Album: Veterans of Disorder

Song Title

Time

Waterpark

Stop

Exception, The

Second Skin

Witch's Tit

Lunch Money

Yo Se!

Sickazz Dog

Coming Out Party

10)

Blue Is the Frequency

Album: Veterans of Disorder

Song Title

Time

Waterpark

Stop

Exception, The

Second Skin

Witch's Tit

Lunch Money

Yo Se!

Sickazz Dog

Coming Out Party

10)

Blue Is the Frequency

Performer Notes

Royal Trux: Neil Hagerty (vocals, guitar, pedal steel guitar, violin, whistle, ocarina, piano, organ, keyboards, synthesizer, bass, bass pedals); Jennifer Herrema (vocals).
Engineers: Mike Snyder, Christian Quick, Royal Trux.
Recorded between August 1998 and March 1999.
Royal Trux embodies the spirit of rock 'n' roll. Since kicking their debilitating drug habits before 1998's incendiary ACCELERATOR album, Neil Hagerty and Jennifer Herrema have been fired up by pure adrenaline. VETERANS OF DISORDER harnesses this newfound energy and builds on the sonic blueprint of its predecessor. Thankfully, Royal Trux has managed to retain its balance between chaos and melody, and Jennifer still sounds a little like Marge Simpson after a heavy night out, which is no bad thing.
The kick-ass opener "Waterpark" is about as direct as the Trux has ever been, sounding like a cross between the Stooges and Joan Jett. The group's fascination with calypso style rhythms is continued on "The Exception" and "Lunch Money," and both tracks are laced with weaving drunken guitars. "Blue Is The Frequency" delves into rock's past for some late '60s madness, while during the pop rush of "Second Skin," these veterans sound like teenage tearaways.

Professional Reviews

Q (11/99, p.132) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...bottleneck scrapes, whining nasal choruses and pseudo-pedal still howls dominate their usual ramshackle sound....A change of sorts..."

Alternative Press (10/99, p.108) - 5 out of 5 - "...The beauty of their current music is that within the enjoyment-oriented grooves and defined tales there is no loss of bent experimentation....simultaneously confounds and shows off Royal Trux as pros in anyone's game..."

The Wire (9/99, p.55) - "...The format may have changed, but the spirit remains the same....you may have heard it all before, but not like this....it's a long crazy descent through...unstructured sonic weirdness..."