Artist: Royal Trux

Whatever happened to: Royal Trux?

Aug 30, 2008, 7:29am Snob's Music

This week we have an underground classic. Royal Trux were a late 80's/early 90's cult band. They built a solid fanbase touring with acts like Sonic Youth. The band was known for noisy, clattery garage rock which at times bordered on unlistenable. However, we haven't seen anything from the band since about 2002. So my question this week is: whatever happened to Royal Trux?

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Why I Hate Batman

Jul 8, 2008, 5:06pm A Bulldozer With A Wrecking Ball Attached

Oh, Batman. For the World's Greatest Detective , you've sure swallowed a load of shit. Comic Book Resources has another interview up with Christian Bale where the actor talks about how the movies he makes with Chris Nolan are true to Batman "creator" Bob Kane's vision. "I feel like we've kind of gone back to its roots, when I've spoken with friends of Bob Kane, relatives, they've said, 'No, he meant this to be a very dark character.' He always viewed what Adam West did so well [positively], but he was spoofing [...]

• Picture Atlantic - Slip Into the Sea
• Royal Trux - Steal Yr Face

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Artist:	Picture Atlantic
Title:	Slip Into the Sea
Link Text:	Slip Into the Sea
File Name:	4. Slip Into the Sea.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Artist:	Royal Trux
Title:	Steal Yr Face
Link Text:	Steal Yr Face
File Name:	a1 steal yr face.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Why my Dad hates Royal Trux: The Welcome return of Lo-Fi

Jun 15, 2008, 5:49pm Half Machine Records

Hello. I am Patrick. I became involved with Half Machine Records at the end of last year, helping out wherever possible and dressing slightly less preppy than Richard. I can't remember which, of the many sunday newspapers my family used to read, had decided to run an article on how Royal Trux spent a considerable amount of their record advance on acid, heroin and fur. It was detailed enough for my Dad to develop a considerable amount of dislike for the band and questioned why I would waste my money (his at the time) [...]

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The Surgery Is Closed

May 24, 2008, 3:00am The Devil Has The Best Tuna

No Doctors Genre: Psychedelic / Experimental / Rock Genre: San Francisco, Oakland, California Experimental San Franciscans No Doctors are back with their third album of clattering avant rock, the self released 'Origin & Tectonics' . The album is a swirling dervish of a record, an unsettling cacophony of distorted guitar riffs, squalls of saxaphone and disembodied vocals. It's like overhearing Pere Ubu [...]

• Rumble Ring
• Beefheart , Captain And The Magic Band - Observatory Crest
• No Doctors - Campaign Special
• No Doctors - Floating Woman
• No Doctors - Man With the Golden Gunt
• No Doctors - Tuning Th' Sundial
• Pere Ubu - Electricity
• Pere Ubu - Final Solution
• Royal Trux - Shockwave Rider

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Title:	Rumble Ring
Link Text:	No Doctors - Rumble Ring
File Name:	No Doctors - Rumble Ring.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Year:	2007

Artist:	Beefheart , Captain And The Magic Band
Title:	Observatory Crest
Link Text:	Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Observatory Crest
File Name:	Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Observatory Crest.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Year:	1974

Artist:	No Doctors
Title:	Campaign Special
Link Text:	No Doctors - Campaign Special
File Name:	No Doctors - Campaign Special.mp3
Bitrate:	256 kbps

Artist:	No Doctors
Title:	Floating Woman
Link Text:	No Doctors - Floating Woman
File Name:	No Doctors - Floating Woman.mp3
Bitrate:	256 kbps
Year:	2004

Artist:	No Doctors
Title:	Man With the Golden Gunt
Link Text:	No Doctors - The Man With The Golden Gunt
File Name:	No Doctors - Man With The Golden Gunt.mp3
Bitrate:	256 kbps
Year:	2002

Artist:	No Doctors
Title:	Tuning Th' Sundial
Link Text:	No Doctors - Tuning Th' Sundial
File Name:	nodoctors-tuningthsundial.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2007

