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Sunday, Oct. 1 @ Quenchers Saloon
LE TOUR w/ Make-Overs(South Africa), Wet Wallet, and Geezers Senior

+ NEW Promo Single from Le Tour!
"An indie-psych rocker for fans of Deerhunter's Weird Era Cont. or Sonic Youth's mid period career output. One can even hear some Brian Eno-esque swarms of insects infiltrating the transitions." - NME 

Royal Trux LIVE 1992/07/09 @ Uptown Bar & Grill - Minneapolis, MN

Royal Trux LIVE 1992/07/09 @ Uptown Bar & Grill - Minneapolis, MN

Here we have a brand new lineup. The Trux have added a real drummer in place of the drum machine and a keyboardist. This is a drastic upgrade to the band from just two years ago in Ann Arbor when we first hear them live. Listening to the playback, it sounds like this was probably recorded to soundboard but then traded between fans on cassette so there's a modest amount of generation loss but all in all this recording is pretty hi-fi considering...

It's an excellent performance, and a great jumping in point if you haven't heard the band live before. You barely hear Neil sing, if at all. But he and Jennifer are both totally present and the music sounds rad. These are all danceable interpretations of the band's earliest and weirdest work. You can even hear a bit of a Gary Numan influence on the keyboards.

Awesome stuff!

"Rock and roll used to be thought of as a unique combination of individuals coming together to create a sound. That idea is total bullshit, just another myth. We fashion ourselves after jazz sessions from the '20s, which were made up of whoever was around, or in the tradition of the Brill Building, Phil Spector, or Stax-Volt, where there were anonymous session musicians. This way there's a different chemistry for each session." - Neil

Royal Trux LIVE 1990/11/10 Ann Arbor, MI

Link to Youtube Playlist - Royal Trux live in Ann Arbor 1990/11/10

I am about to embark on a little project here- uploading a treasure trove of extremely rare live Royal Trux recordings. I'm short on time right now so this will be brief, but live recordings of this band in their prime are very hard to come by, and scattershot to say the least.

What you're looking at here is the first of a comprehensive series of live shows that I am personally uploading for free streaming through Youtube. Finally, people will have a chance to hear this stuff.

This collection is huge, amazing, and every bit as strange as you could imagine given this band's reputation for shady dealings and instability.

Will be back with more information soon. Let this, their earliest known live recording serve as a small taste of what's to come...

"I want to make music 'til I die or whatever, but at the same time I'm not gonna deny that I'm also in it to achieve prosperity." - Neil