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Band: Poison Idea
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 4:33 pm
by itchy mcgoo_Archive
I was never a big PI fan, though I did make an effort to see their "last show ever!" on about three different occassions.
Matt larcombe wrote:The Pig's dead? That's too bad. Although, i think the amazing thing is that he managed to live this long.
That blows my mind, too. A buddy of mine was in a band with him in the mid-90's (the Submissives?) and I remember going to pick up records a couple of times at the practice space/warehouse/venue where Pig also lived. He struck me as the most fantastically unhealthy person I have ever seen. And I was volunteering at an AIDS hospice at the time. His skin was even more grey than his ever-present heather grey sweats.
Wherever he is, I know he's a lot more comfortable now.
Band: Poison Idea
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 11:51 pm
by unpoppy_Archive
I just found this article about Pig Champion from a less-than-thrilled-old-friend of his :
Pig Champion—Death of a Rat
Tom "Pig Champion" Roberts (the fattest one in the picture), guitarist and founder of Portland's most famous punk-rock band (that's not saying much, I know) Poison Idea has FINALLY been found dead at age 47. I've yet to see any confirmation of the CAUSE of his death, but it MAY have been related to the fact that whenever I hung out with him—which used to be a lot—he was either smoking crack, drinking malt liquor, or shooting heroin...CONSTANTLY. The first night I met him, there was literally not a MOMENT over the span of six hours where he wasn't either ingesting intoxicants or preparing them for ingestion.
Poison Idea, particularly Pig, made loud noises about how anyone who snitched on another man should be a dead man, how corrupt "The Badge" made people, and how we'd turned into a "Nation of Finks." He even recorded an album with the singer of the band Millions of Dead Cops. Being a "solid criminal" was a huge part of Pig's public persona.
Fine.
Too bad that in practice, Tom Roberts was a police informant. I should know.
The incident—revolving around when my psycho mistress smashed a rival in the head with an axe handle—is dealt with in Shit Magnet. It wasn't until I was jailed and handed a stack of police reports by my lawyer that I saw the name "Tom Roberts" listed on a report, alongside the address where I knew Pig Champion to be living. He had spoken to police about the incident.
cont :
http://www.jimgoad.net/cgi-bin/yabb/YaB ... 1138875836
Band: Poison Idea
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 8:48 am
by placeholder_Archive
So, are you actually Jim Goad?
unpoppy wrote:I just found this article about Pig Champion from a less-than-thrilled-old-friend of his...
Band: Poison Idea
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:30 am
by unpoppy_Archive
placeholder wrote:So, are you actually Jim Goad?
I am not a Goad, no.
Band: Poison Idea
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 9:44 pm
by soylasagna_Archive
FYI...
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/09/arts/ ... 9sann.html
Poison Idea makes the Times (registration required, of course).
Band: Poison Idea
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:08 pm
by Sebastian J_Archive
NOT CRAP!
Band: Poison Idea
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 12:09 pm
by LBx_Archive
NOT CRAP for the 1st two albums.
what's up with the bonus tracks on the Taang(?) reissues. tracks from the same sessions that would not fit on the media of the period i imagine?
i can listen to Pick Your King at any given moment.
Band: Poison Idea
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 12:45 pm
by timpickens_Archive
Pick Your King and Darby Crash Rides Again are very choice.
Not Crap
Band: Poison Idea
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 1:58 pm
by fiery jack_Archive
I've got a big soft spot for
the punish me 7"
Band: Poison Idea
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:38 am
by Mark Hansen_Archive
"Punish Me" is indeed a great song.