Artist:	Pere Ubu
Title:	Electricity
Link Text:	Pere Ubu - Electricity
File Name:	PereUbu_Electricity.mp3
Bitrate:	199 kbps
Year:	1995

Artist:	Pere Ubu
Title:	Final Solution
Link Text:	Pere Ubu - Final Solution
File Name:	03 Final Solution.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1985

Artist:	Royal Trux
Title:	Shockwave Rider
Link Text:	Royal Trux - Shockwave Rider
File Name:	Royal Trux - Shockwave Rider.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1997

Brief News

Oct 27, 2007, 6:16pm Swan Fungus

This one has to be quick because I have a busy afternoon and evening. Whatever. Here's the news: - American kids are dumber than dirt, or so this piece in SFGate says. The high school teacher who provides quotes from the article isn't ashamed to call his students "overprotected and wussified," and state that they "don't spend enough time outdoors and don't get any real exercise, and therefore can't, say, identify basic plants, or handle a tool, or build, well, anything at all." Although I haven't written about it recently, talking about the dumbing-down of America was a [...]

• Je Suis France - California Still Rules
• Royal Trux - Liar

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Artist:	Je Suis France
Title:	California Still Rules
Link Text:	California Still Rules
File Name:	stillrules.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2007

Artist:	Royal Trux
Title:	Liar
Link Text:	Liar
File Name:	royaltruxliar.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1998

30 Over 30 #3: The Further Adventures of a Man with a Moustache

Jun 21, 2007, 5:27pm A Bulldozer With A Wrecking Ball Attached

Moustache by night, sailor's delight. Moustache by morning, sailor takes warning. MP3: Shockwave Rider - Royal Trux

• Royal Trux - Shockwave Rider

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Artist:	Royal Trux
Title:	Shockwave Rider
Link Text:	Shockwave Rider
File Name:	Royal Trux - Shockwave Rider.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1997

march, week 1

Mar 13, 2007, 12:06am A.M. 180

Ann Margaret - Everybody Needs Somebody Part 2 (Prins Thomas Edit) (2-4-hours.blogspot.com) Brenda Holloway - Every Little Bit Hurts (stylusmagazine.com) Cathy Davey - Sing for Your Supper (demo) (saidthegramophone.com) The Mighty Hannibal - Trying to Make it Through (saidthegramophone.com) Modest Mouse - People As Places As People (ampcamp.com) Tegan and Sara - Walking With a Ghost (Miami Horror Remix) (gorillavsbear.blogspot.com) [...]

• Ann Margaret - Everybody Needs Somebody Part 2 (Prins Thomas Edit)
• Brenda Holloway - Every Little Bit Hurts
• Cathy Davey - Sing for Your Supper (demo)
• Modest Mouse - People As Places As People
• Royal Trux - Sunshine And Grease
• Tegan and Sara - Walking With a Ghost (Miami Horror Remix)
• The Cure - Fire in Cairo (Digitalism Remix)
• The Mighty Hannibal - Trying to Make it Through
• The Police - The Bed's Too Big Without You
• Wilco - What Light

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Artist:	Ann Margaret
Title:	Everybody Needs Somebody Part 2 (Prins Thomas Edit)
Link Text:	Ann Margaret - Everybody Needs Somebody Part 2 (Prins Thomas Edit)
File Name:	ann_margaret___everybody_needs _somebody_part_2_prins_thomas_ edit_.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps

Artist:	Brenda Holloway
Title:	Every Little Bit Hurts
Link Text:	Brenda Holloway - Every Little Bit Hurts
File Name:	070306-bhurts.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps

Artist:	Cathy Davey
Title:	Sing for Your Supper (demo)
Link Text:	Cathy Davey - Sing for Your Supper (demo)
File Name:	Cathy_Davey_Sing_For_Your_Supp er.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps

Artist:	Modest Mouse
Title:	People As Places As People
Link Text:	Modest Mouse - People As Places As People
File Name:	modest mouse_People As Places As People.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Artist:	Royal Trux
Title:	Sunshine And Grease
Link Text:	Royal Trux - Sunshine and Grease
File Name:	Royal Trux - Pound for pound - 06 - Sunshine And Grease.mp3
Year:	2000

