I wanted to post a download link to Nix Nought Nothing but I was unable to find one. I am sure there are links floating around somewhere, I am just not in the mood to spend twenty-five minutes searching for one.
When I first started Deaf Sparrow it was my mission to dig up bands that I had loved in the past. Stiffs, Inc. was one of my first assignments. If I remember correctly, somewhere around 1995 I read a review of this album in Rip Magazine. Then I went to a The Wall music store located somewhere in Philadelphia and bought a copy of it.
At first listen, I hated it. At second listen, I thought it was just as unbearable and annoying. But I kept my copy which I dusted off when I moved to Missouri to attend undergrad school. Little by little, I kept on going back to Nix Nought Nothing until I realized I was forever sold on its Buzzcocks' like exuberance.
I know Stiffs, Inc. have a small cult following because I have been contacted several times regarding the Oral History piece on the band I posted here. I never intended this piece to be so long. At the start I just wanted to do a brief interview with one of the members of the band regarding the album. To my surprise, guitarist Paul Boering and the rest of the band were very eager to work on a comprehensive interview which ended up taking about two weeks to edit.
Anyway, I was just watching the show Oddities on the Discovery Channel when a familiar character showed up at the store with the intent of selling some sort of pump. The face and the attire got my attention. When the host of the store Obscura mentioned that his name was Whitey and that he was a regular at the store I realized that it was Whitey Sterling, the eloquent vocalist of Stiffs, Inc.
I love Nix Nought Nothing. I really do. It is brattish and youthful. It is upbeat and humorous. It brings back great memories and I wish, I could find a download link. If you are a fan of 70's punk I urge you to get it. You can find used copies for next to nothing online.
At first listen, I hated it. At second listen, I thought it was just as unbearable and annoying. But I kept my copy which I dusted off when I moved to Missouri to attend undergrad school. Little by little, I kept on going back to Nix Nought Nothing until I realized I was forever sold on its Buzzcocks' like exuberance.
I know Stiffs, Inc. have a small cult following because I have been contacted several times regarding the Oral History piece on the band I posted here. I never intended this piece to be so long. At the start I just wanted to do a brief interview with one of the members of the band regarding the album. To my surprise, guitarist Paul Boering and the rest of the band were very eager to work on a comprehensive interview which ended up taking about two weeks to edit.
Anyway, I was just watching the show Oddities on the Discovery Channel when a familiar character showed up at the store with the intent of selling some sort of pump. The face and the attire got my attention. When the host of the store Obscura mentioned that his name was Whitey and that he was a regular at the store I realized that it was Whitey Sterling, the eloquent vocalist of Stiffs, Inc.
I love Nix Nought Nothing. I really do. It is brattish and youthful. It is upbeat and humorous. It brings back great memories and I wish, I could find a download link. If you are a fan of 70's punk I urge you to get it. You can find used copies for next to nothing online.
2 comments:
They are brilliant! I saw that same episode and recognized him as well -- he is adorable...I heard about them in Spin magazine in 1994/5(?) when I was just a weeun of 14 and found Nix Nought Nothing in our only music shop (I lived in a small town in western Canada). I was hooked and many years later found Electric Chair Theatre on CD Baby. Sure wish I could've seen them live at some point...
love this band. saw them live in NYC numerous times (i was 18 or so when "nix naught nothing" dropped).
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