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Electric Waco Chair
Waco Brothers
Electric Waco Chair
Genres: Country, Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
 
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Back for their fifth record, our favorite anti-death penalty, socialist country rockers are playing Johnny Cash to your condemned Folsom prision lifer. Shave your head and get ready cause Jonboy, Deano, Tracy, Alan, Lil' ...  more »

     
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All Artists: Waco Brothers
Title: Electric Waco Chair
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Bloodshot Records
Original Release Date: 10/17/2000
Release Date: 10/17/2000
Genres: Country, Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Styles: Americana, Hardcore & Punk, Indie & Lo-Fi
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 744302005423, 4028466302342

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Album Description
Back for their fifth record, our favorite anti-death penalty, socialist country rockers are playing Johnny Cash to your condemned Folsom prision lifer. Shave your head and get ready cause Jonboy, Deano, Tracy, Alan, Lil' Willy and Durante are gonna fill it up with a few thousand volts of roots rock moxie, punk disgust and country heart.

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CD Reviews

Not Cash, Not Clash...
M. Nichols | West Chester, OH United States | 10/18/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)

"...think instead Matthew Sweet.

ELECTRIC WACO CHAIR is still the same old Wacos, delivering country and welshtern sounds from the heart of Chicago, but the Cash/Clash similarities are waning as the Wacos' sound continues to evolve. This release finds the Wacos wandering from the good old hellraisin' barstool-tossin' days of COWBOY IN FLAMES into GIRLFRIEND territory. No songs on the album have the speed and energy of their DO YOU THINK ABOUT ME ep and the album is nowhere near as muddled as the directionless WACO WORLD. Instead, ELECTRIC WACO CHAIR showcases a new (shudder!) maturity for the band. These Wacos are world-weary and wise. Listen closely and you'll find love songs. You'll hear lyrics worthy of Willie Nelson. You'll find songcraft developed into a (dare I say it?) pop sound previously associated with not only Matthew Sweet, but giants like REM and Wilco.

Hardcore fans need not despair. Your Wacos have not gone straight. And I doubt they'll sell enough to "sell out." They've grown, believe it or not. And as the y'alternative genre becomes overcrowded with many groups releasing the same album over and over, I don't see anyone standing taller than the Waco Brothers."
This is really incredible
berkshire_cowboy | Columbus, Ohio | 11/22/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Give me a break, how can a band be so good? I discovered the Waco Brothers via the Mekons/Jon Langford. I got 'Cowboy in Flames' and I was instantly hooked. I just got this CD about a week ago, so it hasn't fully sunk in yet, but I can tell you, it's a good'un for sure. Basically, the music consists of simple chord structures, highly effective pop hooks, clever lyrics, and country-rock instrumentation. You won't completely appreciate it until you actually hear it. "Country-rock" just doesn't do it justice. I don't know if a band could be more evenly and perfectly split between the two genres. For those already familiar with the band, you know what to do. If you like perfect, unpretentious rock with a bit of twang, get it now."
Cruisin' and howlin'
1000 miler | Centralia, IL United States | 03/31/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Picture this. You're blowing down the highway singing til you sweat as glorious sunlight streams in the window. Your passenger is bashing out time on the dashboard, as the CD's nearly exploding out of the housing. You can throw the rest of your collection out of the window as you careen around a turn.
OK. I know you don't have much time to read this so listen up. This CD rocks, the words have meaning, you'll sing harmony as onlookers gawk. Electric Waco Chair is that almost impossible to find CD that has at least six cuts that you would cheerfully have paid the entire cost of the CD for and felt privileged to have located. There are no lousy songs. You don't know which cut to play first because they are all great. You can listen to the whole thing straight through over and over and then sing the songs in your mind all day long. If that's not enough, we get to hear about Kankakee, Dubuque, Indiana, and the Fox River, Michigan, etc. Standing ovation for the North! I've got one more chance. Just seconds left to convince you! Hear and remember these words of truth. This is a fantastic CD. Buy it!"