Tesco Vee's Hate Police-Crime Pays The Bills (1991)

 



Artist: Tesco Vee's Hate Police

Title: Crime Pays The Bills

A1Crime Pays The Bills
A2Kill Ugly Naked
B1Burp Gun Boogie
B2Anal Face

Label: Sympathy For The Record Industry

Format: 7"

Catalog Number: SFTRI 108

Year of Release: 1991

Country and Year of Edition: US 1991 Yellow Vinyl, Autographed

Sell Price: $6.36

Sell Date: 2/15/25

Condition: VG+/VG+

Discogs Last Sold: 10/2/22 NM/NM $19.95  YELLOW COLOR VINYL, SIGNED BY THE WHOLE BAND!! THIS IS THE RAREST VERSION OF THIS RELEASE, VERY FEW YELLOWS WERE MADE AND EVEN FEWER CAME SIGNED BY THE BAND!! 

Low: $6.36

Median: $8.00

Average: $10.38

High: $19.95

Current Low Price: $13.54

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 4

Have/Want: 28/19

Where Sold:  Girard, PA

Time It Took To Sell:  9 years

Where and When Bought: $4.49 Newbury Comics Boston--plastic sleeve has tell tale signs of ripped off Newbury sticker remnants

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B-

Sad To See It Go: Yes

Since this single came autographed, I thought maybe I bought it when I saw the band at T.T. The Bears in Cambridge at an afternoon matinee.  I saw what was supposed to be the last Meatmen tour at the Channel in Boston a few years before and this was the only other time I've ever seen Tesco in the flesh.  The Meatmen were a big deal in Boston and I played all the early classics that were on We're The Meatmen and You Suck.  Even though I stuck with them through their hard rock records, that release was the one for me.

Speaking of hard rock, I though it was weird that "Kill Ugly Naked" sounded almost like Metallica or something.  Then saw that it was from an Obsessed demo from 1985. Crimony!   It makes sense though since the Meatmen moved from Lansing to DC in 1983.  In this band the other autographers are gutarist  Keith "Ironlung" Campbell and drummer Neil Ekberg from Black Market Baby.  Second guitarist Tommy "Dog" Cohen and bass player Scotty Slade flesh the band out.  

The album Gonzo Hate Vibe was released in 1992, so I'm not sure if the versions streaming of this singles B-side are from there or not.  Somehow, I never knew this album was released even as it was reissued in 2007.  I guess I really fell off, but if I saw Tesco was coming to NYC I would be there.

1985-1991 were the years I truly cared.

FOR FURTHER REVIEW:

The Obsessed @ Union Pool, Brooklyn, NY 10/19/24


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