Artist:	Tegan and Sara
Title:	Walking With a Ghost (Miami Horror Remix)
Link Text:	Tegan and Sara - Walking With a Ghost (Miami Horror Remix)
File Name:	walking with a ghost (miami horror r.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps

Artist:	The Cure
Title:	Fire in Cairo (Digitalism Remix)
Link Text:	The Cure - Fire in Cairo (Digitalism Remix)
File Name:	Fire-In-Cairo--Digitalism-Remi x-.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Artist:	The Mighty Hannibal
Title:	Trying to Make it Through
Link Text:	The Mighty Hannibal - Trying to Make it Through
File Name:	Trying_To.mp3
Bitrate:	149 kbps
Year:	2001

Artist:	The Police
Title:	The Bed's Too Big Without You
Link Text:	The Police - The Bed's Too Big Without You
File Name:	The Police - The Beds Too Big Without You.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1979

Artist:	Wilco
Title:	What Light
Link Text:	Wilco - What Light
File Name:	wilco_whatlight.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2007

the dead shed no tears for the living

Feb 9, 2007, 7:31pm Armagideon Time

Jim Corrigan is a tough-as-nails police detective. He is also the Spectre, an undead angel of vengeance. He may seem unhappy with his lot, but approaches his ordained task with great creativity. Great creativity. Bottom line: Don't fuck with the Spectre. [...]

• New Model Army - Vengeance
• Play Dead - Judgement
• Royal Trux - The Spectre
• The Psychedelic Furs - The Ghost In You

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Artist:	New Model Army
Title:	Vengeance
Link Text:	New Model Army - Vengeance
File Name:	New_Model_Army_-_Vengeance.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1984

Artist:	Play Dead
Title:	Judgement
Link Text:	Play Dead - Judgement
File Name:	Play_Dead_-_Judgement.mp3
Bitrate:	256 kbps
Year:	2001

Artist:	Royal Trux
Title:	The Spectre
Link Text:	Royal Trux - The Spectre
File Name:	Royal_Trux_-_The_Spectre.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1993

Artist:	The Psychedelic Furs
Title:	The Ghost In You
Link Text:	The Psychedelic Furs - The Ghost in You
File Name:	The_Psychedelic_Furs_-_The_Gho st_in_You.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Tempura Soul by Fuka Vicente (buy) Bomb Shelter...

Jan 15, 2007, 1:47am Disco:Very

Tempura Soul by Fuka Vicente ( buy ) Bomb Shelter by The Drags ( buy ) Israelites by Desmond Dekker ( buy ) Nice New Outfit by Fugazi ( buy ) Transformation Mistriss by Cosmo Vitelli ( buy ) Yo Se by [...]

• Impossible Things » 02_Impossible_Things_#2.mp3
• Bob Sinclar Feat. Farrell Lenn - Tennessee_Club_Mix
• Cosmo Vitelli - Tranformation Mistress
• Desmond Dekker - Israelites
• Fugazi - Nice New Outfit
• Fuka Vincente - Tempura Soul
• Jr. & His Soulettes - Pop Junior Pop
• Psapp - King Kong
• Royal Trux - Yo Se
• The Drags - Bomb Shelter
• The Magnetic Fields - Plant White Roses
• Volcano Suns - Noodle on the Couch

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Link Text:	Impossible Things
File Name:	02_Impossible_Things_#2.mp3

Artist:	Bob Sinclar Feat. Farrell Lenn
Title:	Tennessee_Club_Mix
Link Text:	Tennessee Club Mix
File Name:	Tennessee_Club_Mix.mp3
Year:	2006

Artist:	Cosmo Vitelli
Title:	Tranformation Mistress
Link Text:	Transformation Mistriss
File Name:	05_Tranformation_Mistress.mp3
Genre:	Electronica/Dance
Year:	1998

