou
Judah, Rick, and Lago-pal Kelly (secretly Aunt Jemimah) were sitting around in The Palace
screwing around and making fun of all the people they hated. The subject of ridicule
got around to hardcore punkers and how low they play they're guitars (not to be confused
with metalheads who play their guitars low in the hopes that people will mistake them for
genitalia). Rick lengthened the longest strap in the studio to full length so that the bass
guitar which he happened to be playing was for all intents and purposes upon the ground.
Rick leaned into the thing (still better than his usual posture) and beat the instrument
near unintelligably for all he was worth whilst screaming about the union monkeys from hell
and how the man was getting him down.
Later that day when the band picked Kelly up again (don't ask we don't get it either) she
was serenaded by rick singing and judah playing the guitar and adding backup vocals as
they drove home in Rick's Mom's Jetta. The entire song had been constructed off of that
awful original bass line. At the time there were a lot more lyrics, the bulk
of which were made up on the spot but a certain laziness and fear of being sued (not really,
just the laziness) prevented the band from ever actually writing the bits about the space
monkeys and Capt. Simian's daring deeds while battling
Flock-of-Seagulls blackhole man (obscure joke, get the toy and you'll understand). At some
later point in time the bass line changed which is just a little ironic. Or something like
that.
