Line #13 Music/TheMeatmen


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3	->''"We're the Meatmen - and you suck!"''
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5	The Meatmen are a HardcorePunk band from Lansing, UsefulNotes/{{Michigan}}. Formed in 1981 by former elementary school teacher/[[Creator/TouchAndGoRecords Touch and Go]] zine creator Robert Vermeulen (later dubbed Tesco Vee), the band quickly gained an infamous reputation in the underground scene for having a very controversial and puerile sense of humor in their lyrics (while not on the audience baiting level of Music/{{Fear}}, they were definitely up there), however the band folded two years after its creation when Tesco relocated to UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC - where he released the solo EP ''Dutch Hercules'' before reforming the Meatmen with members from Music/MinorThreat and the Necros. This incarnation of the Meatmen, however, had a more metallic sound to them than the old Meatmen, and this quickly proved a good way to piss off and alienate a good chunk of the old fanbase. The band lasted until the mid-late 1990's, releasing three more metal/punk albums before splitting up.
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7	Roughly ten years later, Tesco's son started inquiring about a reunion so he could see his dad in action, and one "reunion" show later, the Meatmen rose from the ashes for a third time, and as of 2014, the band has released two new albums and still tour to this day.
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10	!!"We're the Meatmen, and tropes suck!"
11	* MinisculeRocking: More obvious in the punk days, less so in the metal days.
12	* NewSoundAlbum: ''War of the Superbikes'' has a more metal sound to it than any of the earlier records. Fans weren't very pleased.
13	* RefugeInAudacity: The band is pretty notorious for just straight-up not giving a shit about political correctness. Some of their song/EP titles include "I'm Glad I'm Not a Girl", "Crippled Children Suck", "Blow Me Jah", "TSOL Are Sissies", "One Down, Three To Go" (about Music/TheBeatles and the death of Music/JohnLennon) "Pope on a Rope"...
14	* StageNames: Robert Vermeulen took on the name Tesco Vee after seeing a picture of Music/ThrobbingGristle members posing in front of a Tesco store.
15	* SignatureSoundEffect: Sophomoric lyrics delivered with buzzsaw guitars with typically short songs (even after transitioning to a metal band).
16	* SpokenWordInMusic:
17	** "Tooling for Anus" begins with a conversation between two homosexual friends inviting people via telephone to an "activity night at Korey Clarke's Dude Ranch"
18	** "Orgy of One" has a brief spoken interlude about halfway through the song.
19	* TakeThat:
20	** "Blow Me Jah" is often seen as being directed at the Music/BadBrains after the underground punk scene informally boycotted them following a homophobic incident they'd found themselves in. Tesco claims it was originally written as "Blow Me God", but changed to be "less inflammatory" while simultaneously pissing off Rastafarians; however, in the same interview, he claims that the song "might have been motivated" by the band, so take that as you will.
21	** "Music/{{TSOL}} Are Sissies" is meant to be a light-hearted one towards True Sounds of Liberty; however, apparently TSOL didn't get the joke.
22	* ToiletHumor: This is what drives a good chunk of the Meatmen's discography; Tesco has admitted to having a fondness for puerile humor even to this day.

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