Artist:	Desmond Dekker
Title:	Israelites
Link Text:	Israelites
File Name:	09_Israelites.mp3
Genre:	Reggae
Year:	1969

Artist:	Fugazi
Title:	Nice New Outfit
Link Text:	Nice New Outfit
File Name:	03_Nice_New_Outfit.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Genre:	Alternative & Punk
Year:	1991

Artist:	Fuka Vincente
Title:	Tempura Soul
Link Text:	Tempura Soul
File Name:	14_Tempura_Soul.mp3
Genre:	R&B
Year:	2004

Artist:	Jr. & His Soulettes
Title:	Pop Junior Pop
Link Text:	Pop Junior Pop
File Name:	1-14_Pop Junior_Pop.mp3
Genre:	Children's Music
Year:	1971

Artist:	Psapp
Title:	King Kong
Link Text:	King Kong
File Name:	08_King_Kong.mp3
Bitrate:	211 kbps
Genre:	Rock
Year:	2004

Artist:	Royal Trux
Title:	Yo Se
Link Text:	Yo Se
File Name:	07_Yo_Se.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Genre:	Alternative & Punk
Year:	1999

Artist:	The Drags
Title:	Bomb Shelter
Link Text:	Bomb Shelter
File Name:	01_Bomb_Shelter.mp3

Artist:	The Magnetic Fields
Title:	Plant White Roses
Link Text:	Plant White Roses
File Name:	17_Plant_White_Roses.mp3
Genre:	Alternative & Punk
Year:	1995

Artist:	Volcano Suns
Title:	Noodle on the Couch
Link Text:	Noodle On The Couch
File Name:	06_Noodle_on_the_Couch.mp3
Genre:	Rock
Year:	1989

Tempura Soul by Fuka Vicente (buy) Bomb Shelter...

Jan 15, 2007, 1:47am Disco:Very 2005

Tempura Soul by Fuka Vicente ( buy ) Bomb Shelter by The Drags ( buy ) Israelites by Desmond Dekker ( buy ) Nice New Outfit by Fugazi ( buy ) Transformation Mistriss by Cosmo Vitelli ( buy ) Yo Se by [...]

• Bob Sinclar Feat. Farrell Lenn - Tennessee_Club_Mix
• Cosmo Vitelli - Tranformation Mistress
• Desmond Dekker - Israelites
• Fugazi - Nice New Outfit
• Fuka Vincente - Tempura Soul
• Jr. & His Soulettes - Pop Junior Pop
• Looper - Impossible Things #2
• Psapp - King Kong
• Royal Trux - Yo Se
• The Drags - Bomb Shelter
• The Magnetic Fields - Plant White Roses
• Volcano Suns - Noodle on the Couch

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Artist:	Bob Sinclar Feat. Farrell Lenn
Title:	Tennessee_Club_Mix
Link Text:	Tennessee Club Mix
File Name:	Tennessee_Club_Mix.mp3
Year:	2006

Artist:	Cosmo Vitelli
Title:	Tranformation Mistress
Link Text:	Transformation Mistriss
File Name:	05_Tranformation_Mistress.mp3
Genre:	Electronica/Dance
Year:	1998

Artist:	Desmond Dekker
Title:	Israelites
Link Text:	Israelites
File Name:	09_Israelites.mp3
Genre:	Reggae
Year:	1969

Artist:	Fugazi
Title:	Nice New Outfit
Link Text:	Nice New Outfit
File Name:	03_Nice_New_Outfit.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Genre:	Alternative & Punk
Year:	1991

Artist:	Fuka Vincente
Title:	Tempura Soul
Link Text:	Tempura Soul
File Name:	14_Tempura_Soul.mp3
Genre:	R&B
Year:	2004

Artist:	Jr. & His Soulettes
Title:	Pop Junior Pop
Link Text:	Pop Junior Pop
File Name:	1-14_Pop Junior_Pop.mp3
Genre:	Children's Music
Year:	1971

Artist:	Looper
Title:	Impossible Things #2
Link Text:	Impossible Things
File Name:	02_Impossible_Things_2.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Genre:	Pop
Year:	1999

