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Monday, August 9, 2010

Because I Haven't Posted Anything in a While

I thought I would share this classic cut by Texas' own Galactic Cowboys. Presenting their first single (in a greatly shortened edited-for-MTV cut), "I'm Not Amused."



The Cowboys: Ben Huggins, Dane Sonnier,
Alan Doss, Monty Colville
The Cowboys got signed in the wake of Kings' X's initial success. Their first two albums were out on Geffen. Like a lot of talented bands with long hair and no Black Album, they got dropped in the mid-90s and picked up on Metal Blade, where they released a few more albums before calling it a day and heading back to the ranch house.



This is admittedly a tough band to pigeon-hole. Flamenco guitar, butt-kicking thrash metal, and sweet four-part Beatles-influenced vocal harmonies would be the best way to describe it. That or "Texas-fried ahead-of-it's-time stoner thrash metal." But we digress. Kick back, turn it up, and watch out for falling cow skulls.

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