Posted by Alex JD »
Add Comment »On to the second track of the record. Much more straight forward than SKEEVED. We got a nice gritty bass sound for this one… I have since changed amps because the Mesa Boogie was really really unreliable in live situations, and with my temper, that is not a good thing.
I remember when I went to the first audition and Schrecker told Jon to play the main riff in MANIAC and I always wondered when the hell I was going to record that song. If you caught on already, you know that the capital letters in the title MAN In A Car spell out MANIAC. Now does this have anything to do with the song… or about the person that wrote the lyrics??? Hmmm I wonder. [Read more →]
Posted by Alex JD »
Add Comment »What the hell does “SKEEVED” mean?
Taken from the Urban Dictionary:
- Grossed out, disgusted, to get a sketchy feeling about a situation. Originates from the Italian word “schifo” which means disgust.
- To be freaked out, weirded out, revolted by or generally turned-off by something or someone
What an experience it was for me to get into a new band and record again. I show up on a Friday afternoon and meet these guys that are looking for a bass player and the next thing I know it, on the following Tuesday afternoon I am starting work at Moonbabe Studio on this crazy song. I (and I believe the rest of the guys) learned & recorded the tracks chronologically as they appear on the record. Christ I thought I was never gonna finish this thing! So many little fills and the damn chorus is different every time. When we were first playing this baby in rehearsal, I could tell that Schrecker and Jon could not remember the exact order of the parts in the chorus sections either.
I doubt any of us can get it out of our head’s now. Every song has a picture to represent it on the record cover poster that is included when you buy the CD. The picture that represents this song is of a girl with a gun to her head on her knees in front of a guy (me) with his pants down. Now doesn’t that seem “skeevy”? [Read more →]
