MR. EPP & THE CALCULATIONS
Of Course I’m Happy, Why?
7″ Vinyl EP (1982)

SOMETIMES-BUT NOT VERY OFTEN-A SMART-ALECK PRANK TURNS INTO SOMETHING THAT FLIPS SHIT ON ITS BACK.  MR. EPP WASN’T EVEN A BAND WHEN ITS MEMBERS BEGAN PUTTING UP POSTERS FOR NON-EXISTENT SHOWS.  WHEN THEY ACTUALLY PLAYED, THEY WERE DUBBED “THE WORST BAND IN THE WORLD” (THEY WEREN’T) AND A FEW YEARS LATER IT WAS CLAIMED THEY “INVENTED” GRUNGE (THEY DIDN’T)  BECAUSE MARK ARM HAD ONCE CALLED MR EPP “PURE GRUNGE.”  IT DIDN’T MATTER AND IT DOESN’T MATTER.  MR. EPP’S ONLY SINGLE ENCAPSULATES HOW AND WHY A GARDEN VARIETY HARDCORE BAND FORMED BY A HANDFUL OF DISAFFECTED, SARCASTIC KIDS ENDED UP BEING AN EMBLEM OF SEATTLE’S ABILITY TO INNOVATE, CHANGE, AND ABSORB THE ZEITGEIST DURING THE 1980s. THIS IS FROM THE ORIGINAL PRESSING.  SIDE ONE LABEL HAS A SMALL DISCOLORED AREA, BUT OTHERWISE IN GREAT SHAPE.  THE COVER AND INSERT ARE 21st CENTURY RE-PRINTS.

SIDE ONE
Mohawk Man | No Rights
SIDE TWO
Wild Youth On Money | Red Brigade | Acceptance

Bass – Todd Why (Todd Morey) | Drums – Darren Mor-x (Darren Morey / Dorothy Kent) | Guitar – Mark Arm  | Vocals – Jo Smitty (Jeffrey Smith) | Produced by Johnny Rubato (John Rogers) | Engineer – Jack Weaver | Recorded at Triangle Recording Studios, Seattle WA | Pressed By – A+R Record Manufacturing Corporation  (8202×61) Dallas, TX | Phonographic Copyright ℗ Eppa Dog Music
Copyright © Eppa Dog Music

CONDITION: NM
Pravda – PRO711 (1982)
Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM