Released 1989. 23 original tunes featuring the usual cast of suspects: Roger Klug, Paul Abrams, Jay Mattingly. Some good stuff from the 4-track days (dating back to '85) up to the dawn of the 8-track era.
The first Offenders album - "Things That Really Piss Me Off!!" (released '90)- graces side B: Post-punk rants about society-n-stuff. The Offenders was really just Paul Abrams and myself, but it grew into something totally unexpected. . . . "Besides" is really more properly termed "B-sides" - here are some 'also-rans' and outtakes from other projects. All kinds of too-weird-for-pop junk on this side of the tape.
The second Offenders effort (released '91) got top billing on this tape, along with inspiring a suitably-offensive cover. Paul Abrams joins me for another slightly-more-comedic-but-still-jaundiced look at the world. Both Offenders tapes enjoyed fairly heavy airplay on WAIF. Jill Haarlander adds a guest vocal track on "Everyone Must Live Up to His Stereotype". . . . . Side B is called 'Music for Films That Never Existed', and that's a pretty accurate description. It's just 45 minutes of instrumental stuff. Roger Klug helped write one of 'em.
