As time went on, Royal Trux learned to actually play their instruments and started to write actual songs, but they never lost the sloppy, grimey style that characterized their early work and, for that matter, the work on Pussy Galore. The band started off by carrying on the noisy, chaotic style of Pussy Galore as their first few albums, like their self-titled album and Twin Infinitives, were unlistenable noise. Royal Trux was founded as a collaboration between Hagerty and his then girlfriend Jennifer Herrema. Of the three, Royal Trux did the most to carry on the spirit of Pussy Galore, despite the fact that Royal Trux’s co-founder, Neil Hagerty, was only in Pussy Galore for about one full-length and a few EPs. When Pussy Galore broke up in 2000, their members embarked on a plethora of new projects, but there were three main bands that were formed in the wake of the Pussy Galore breakup: Boss Hog, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, and Royal Trux. There are conflicting legends about how the Exile on Main Street cassette came to be, with some claiming it was a dare from Sonic Youth, while others say that guitarist Neil Hagerty, who we’ll be talking about in more detail in this review, came up with the idea and convinced his bandmates. which, if you can get your hands on it, is one of the funniest pieces of music you’ll ever hear, with band members, at times, simply explaining what the songs are supposed to sound like, and filling in instrument parts by making vaguely musical sounds with their mouths.

The height of their career was when they chose to record a cassette-only track for track cover of The Rolling Stones Exile on Main St. In a strange way, they were paradoxically a good band, epitomizing the spirit of punk in a way few bands could. But they reveled in their horribleness, which was part of the appeal. They were still very enjoyable, depending on your disposition, but objectively they played truly terrible music marked by sloppy, amateurish musicianship and crude, off-color lyrics. Once upon a time there was a band called Pussy Galore, and they were horrible.

Royal trux white stuff