Artist:  Tater Tots

Title:  Alien Sleestacks From Brazil

Date:  1988

Label:  Gastanka / Giant Records   GR16010-1

Cover Art By:  Tuesday Starmaker, Bill Bartell and Robert Raffin

Executive Producer:  Phillip K. Dick

Notes:  With a title reference to the "Land of the Lost" and a penchant for Beatles covers this record should be a lot more fun than it is. And to top it off Danny Bonaduce, he of Partridge fame or infamy depending on personal proclivity, makes an appearance. The melding of Lennon and Queen works fairly well and the version of "Tomorrow Never Knows" is interesting at the very least, but it's their fascination with Yoko Ono that taints most of what they touch. While a gag is funny for a short time, overuse of the rubber chicken fails to have legs upon repeated flailings. The entire second side of this record consists of five takes of the Ono tune, well I guess it would really be stretching it to call it a tune, let's settle on the term "piece" and go with that. The five takes of the "piece" range from 2:12 to 2:51 and all become overly annoying after the first :10 or so. But one must remember that this was purchased for the novelty value and not the music per se. I do have another of their records which it quite listenable overall, but this…..well…. The cover art looks to the Yellow Submarine era and has the Ono figure front and center. The producer credit goes to well known science fiction figure Phillip K. Dick, interesting if true…

Line Up:

Jeff McDonald:  vocals, big bongos, guitar, lead guitar on "Bat Macumba"
Pat Fear:  lead guitar, vocals, sitar, weird noises on "Tomorrow Never Knows", slide, bass, piano
Steve McDonald:  vocals, fuzz bass, lead guitar on "Bat Macumba", drums on "Kyoko"
Pat Ruthensmear:  vocals, guitar, lead guitar on "We Will Rock You"
Trace Element:  drums, vocals, aqualoppaerobics
Special Guest Tater:
Danny Bonaduce:  vocals