Recorded
live at New York’s Peppermint Lounge in 1984, Smell of
Female isn’t merely a live album, but a collection of
new material that the band waited to record because of legal troubles
with IRS records. In addition to the most fuzzed-out Kid Congo Powers
guitar sound in existence, you also get Lux Interior’s live
banter and freakouts, Ivy’s reverby leads, and the steady
rock energy of drummer Nick Knocks. Since 1990 extra tracks have
been added. Originals that have now become classics include “The
Most Exalted Potentate of Love,” "Call of the Wighat,”
“You’ve Got Good Taste,” “I Ain’t
Nothin’ But a Gorehound,” and the studio surprise “Surfin’
Dead.” Covers include the theme from Faster Pussycat Kill!
Kill!, Hasil Adkin’s “She Said,” and the Count
5’s “Psychotic Reaction.”
Recorded
live at New York’s Peppermint Lounge in 1984, Smell of
Female isn’t merely a live album, but a collection of
new material that the band waited to record because of legal troubles
with IRS records. In addition to the most fuzzed-out Kid Congo Powers
guitar sound in existence, you also get Lux Interior’s live
banter and freakouts, Ivy’s reverby leads, and the steady
rock energy of drummer Nick Knocks. Since 1990 extra tracks have
been added. Originals that have now become classics include “The
Most Exalted Potentate of Love,” "Call of the Wighat,”
“You’ve Got Good Taste,” “I Ain’t
Nothin’ But a Gorehound,” and the studio surprise “Surfin’
Dead.” Covers include the theme from Faster Pussycat Kill!
Kill!, Hasil Adkin’s “She Said,” and the Count
5’s “Psychotic Reaction.”