Artist:	Psapp
Title:	King Kong
Link Text:	King Kong
File Name:	08_King_Kong.mp3
Bitrate:	211 kbps
Genre:	Rock
Year:	2004

Artist:	Royal Trux
Title:	Yo Se
Link Text:	Yo Se
File Name:	07_Yo_Se.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Genre:	Alternative & Punk
Year:	1999

Artist:	The Drags
Title:	Bomb Shelter
Link Text:	Bomb Shelter
File Name:	01_Bomb_Shelter.mp3

Artist:	The Magnetic Fields
Title:	Plant White Roses
Link Text:	Plant White Roses
File Name:	17_Plant_White_Roses.mp3
Genre:	Alternative & Punk
Year:	1995

Artist:	Volcano Suns
Title:	Noodle on the Couch
Link Text:	Noodle On The Couch
File Name:	06_Noodle_on_the_Couch.mp3
Genre:	Rock
Year:	1989

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Nov 6, 2006, 2:04pm Moistworks

BLOOD Babes in Toyland Fontanelle Reprise : 1992 [Buy it] THE SAME BOY YOU'VE ALWAYS KNOWN The White Stripes White Blood Cells V2 : 2001 [Buy it] JUNKIE NURSE Royal Trux Royal Trux Drag City : 1992 [Buy it] I went to my gym this evening to cancel my membership. It was time for "Let's be honest, Joanna, you haven't [...]

• Babes in Toyland - Blood
• Royal Trux - Junkie Nurse
• The White Stripes - The Same Boy You've Always Known

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Artist:	Babes in Toyland
Title:	Blood
Link Text:	BLOOD
File Name:	BabesinToyland_Blood.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Genre:	Alternative
Year:	1992

Artist:	Royal Trux
Title:	Junkie Nurse
Link Text:	JUNKIE NURSE
File Name:	RoyalTrux_JunkieNurse.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Genre:	Alternative
Year:	1992

Artist:	The White Stripes
Title:	The Same Boy You've Always Known
Link Text:	THE SAME BOY YOU'VE ALWAYS KNOWN
File Name:	WhiteStripes_SameBoy.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Genre:	Alternative
Year:	2002

Royal Trux- The Sewers of Mars

Sep 22, 2006, 7:03pm There Stands the Glass

Royal Trux- The Sewers of Mars It should come as no surprise to those familiar with Neil Hagerty that he came off as a jerk to a journalist in this recent interview. It's part of his madcap charm, I suppose. He and his current band, Howling Hex, are in my town Saturday night. I've only bothered to see the guy perform once, with Royal Trux, in Toronto, and that was probably

• Royal Trux - The Sewers Of Mars

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Artist:	Royal Trux
Title:	The Sewers Of Mars
Link Text:	Royal Trux- The Sewers of Mars
File Name:	02 The Sewers Of Mars.mp3
Year:	1995

There's So Many Ways Around It

Sep 5, 2006, 12:00am Fluxblog Is So Hot Right Now

The following three songs are the centerpiece of a mix cd that I compiled over the course of the weekend. I'm a bit out of practice when it comes to creating mixes. I used to make them for people all the time, but this site has generally replaced/upgraded/expanded my impulse to select and share songs with people, and I now reserve carefully sequenced mix making for special occasions, and for special people. Don't even bother to ask what the full tracklisting for the mix is, or for your own copy -- though it's not designed as one of those "every [...]

• Brush - To Reiko
• Royal Trux - Stop
• Unrest - West Coast Love Affair

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Artist:	Brush
Title:	To Reiko
Link Text:	Brush "To Reiko"
File Name:	brush_toreiko.mp3
Year:	1971

Artist:	Royal Trux
Title:	Stop
Link Text:	Royal Trux "Stop"
File Name:	royaltrux_stop.mp3

Artist:	Unrest
Title:	West Coast Love Affair
Link Text:	Unrest "West Coast Love Affair"
File Name:	unrest_westcoastloveaffair.mp3
Year:	1993