Jackknife-Flat Top Fucker (1991)


 

Artist: Jackknife

Title: Flat Top Fucker

A: Stuck Up Art Bitch B: Flat Top Fucker/Go Johnny Go!

Label: IMP Records

Format: 7"

Catalog Number: n/a

Year of Release: 1991

Country and Year of Edition: US 1991

Sell Price: $4.38

Sell Date: 2/15/25

Condition: VG+/VG+

Discogs Last Sold: 2/11/25 VG+/VG+ $4.00

Low: $2.49

Median: $5.00

Average: $5.90

High: $13.16

Current Low Price: $6.33

Current Number on Sale at Discogs

Have/Want: 97/28

Where Sold:  Girard, PA

Time It Took To Sell:  9 years

Where and When Bought: $3.99 In Your Ear sticker still on it from Allston, MA

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+

Sad To See It Go: Yes

Los Angeles noise rock trio debuted with this single (my first anyway, Grunen Rocks has this as second on the discography) on Portland's IMP Records, home of Calamity Jane, The Spinanes, Crackerback, Mudwimmin and Oswald Five-O.  They moved on to the better distributed Sympathy For The Record Industry shortly after that.

As for this clearly Pussy Galore influenced slab, the title track is paired on the B-side with a 28 second blast called "Go Johnny Go" that cannot be streamed.  The other two are easily found.  The guitarist Rich sings the A-side, I don't know if the bass player Sandra or drummer Lara sing the B, but it is the vocal performance of the release.  

While this lineup has women in it, the lyrical content and subject matter is more “mean girls” than textbook Riot Grrrl. There was plenty of that to come.  The cover is vaguely pornographic but censored just enough to make it reasonable for mass distribution on the noise rock circuit and on the Discogs website, although whoever uploaded the two tracks to YouTube used the "cleaner" back cover epitomizing the "Art Bitch" found on the A-side.  

The "flat top" is still there, the "fucker" part is implied.

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