Jay Reatard is awesome. I've been playing his solo record non stop. do you like his other bands like lost sounds, destruction unit, the reatards, terrorvision ect ect.....

Wow, someone else posted in this thread!

I started a Lost Sounds thread on old m+n, and Rigid was the only other person to post in it.

Lost Sounds were my first Jay Reatard / Alicja Trout love. I always imagine hands getting stuck in insinkerators when I listen to them.

From there I dug backwards to find the Reatards... and am also now an avid listener of Destruction Unit, Nervous Patterns, Bad Times, Angry Angles... as well as Alicja Trout's other stuff (Black Sunday, The Fitts, Mouserocket, River City Tanlines).

But goddamn... Jay's first solo record is the bees fucking knees. I've been listening to it on repeat all week long, and I just found out he's doing a long 2+ month tour of Europe (no UK dates so far, unfortunately) so I'm trying to work out the best place for me to go and see him play.

Marry me Jay. Please.

argh! jay's touring europe in may/june... gonna have to be a tightarse for the next few weeks so i can go to the netherlands shows.

i like the cover of this record

and some of the songs

I've only heard that Hammer doo-dah song. Is the solo better than "Not Fucked Enough"?

I love them all.

Nightmares, Turning Blue, Oh It's Such A Shame, Not A Substitute and my Shadow are my favourites.

I still like the first Reatards album the best. I hung out with him for a few days in Memphis. Guy was fucked in the head. He ran across the room to kick me in the balls, and missed. Then he stole my couch to sleep on and made me punch him until he got out. He never got out, no matter how hard I punched him. Then we went out to score a hooker but he only had a bicycle so he couldn't get one to go with him. Then he wanted to go score crack but he was only 20 and couldn't get into the bar so I went with him to score but couldn't get any. Then there was the time at a party in Seattle when they gave this girl a wine enema and dared him to drink it.

They're two different beasts Ubu. Not Fucked Enough is more a compilation anyway.

I think I love Blood Visions more though.

Hahahahahahaaaaaa that's fantastic

Jesus christ, rigid. Did you see them live? Did he drink the enema?

No. Yes.

what is it with mad cunts and flying Vs

like flies to shit they are

uncle rigid, can you tell us more jay reatard stories please?

That's my personal reservoir just about tapped, mondo, with one via hearsay.

that flying v call was uncanny, scallly

and to a lesser extend explorers and firebirds

I'm gonna be in so much debt by end of may. It'll be worth it though.

Amsterdam & Jay Reatard seems to make even more sense now.

wed May 16 Amsterdam -- VPRO
thu May 17 afternoon: Hellendoorn -- Dauwpop
thu May 17 evening: Hoorn -- Manifesto
fri May 18 Kortrijk -- the Pit's
sat May 19 Rotterdam -- Waterfront

i've only got the reatards and bad times albums but will give the solo album a listen over the weekend and report back with my findings.

He posts on the Goner board sometimes.

i just had a listen and my findings are that it's quite fruity.

Here you go Zac

shouldn't Jay be wearing an ITR shirt or something.

Didn't they split up and Jay had a hissy fit, but said he still loves them.

I like Jay, just saying I read it somewhere this week, can't remember where from.

yeah i read that too, he's a pretty strange guy.

i'm curious about these new dudes and what they've done previously AND how they got their positions.

if i lived in the US i'd have tried out for sure.

I read both those new guys are from Cola Freaks

what?? they moved from Denmark then.

Cola Freaks rule!

can't wait for more Barbaras and Boston Chinks records from Stephen and Billy.

what the shit?

http://pitchfork.com/news/37156-jay-reatards-old-band-joins-wavves/

that was an awesome move on their part - the ultimate fuck you!

PS. wavvvvves still succccccks

I'm bad with dates and stuff but yesterday was a year since Reatard died.

I was at working nursing a bad hangover anyway so today i'm chilling out with Teenage Hate and Blood Visions for the man.

RIP JAY JAY

RIP Jay.

for yesterday and forever.

RIP!

forever rulin, long live Jay!

which one of you punx has a spare for the Reatard doco?

i got mine, my pal needs one though.

c'mowwwnnn

rest in peeeeeeeeeace.

2 years today. Bummer.

Still can't listen to his music since he died. So sad.

RIP.

Ouch, missed it. Will have to play Teenage Hate tonight. RIP.

On a massive JR bender at the moment.

Anything Lost Sounds and Blood Visions / Watch Me Fall.

Loving his version Adverts ''We who wait'' and ''Turning Blue'' off BV... all class.

Makes me want to jump around and set shit on fire.