the Supersuckers, Steve Earle

Editor's Review:

Aside from a (former) penchant for all things narcotic, this pairing shares a deep love for all things dust-coated, Skoal-juice-dripping, boot-wearing, butt-stomping and true to rock's gritty heart. Although they come at it from opposite ends (the Supersuckers are punks by nature; Steve Earle is a country boy with an old Clash tape in his Chevy's stereo), they meet here evenly in the middle, offering an easily predictable EP of nothing but the real American deal.

Steve takes over the vocals for a Nashville walk through the Sucker's "Creepy Jackalope Eye," then passes the mic to Eddie Spaghetti, who handily Seattles-up Earle's "Angel Is the Devil," before passing it back to Steve for a rollicking and appropriate ("Booze and pills and powder / You can choose your medicine") run through Keith Richard's Some Girls number, "Before They Make Me Run." You'll hear neither epiphany nor revolution in progress in any or all of the three, but odds are they'll make you smile smugly in the knowledge that someone out there still likes it simple and dirty.

First appeared in BAM magazine 6/27/97
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Record Label Sub Pop Released June 1997

Tracks Creepy Jackalope Eye Angel Is The Devil Before They Make Me Run Creepy Jackalope Eye Angel Is The Devil