Metal Flake Mother - Tongue Long & Fine Lady - 1991from the Moist/Baited Breath cd "Beyond The Java Sea"
Metal Flake Mother hit the college rock scene in the early 1990's with indie rock daydreams and moody instrumentals. Making their debut on Moist/Baited Breath in 1991. They eventually called it quits not too long afterwards. Jim Mathus went on to start Squirrel Nut Zippers with a few other Chapel Hill notables. With the success of the Squirrel Nut Zippers, Hep-Cat Records reissued "Beyond The Java Sea" -with the additional bonus tracks of their long out of print first EP. Other members moved on to start the Family Dollar Pharaohs and Starletta.
Band Members:
Ben Clark - Vocals, Guitar
Quince Marcum - Bass
Jim Mathus - Guitar, Vocals
"Hollywood" Randy Ward - Drums
6 comments:
Oh man did I love MFM! I bought their vinyl single even though I didn't have a record player because I was afraid it was the only peice of them I'd ever be able to save.
It's great that the post-breakup CD also included the 4 tracks from the original single.
Randy Ward is especially mised. :-(
quince was one odd dude. i believe i met him @ st. anthony hall...
quince was an odd dude indeed. and, given he was at St. A's, surrounded by other odd dudes (and dudettes).
i knew him well, back in the day. sounds like he's in Brooklyn these days.
I knew Quince from Winston-Salem high school days, last saw him at a MFM show. This is one of those sad cases of lost tapes. Unbelievably, the masters of both the EP and the LP were gone by the time of the reissue, which had to be done from an original CD and a needle drop on the EP vinyl. Maybe they've been found since, let's hope. Great records.
Great blog, only wish it had more! Thank you for reviving good memories of the 80's-90's Piedmont scene.
About MFM, just a small correction to offer: it was Jimbo on drums and vocals, while Randy (RIP) crafted all those tasty lead guitar lines.
Sorely missed indeed.
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