Fatboy
1. Y.O.Y.
2. Long Island Girls Rule
3. Dr. Graffenberg
4. Don’t Fuck With Flo
5. Yodelittle
6. Spine Of A Dog
7. Sensory Deprivation Bank
8. The Battle Of Benny HillThis is Moe’s first full lenght album. It was an independent production, released on cassette tape in 1992. It was converted to CD in 1999 and the sound quality is very good. It is 41 minutes long.
This CD has the typical indie, first album feel to it. The music is loose and all over the place. It has a great live feel to it. I usually enjoy these early works, before a professional record producer gets ahold of a group and polishes all the life out of the music (great example is String Cheese Incident’s One Step Closer).
Most of the songs on this CD would be featured in moe. concerts. So, if you have any of the moe. live albums, you already have most of the songs. But, it is nice to hear them played in a studio setting with a little more (but not too much) structure.
Many people equate this music to Primus. Personally, I think it is a little more like early Phish, but better.
There is some serious music here, but there are silly things thrown in, like Hava Nagila intro to Island Girls and closing out the CD with the theme to the British comedy show, Benny Hill (usually played when Benny Hill chased around women in their underwear). And then there are the potty mouth lyrics to some of the songs….but for some reason, it doesn’t come off as being juvenile. It all has to do with context of the music and songs.
The main attraction to moe. is the great and unique sound of the guitar playing. That the group usually has good songs to support the music makes them a more viable jam band than someone like Phish or String Cheese Incident.