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Friday, January 27, 2006

Metal Flake Mother - Tongue Long & Fine Lady - 1991
from 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

2 Comments:

Ruby said...: 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. :-(; Monday, January 30, 2006
eric said...: quince was one odd dude. i believe i met him @ st. anthony hall...; Wednesday, August 30, 2006