Guided By Robert Pollard
Richard Meltzer, Robert Pollard, Smegma & Antler

Lineup: 
Robert Pollard
Richard Meltzer

Richard Meltzer, Robert Pollard, Smegma, Antler & Vom
The Completed Soundtrack For
The Tropic Of Nipples
(CD)
(2002)
1
 Smegma - The Valium Restaurant
2
 Antler - Ovarian Angel Architect
3
 Smegma - Kerouac Never Drove, So He Never Drove Alone
4
 Antler - Industry Standard
5
 Smegma - Corduroy
6
 Antler - Mosquitoes Dropped Their Javelins
7
 Antler - Pressurized
8
 Smegma - Chowder, Anyone?
9
 Antler - All For Sex And Better Whiskey
10
 Smegma - The Sonny Liston Fan Club
11
 Antler - Tykie Love (Text Book Memorial Hemmingway)
12
 Smegma - Tropic Of Nipples
13
 Vom - Electricute Your Cock
14
 Smegma - Tropic Of Labia
15
 Antler - World's Coolest Rock Star
16
 Vom - Too Animalistic
17
 Antler - Revolver Tricks
18
 Smegma - Gotta
19
 Vom - Punkmobile
20
 Vom - God Save The Whales (Live At Rhino 12-77)
21
 Vom - I Live With The Roaches
22
 Vom - I'm In Love With Your Mom
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Richard Meltzer, Robert Pollard, Smegma & Antler
The Tropic Of Nipples
(7" EP on Green Marble Vinyl)
(2002)

   Side 1
1
 Smegma - The Valium Restaurant
2
 Antler - Ovarian Angel Architect
3
 Smegma - Kerouac Never Drove, So He Never Drove Alone
4
 Antler - Industry Standard
5
 Smegma - Corduroy
6
 Antler - Mosquitoes Dropped Their Javelins
  Side 2
1
 Antler - Pressurized
2
 Smegma - Chowder, Anyone?
3
 Antler - All For Sex And Better Whiskey
4
 Smegma - The Sonny Liston Fan Club
5
 Antler - Tykie Love (Text Book Memorial Hemmingway)
6
 Smegma - Tropic Of Nipples
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Richard Meltzer, Robert Pollard, Smegma, Antler & VOM -
The Completed Soundtrack For The Tropic Of Nipples
2002
by Propellerless

I know, I know, I’m sure many GBV fans hated this release.
But for someone like myself who grew up twisting my mind
on Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention and Captain Beefheart,
I really enjoyed it.

If you are looking for something along the lines of
“Do The Collapse” you are barking up the wrong tree,
no pop/rock anthems here.
but fans of GBV’s earlier noisy eps may enjoy this.

Other’s will see this as an unorganized mess,
not me, I quite enjoy it.
and I’ve listened to it many times.

Joining Bob on this Off-the-Wall project is Richard Meltzer,
former music credit for Creem and Crawdaddy magazines.
Melter also wrote songs for Blue Oyster Cult,
and he co-wrote their hit “Burning For You.”

Originally a limited 7” vinyl ep on green vinyl,
The cd version includes over 23 minutes of early punk fun with
Richard Meltzer’s 70’s punk band VOM, which he was lead singer of,
making their cd debut here.
After Meltzer left the band the went on to become The Angry Samoans.

Not sure who Smegma is, might be Meltzer on vocals,
but Antler is Bob with GBV members in some form or another.
Special appearances by Geo and Jim Shepard.

This release combines Garage, Punk and even Free Jazz,
with plenty of spoken word.
Recommended for late night listens,
it’s like a radio show from some Demented Dimension.

Quite fun it you can open you mind to it.

Bob, I’m still waiting for the movie.