What the Fuck is Going On!

TOUCH & GO FANZINE The Book is finally coming out!  All 23 issues will be released in 2010 and will feature commentary from many punk rock bigwigs... Publisher Bazillion Points brings you this long awaited re-pop of this seminal fanzine!

THE MEATMEN 'COVER THE EARTH' IS OUT NOW ! That's right since my side project 'Jeffrey Dahmer's Poopy Penis' didnt work out I'm releasing first new MEAT Platter in 13 fuckin years and it SHOWED UP ON MY DOORSTEP THIS MORNING!!!. (sorry no vinyl as this puppy clocks in at 1 hour and 4 minutes and double albums are fuckin pricey!) The Meatmen 'Cover The Earth' is a rockin romp thru the last 40 years of our favorite tunes...and you are seeing the run down here for the first time...24 fuckin songs baby..since we made yall wait we wanted to give you a platter veritablyboiling over with hot , juicy, glistening MEAT! We worked long and hard to get this meat as stiff and jizz laden as it could possibly be!!! ORDER ONLINE VIA PAYPAL ON OUR MERCH PAGE or by sending cash, check or money order to: The Meatmen Box 26112 Lansing,MI 48909 you want em signed by yours truly just let me know! Thanks to all of you who pre-ordered already - Yours will be out in tomorrow's mail! Tesco ,Big Dick, Pit Viper and Stinky Penis

Looky here at this lineup of tasty gems! MEATMAN - Jerry Lee Lewis BAD REPUTATION - Thin Lizzy LONER WITH A BONER / I SLEPT IN AN ARCADE - Black Randy & The Metrosquad I'M A BUG - The Urinals ME 262 - Blue Oyster Cult EPITAPH FOR A HEAD - J.D. Blackfoot HIGHEST POWER - GG Allin BIG BAD JOHN - Jimmy Dean FREEWAY MAD - Saxon SEX MACHINE - Crawling Chaos DON'T SHAKE ME LUCIFER - Roky Erickson VIBRATOR - Motorhead SEX MART 2010 - Shecky Schpilkus PSYCHEDELIC SHACK - The Temptations I LOVE LIVIN' IN THE CITY - FEAR WORST BAND IN THE WORLD - 10CC DOWNWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS - Black Market Baby SLUM GODDESS - The Fugs MOTORBIKIN - Chris Spedding THE SNAKE -Pink Fairies ONE TRACK MIND - Johnny Thunders SO LONG - ABBA WE DIDNT KILL EACH OTHER (but didnt we try) - DALLAS WAYNE

THE MEATMEN ON TOUR

NEW SHOWS ADDED! - That's right weenbags - The Meatmen are taking over the stage in a town near you in 2009.

• 4/16/2009 - 8:00 PM - 31st St Pub in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania w/Chapstik
• 4/17/2009 - 8:00 PM - STERLING HOTEL in Allentown, Pennsylvania w/Chapstik
• 4/18/2009 - 8:00 PM - VALENTINE'S in Albany, New York w/Chapstik
• 4/19/2009 - 8:00 PM - CLUB EUROPA in Brooklyn, New York w/Chapstik
• 4/20/2009 - 8:00 PM - THE BRIGHTON BAR, Long Branch NJ
• 4/21/2009 - 8:00 PM - THE RECORD COLLECTOR, Bordentown NJ
• 4/22/2009 - 8:00 PM - DC9 in THE DISTRICT!, Washington DC w/American Speedway
• 4/23/2009 - 8:00 PM - GREEN EGGS & HAM in Boone, North Carolina w/American Speedway
• 4/24/2009 - 8:00 PM - MILESTONE'S in Charlotte, North Carolina w/American Speedway
• 4/25/2009 - 8:00 PM - BERNIE'S in Columbus, Ohio w/American Speedway
• 5/14/2009 - 8:00 PM - BURT'S TIKI LOUNGE, SALT LAKE CITY, Utah
• 5/15/2009 - 8:00 PM - GUSTO'S in Boise, Idaho
• 5/16/2009 - 8:00 PM - FUN HOUSE, SEATTLE, Washington w/Chapstik
• 5/17/2009 - 8:00 PM - PLAN B, PORTLAND, Oregon
• 5/19/2009 - 8:00 PM - THEE PARKSIDE, SAN FRANSISCO, California
• 5/20/2009 - 8:00 PM - VELVET JONES, SANTA BARBARA, California w/Chapstik
• 5/22/2009 - 8:00 PM - THE RELAX BAR, HOLLYWOOD, California w/Chapstik
• 5/23/2009 - 8:00 PM - DOUBLE DOWN, LAS VEGAS, Nevada
• 5/25/2009 - 8:00 PM - LAUNCH PAD, ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico
• 5/26/2009 - 8:00 PM - ROCK BOTTOM in San Antonio, Texas
• 5/27/2009 - 8:00 PM - EMOS, AUSTIN, Texas

NEW! LIVE AT THE WILSON CENTER DVD -  Recorded in Washington DC in 1983. 1 hour long. See if you can spot Glen Danzig working the smoke machine! A clasic meat show for only $14.99 postage paid - Order Now!

DVD MENUS - Are you totally pissed off at the opening menu? We hope so!!!
Ok fucknuts here is your DVD CHEAT SHEET!

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! Order Now!

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.

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.