Ethyl Meatplow
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Ethyl Meatplow
| genre = Dance-rock
| years_active = 1990–1993
| label = Motiv Communications/Spasm
Piece of Mind Records
Sympathy for the Record Industry/Dali Records
Elektra
| associated_acts = Geraldine Fibbers
Polar Bear
E.Coli
Buccinator
Evangelista
| past_members = Carla Bozulich
Harold "Biff" Barefoot Sanders III
Wee-Wee (John Napier)
}}
Ethyl Meatplow was an American dance-rock band best known for their sole album, Happy Days, Sweetheart, released in 1993 by Dali Records.
History
Ethyl Meatplow gained media coverage for its sexually explicit, burlesque-inspired live performances.{{Cite web |title=Ethyl Meatplow Biography, Songs, & Albums |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ethyl-meatplow-mn0000208466/biography |access-date=2022-04-24 |website=AllMusic |language=en}} They released their sole album Happy Days, Sweetheart in 1993.{{Citation |title=Happy Days Sweetheart - Ethyl Meatplow {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/happy-days-sweetheart-mw0000617747 |language=en |access-date=2022-04-24}} Rolling Stone described the album as a "smorgasbord of unbridled lust and dance-floor fun."{{cite web
|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ethylmeatplow/albums/album/176506/review/5941146/happy_days_sweetheart
|title=Album reviews: Happy Days Sweetheart
|last=Ali
|first=Lorraine
|date=1993-09-02
|accessdate=2007-10-22
|work=Rolling Stone
}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The video for "Devil's Johnson" featured on the Beavis and Butthead episode "Young, Gifted & Crude"{{cite web
|url=http://www.tv.com/beavis-and-butt-head/young-gifted-and-crude/episode/58070/summary.html
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205033330/http://www.tv.com/beavis-and-butt-head/young-gifted-and-crude/episode/58070/summary.html
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=February 5, 2013
|title=Young, Gifted & Crude
|work=TV.com
|accessdate=2007-10-22
}} and was aired on MTV's 120 Minutes.{{cite web
|url=http://www.altmusictv.com/120/archive_mtvclassic.html#061393
|title=120 Minutes archive: June 13, 1993
|work=altmusictv
|accessdate=2007-10-22
}} The band played Lollapalooza and attracted criticism from Kim Gordon and Julia Cafritz of Free Kitten for its nude dancers and "recorded music," though others noted the band's use of found sounds and musique concrète methods.{{cite web |last=Smith |first=RJ |date=September 1997 |title=Blood on the Tracks |url=http://www.stardustlanes.com/fibbers/spin97.html |work=Spin |accessdate=2007-10-22}}
Singer/trumpeter Carla Bozulich later formed the alt-country band Geraldine Fibbers.Strong, Martin C.:"The Great Alternative & Indie Discography", 1999, Canongate, {{ISBN|0-86241-913-1}} Drummer Harold "Barefoot" Saunders later formed the band Polar Bear with Eric Avery.{{Cite web |last=Nelson |first=Chris |date=12 July 1997 |title=Jane's Addiction Ex-Bassist Happy To Be A Polar Bear |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/654/janes-addiction-ex-bassist-happy-to-be-a-polar-bear/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424143607/https://www.mtv.com/news/654/janes-addiction-ex-bassist-happy-to-be-a-polar-bear/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 24, 2022 |access-date=2022-04-24 |website=MTV News |language=en}} Singer/guitarist John Napier was later a touring member of Nitzer Ebb,{{cite web |url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=ethyl_meatplow |title=Ethyl Meatplow |last1=Robbins |first1=Ira |work=Trouser Press |accessdate=14 December 2010}} and died in November 2012.{{cite web
|url=http://exclaim.ca/News/rip_john_napier_of_ethyl_meatplow
|title=R.I.P. John Napier of Ethyl Meatplow
|last=Hughes
|first=Josiah
|date=November 2012
|accessdate=2012-11-11
|work=Exclaim!
}}
Discography
- "Dancing With Pork Face: Bump and Grind Mixes - 7" (1990, Motiv Communications/Spasm)
- "Colored Maxi" - 12" (1991, Piece of Mind Records)
- "Queenie" - 7"/12" (1992, Sympathy for the Record Industry/Dali Records)
- "Ripened Peach" - 12" (1993, Elektra)
- Happy Days, Sweetheart - CD (1993, Dali Records)
- "Betty Boy / Queenie" - 7" (1993, Dali)
- "Devil's Johnson" - CDS (1993, Dali Records/Festival Records)