'Nothing Pleases; I Like Country Teasers' is the third and final contribution to a trilogy of print essays by Sydney music writer Max Easton (TEMPERED, Mess + Noise, Crawlspace). Following on from 'Life Makes Me Nervous; I Like the Butthole Surfers' and 'Barely Human; I Like Randy Newman,' it charters the career of Glaswegian 'evil country band,' the Country Teasers: the mouth-piece of song-writer Ben Wallers (The Rebel). From 1993 to now, Easton charters the fourteen year recorded history of the band that saw them celebrated as vile satirists, musical subverts (with the impossible mission statement of merging aspects of country and hip-hop with garage rock recording sensibilities) and ultimately left them with little more than cult fandom to show for it. With Wallers walking defiantly into discussing matters of race and misogyny through the medium of vicious (and problematic) satire, 'Nothing Pleases' battles with the question that befalls any of the subverts - was it worth it?

at Good Press

A free edition made for the Viktor Rogy ‘Marbles In My Mouth’ install @good_press back in September ‘16. Rogy’s work still blows my mind, all thanks to @dizmal_human for the introduction (at Good Press)

Another reprint while I was at it - a free one sheet in mailorder @good_press - CRE1967 placed as an advert in the NME circa ‘96 - zoooooom 🔬