Here's a RARE one for you all. You'll want to read my and more entry on this one.
Malarkey Men
The And More - The only information for this band online anywhere is a couple late 90s concert posters from Southern California.
That's not unusual right. Lots of small bands come and go and no information is available. But the lore of the physical media is kind of wild.
A teenager walked into Vintage Vinyl in St. Louis with a box from a presser (I don't know which) and wanted to sell them. The box was originally sealed before he opened it. Here's the crazy thing. He said they were found in his grandfathers house in Northern Missouri. He told staff his grandfather was a farmer, never left Missouri, and wouldn't even travel to St. Louis for family gatherings. Nobody in his family could figure where the records came from. How do 30 copies of some unknown late 90s Southern California band, still in a sealed box from a presser, make it to a near 100 year old farmer in Northern Missouri? I guess we will never know.
BUT the lore doesn't end there.... It actually gets crazier. Two people (one of which is a friend of mine) posted the music to Youtube. My friend even linked it to discogs (so it showed up as playable on the discogs page). Both posters got copyright strikes and the music taken down by someone claiming to be one of the original creators. AND the blog that had the images of the posters seems to have taken that entry down. (I couldn't find it anymore to post here at least).
After all of that is the music good... No. it sounds recorded in a bathroom. The instruments aren't played well and the production is even worse. I'm going to rate it 3/10 just for the lore.
If you want a copy Vintage Vinyl is sold out of them. I went back just a couple days ago to try and get a second copy.