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The Lazy Cowgirls
12+ albums
punkGarage Punkspotifypunk rockrock
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Punk rock band formed by vocalist Pat Todd, guitarist D.D. Weekday (aka Doug Phillips), and bassist Keith Telligman, who left their hometown of Vincennes, Indiana, in 1981 to move to California, hoping to get a rock band off the ground. In 1983, they finally settled on fellow Indiana refugee Allen Clark as a drummer, and began hitting the L.A. club circuit as The Lazy Cowgirls. After countless shows playing to “no one, and people from work” (according to Todd), the band caught the ear of Chris Desjardins (aka Chris D.), former leader of art-punks The Flesh Eaters. Desjardins got the band a deal with Restless Records, and produced their self-titled debut LP in 1984. The album didn’t quite reflect the band’s powerhouse live show, and they were soon dropped from the label. After two years of local shows and occasional touring, Bomp Records came to the rescue by releasing the band’s second long-player, Tapping The Source, which came much closer in capturing the fire of their live show on plastic, and merged fifth-gear originals like “Goddamn Bottle” and “Can’t You Do Anything Right?” with stripped-down covers of “Justine” and “Heartache.” The following year, the newly-founded indie label Sympathy For The Record Industry opened for business with Radio Cowgirl, a souvenir of the band’s high-octane live set at KCSB-FM in Santa Barbara. Following yet another bout of long touring, the band cut the near-definitive How It Looks — How It Is in 1990, but years of hard work with little
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