Rhythm Pigs

The Rhythm Pigs were a Punk Band, originally from El Paso, Texas, later relocated to San Francisco. Their first two albums were among the first to be released by the influential independent Mordam Records label. Their first 7" EP is a classic example of early Hardcore, welding driving Rock And Roll with broad melodies and varied tempos and hooks. Their first two studio albums showed more "big tent" Punk, with varied musical styles (such as the foray into rap in "Break or We'll Break Your Face" on their self-titled LP) happily shoehorned into melodic Punk songs. Touring extensively throughout Europe and North America throughout the mid-1980s, the Rhythm Pigs were one of the most sophisticated and musically diverse Hardcore bands, and remained so throughout the 1980s as hardcore became more and more musically conservative. That the wistful and melodic power-ballads of El Paso would not be considered punk by most adherents has as much to do with the shifting definition of Punk as it does with the mellowing of the band's sound. Baby Falcon Getaway saw a return to a more raw, fast-paced Hard Rock sound (the three out-and-out Hardcore songs on El Paso are collected into a single track titled "The Fast Three") combined with the more humorous tone seen on the first album. Baby Falcon Getaway included a Hardcore cover of the Gordon Lightfoot classic "Sundown" and a furiously paced rendition of Charles Mingus's "Boogie Stop Shuffle," which recalled the Peanuts theme (Vince Guaraldi's Linus and Lucy) from the first album.

An American Activity EP (1984)

01 - I Can Fly

02 - Get It Now

03 - Baal

04 - Military Fairy

05 - Radio Silence

06 - The Quest

Rhythm Pigs (1986)

01 - Conditional Love

02 - Dr. Harley

03 - Break New Ground

04 - Human Drama

05 - Six

06 - Machines Are In

07 - Peanuts

08 - Break Or We'll Break Your Face

09 - Taxi Cab

10 - Searchin' For Myself

11 - Conscience Song

12 - Electric World

13 - Road Machine

Choke On This (1987)

01 - Censorshit

02 - Can't Change The World

03 - Feedback

04 - Elegy

05 - Good For Life

06 - Little Brother

07 - Arkansas

08 - Arkansas (Slight Return)

09 - Choke On This

10 - Marlboro Man

11 - Too High

12 - Bad Reactor

13 - Hooligan Bitch

14 - Fire

15 - Thanks For Coming

I'm Not Crazy I'm An Airplane (1988)

01 - Peanuts

02 - Dr. Harley / Break Or We'll Break Yer Face

03 - Red Snapper

04 - Arkansas

05 - Get It Now

06 - Baal

07 - The Quest

08 - Conditional Love

09 - Marlboro Man

10 - I Can Fly

11 - New Savior

12 - Killer Beat

13 - Yammin'

14 - Satan Tuned My Snare Drum

15 - Cactus Pants

16 - More Yams

El Paso (1994)

01 - Spun And Exploded

02 - That's Life

03 - Execution Style

04 - Model T Ford

05 - Cactus Pants

06 - The Fast Three

07 - Snuff Flicks

08 - Rock And Roll Deejay

09 - Nomad

10 - Four Finger Lid

11 - Brothers Fall

12 - Mr. Rhinoceros

13 - The Only Reasons

14 - Overheard

Baby Falcon Getaway (1996)

01 - I'm All... She Goes...

02 - The Getaway

03 - Semi-Hollow

04 - Sundown

05 - Mikros Aravoniastika

06 - Monkey Mind

07 - Hat Smoke And Sassafras

08 - Boogie Stop Shuffle

09 - Ass Bitin' Dog

10 - A Song Called ''Amy''

11 - Where?

12 - Carcinoma

13 - Retail Sucker

14 - Funny Mirror

Rocking The Mile EP (2006)

01 - Illustrated Man

02 - Casey Jones

03 - Rocking The Mile

04 - Guardian Angel

05 - Lomesome Fugitive

06 - Keep Your Dreams Alive

07 - Soul Shine

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