In which the Flemions wrote and sang first-person accounts of racismįrom characters who were mostly African-American. Since I Had a Man." Facetiously billing the Frogs as "gay supremacists," Homestead turned It's Only Right and Natural into an underground success, and for their next album, the Frogs planned to up the outrage factor with Racially Yours, Cosloy was quite taken with what the FrogsĬalled their "made-up songs," partially improvised as the tape rolled,Īnd he assembled 14 of their dozens of "made-up" tunes into an album.ġ989's It's Only Right and Natural consisted of eccentric folk-rock numbers dealing with homosexuality, suggesting a fusion of David Bowie's Hunky Dory and Tyrannosaurus Rex,Īnd embracing a gleeful tastelessness on songs like "I Don't Care If Uĭisrespect Me (Just So You Love Me)," "Dykes Are We," and "Been a Month Recordings by the Flemion Brothers made their way to Gerard Cosloy, then running the noted indie label Homestead Records. Little notice, but a few months later, a set of lo-fi living room Tightrope between power pop and glam rock the album came and went with Released their self-titled debut album, a set of tunes that walked a
Were part of the band's low-budget stage spectacle. Shows in the Midwest, along with wigs and faux-glam rock costumes that The Frogs' enthusiastic embrace of the absurd and the outré made itself know early on, when Jimmyįashioned a large pair of wings (resembling those of a bat or an angel,ĭepending on who you ask) he took to wearing on-stage at their frequent Theįlemions started playing coffeehouse gigs in their hometown as a duo,Īnd expanded to a three-piece with the addition of bassist Jay Tiller, who also worked with the group Couch Flambeau. Often performing and recording without further accompaniment. Would work with the group over the decades, the Flemions would remain (both doubled on keyboards), and while a number of other musicians The Frogs were formed in 1980 by two brothers from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, guitarist Jimmy Flemion and percussionist Dennis Flemion
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