A Message From Our Premier

Just when you thought Middle Class Pig was a thing of the past. . .

WRONG AGAIN, jack ass! This is label is stronger than ever, and the shit we have coming up in the next months will send your mother and fish-eating friends into their third menopause!

THE GIRLS from Tel Aviv are now officially a Middle Class Pig band. And, as a matter of fucking fact, we are re-releasing their Israeli classic "Talk to the Pervert (MCP CD/LP O34). Gerd Waiblinger from Neckarsound Studios here in Tübingen remastered the recording a bit, and we released it in April. CARGO GERMANY, of course, does the honors distributing the release.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with THE GIRLS, take a listen to THE
PRENTENDERS, THE UNDERTONES, PJ HARVEY and THE RAMONES at one sitting, and you'll get a good idea of where this band is coming from. They not only kick ass on record but live as well!

Check out their record!!!

Photo: Barak Oserovitz

There is another cool band that has been added to the Middle Class Pig roster:

LOS FRANCO NEROS
www.myspace.com/losfranconeros
--yes, from Tübingen, Germany. Featuring members of THE VIBROSONICS, MICKEY FINN and MONKEY WRENCH, this band has been cranking '60s Garage Rock for two years now. Recently they opened for the now defunct (sob!) DEAD MOON (here in Tübingen, of course!). For more musical references, check out the BACK FROM THE GRAVE, PEBBLES or NUGGET comps, and you will know where these fuckers are coming from!
And here is their first release!

And, yes, NINE POUND HAMMER is returning to European soil
--compliments of TEENAGE HEAD (http://www.teenageheadmusic.com) .
They will performing in Tübingen in Epplehaus (Karlstrasse 13) on July 7th 2007!

The evening will include a wide array of DJs and DJanes and an opening band or two. The whole package will cost around 12-13 Euros, depending on how much the corrupt GEMA (the German version of ASCAP or BMI) will charge us for the evening. That's right---we all have to pay up so Brittany Spears can have her born-again Christian cherry sown back up and Joe Cocker can shoot Columbian blow into his already limp dick! The rich get richer and poor get drunker!

http://www.ninepoundhammer.net

Not only will Nine Pound Hammer perform on this memorable evening that will go down in Rock'n'Roll history, but Germany's (Europe's) best Garage Punk band, Jigsaw Jackson from poser-town Shitgart, Germany will be the opener for this festival of light libations! This band is dangerous, and we will feel sorry for anyone who thinks they can take them on. If you dig the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Oblivians, Mississippi Delta Blues, obscure '70s Punk, this band will fit you like a glove! To quote the band themselves, JIGSAW JACKSON sounds and looks like "your mama on speed." Don't miss 'em!

Check 'em out: http://www.myspace.com/jigsawjackson

At any rate, more on this in the months to come. In meantime, check out the Epplehaus and Partykel websites for local listings:

http://www.epplehaus.de
http://www.partykel.de

Support your local music scene, but also be honest when you think a band sucks.
Maybe they think you suck, too. And, keep rockin' in the globalized world while it's still relatively free!