Mayfair wrote:Quick Codeine story...
They were to be on the Simple Machines 'Working Holiday' 7" series as the flip side to Liz Phair when she was still 'Girly Sounds'. Liz somehow let time get away from her or didn't get to record or something and the old band I was in was put on the flip side in her place. I soon after saw Codeine play in Chicago and met and chatted with those guys (note: Doug was not in the band anymore) and as soon as I mentioned who I was and what band I played with, they totally gave me the cold shoulder. I remember reading an interview with them soon after that that where they go on about how they HATED our track and were really bummed out to be backed with us.
Anyway, it was a cute story I had to share.
shit, mayfair. this saddens me.
for the coctails track is great, the codeine track is horrifying. y'all's is the best of those seven-inchers i've been able to find (not that you asked). i even rank it ahead of the glorious grifters/crain affair.
codeine, incidentally, are beyond 'not crap.' i still reject dozens of contemporary bands out of hand as codeine copyists. they are lords.