It is I the Dutch Hercules, Crawling From the Underground Grotto After a Too Long Hiatus.

A decade spent in my basement toy room /satanic shrine/ torture chamber for neighborhood cats/ Pilsner brewing cave/ and High grade ganga farm. On any given nite you'll find me down there guzzling my drink of choice Bombay Saphire, reefin' on Lucky Strike non-filter heaters , whilst watching Seka and Vanessa Del Rio Beta videos, poking pins in the Hank Rollins voodoo doll and drunk driving in my '59 Ford Galaxie 500.(ya there's a test track down there too!)(I'm a multi taskin' mutuhufucka!) I agree the world needs me more now than ever. Your humble servant returns like a prodigal son, bearing a gilded silver platter bearing Ten Fold Hate…I'M BACK MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!!!!!!!! Thought you were done with my saggy ass didn't ya? WRONG ASSFACE! My recent comeback special in Detroit May 26, 2007 sparked an inner desire to return for another go-round. Why you might ask? Hearing the throngs of cheers and jeers from the chrome dome neanderthal lunkhead contingent, lit a fire in my sack to return to the soap box to preach the gospel of musclehead aggro once more!

No this isn't another pathetic comeback from some washed up has been, trying to cash in on the next generations version of punk..Music has always a hobby for me..just a fraction of my totality, and it's time the world gets re-exposed to the Dutch Hercules in all of his infinate butt cheese!

As we work on our new platter of all my favorite cover songs from the 60's 70's and 80's entitled THE MEATMEN 'Cover The Earth' we, THE MEATMEN SHOWBAND & REVUE wanna hit some selected lucky hot spots and rage!! I'm working on some new foxy stage duds as we speak, polishing up the confetti cannons, hitting the weight machine, hanging heavy houshold objects from my genitalia..all in preperation to show you fucks from any and all age brackets, a real double barrel assault of musclehead aggro as it should be....its only fitting I skipped town on DC in '99 and came back to the birthplace of raunch & roll..Michigan..a real state filled with real people..and it is from the mitten that I begin my rock & roll rebirth... rising like an aging Phoenix..sans a few feathers , but still sportin' a major sack fulla piss n vinegar..You ready to take the Meatmen mud rocket straight up yer winkin' pink brownie cave? Sure hope so... cuz there aint no stoppin us now...the MEATMEN are cumming back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DVD COMING SEPTEMBER 2nd! - 'The Devil's In The Details' Volume 1 will feature footage from 28 years of Meaty Mayhem..Currently punk scholar, archivist and master DVDologist Dirk Boinker is burning the late nite oil putting it all together. We are compiling all the raw footage from the every decade of meat, live footage, my TV foray, our spoof of VH1 long running 'Behind The Music', tons of assorted nuttiness we have painstakingly gone thru in our never ending effort to bring you the the best!  We will be doing at least 2 volumes cuz no way we could fit it all on one!

TOUCH & GO -THE BOOK! -That’s right kiddies you heard hit here first..my minions are currently peddling Touch & Go Fanzine in its entirety in book form, and judging from the interest from major publishers this WILL happen..Not only will you get every page from this wonderful zine that DS and I created, but there will be a flyer section featuring many legendary Midwest Hardcore shows from back in the day, commentaries from many luminaries in the punk/indie world, and more. I've been wanting this to happen and the fact that it WILL happen gives me major wood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NEW VIDEOS - Check out some choice new footage of The Meatmen playing live at the Crofoot Ballroom in Pontiac, Michigan in May 2008.

MORE SHOWS ANNOUNCED - Get off yer asses and come see the one and only Meatmen. The following tour dates have just been confirmed...

August 21, 2008 - at The Khyber - Philadelphia, PA
August 22, 2008 - at Europa - Brooklyn, NY
August 23, 2008 - at The Middle East - Cambridge, MA (w/Unnatural Axe/The Nasties/The Queers)
September 13, 2008 - at the Jigsaw Saloon - Cleveland, OH

For more info contact Stranglehold Booking in Detroit..see the contact page and make us an offer we can't refuse!

NEW T-SHIRTS! - We've got 5 kick-ass new shrits including the classic Trunk Dick and Pushead Blood Sausage designs! Check out our Merchandise page and order now!

FUZZ.COM! - On Wednesday, May 7th The Meatmen will dominate every possible feature of Fuzz.com and its new online editorial component, "The Fix", whose Editor-in-Chief, Maureen Herman, has a special place in her heart for The Meatmen, harkening back to her days shrink-wrapping Meatmen releases while
working at Touch and Go between Babes in Toyland tours. (She also folded Killdozer posters.)

The Meatmen will take over:

• Free Download of the Day
• Exclusive Video of The Day
• The Fuzz Interview (Tesco Vee)
• Unsung Heroes (a regular feature where a music journalist highlights an overlooked, under-appreciated, or obscure band that deserves some pointed attention
• Featured Artist
• The Meatmen Mixtape
• Quote of the Day (Tesco Vee)
• And of course... The Meatmen's Fuzz page at http://meatmen.fuzz.com

IN THE NEWS - Read the latest interview with Tesco Vee on the re-birth of The Meatmen in Detroit's Metro Times. The Meatmen play March 22, at Small's Bar, 10339 Conant St., Hamtramck; 313-873-1117; smallsbardetroit.com.

TESCO VEE FOR PRESIDENT! - Make a bold statement about who should be our next leader with a new t-shirt and stickers! Check out our Merchandise page for these and a new poster from Punk Rock Picasso Craig Holloway.

ROCK & ROLL JUGGERNAUT, WE’RE THE MEATMEN AND YOU STILL SUCK, and POPE ON A ROPE CD’s AVAILABLE NOW! - Get 'em now from our Merchandise page. We will also be putting some classic T shirt designs back into print. If you have a special request for something you'd like to see re-popped drop us a line!

NEW MEATMEN CD? YOU FUCKIN’ KIDDING ME? - Yeah that's right I've always wanted to blaze a trail thru my favorite tuneage of all time, so I am putting together of collection of the tastiest musical cocktails ever recorded -with a Meaty twist. I wanna suprise you with my selections but suffice to say you will not be dissapointed.

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