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1988 unmarried by The Dead Milkmen

"Punk Stone Girl"
Punk Rock Girl - Dead Milkmen.jpg
Unmarried by The Dead Milkmen
from the anthology Beelzebubba
B-side
  • "Ringo Buys a Burglarize"
  • "Life Is Shit"
  • "Silly in the Daylight"
Released December 1988 (1988-12)
Recorded 1988
Studio Arlyn Studios (Austin, Texas)
Genre
  • Pop punk
  • comedy rock
Length 2:xl
Characterization Enigma
Songwriter(southward)
  • Joseph Genaro
  • Dave Schulthise
  • Rodney Linderman
  • Dean Sabatino
Producer(s)
  • Brian Beattie
  • Mike Stewart
The Dead Milkmen singles chronology
"Instant Club Hit (You'll Trip the light fantastic to Anything)"
(1987) 		"Punk Rock Girl"
(1988) 		"Smokin' Assistant Peels"
(1988)

"Punk Rock Girl" is a song by American rock band The Dead Milkmen. It was the commencement single released from the band'southward fourth anthology Beelzebubba (1988). Released in December 1988, the track was primarily composed past guitarist and vocaliser Joe Genaro and bassist Dave Schulthise, though it is credited to all four ring members. The idea backside the song was to create a punk rock nursery rhyme; every bit such, it is a uncomplicated love vocal, written from the perspective of a sheltered boy dreaming of a rowdy, runaway girlfriend. Lyrically, it depicts the duo bonding over tape-shopping and eating pizza.

The song was recorded with producer Brian Beattie in Austin, Texas. In improver to the band's normal lineup, the song besides incorporates an accordion. Beattie hoped to emulate the quality of the quartet's original demo, by ensuring the guitar solo seemed stifled or imperfect. "Punk Stone Girl" makes several popular culture references, from comedian Minnie Pearl to musicians Mojo Nixon and the Beach Boys. Information technology mentions several locations in the band'south hometown of Philadelphia, including the counter-culture shop Zipperhead.

The rail was the group'due south biggest commercial hit; it peaked at number eleven on Billboard 'due south Mod Stone Tracks chart, the band'south merely such entry on the charts. Its music video was a surprise success when it was picked up by MTV, where it became a staple of the era. The song has been considered one of the first pop punk hits, as well as a quantum for the comedy rock genre. "Punk Rock Daughter" remains the band'due south best-known vocal, and has been covered by numerous artists and licensed for a variety of media. The song is the namesake of a stage musical past Joe Iconis that beginning premiered in January 2022.

Background [edit]

"Punk Rock Daughter" was written several years prior to its recording, primarily by Genaro and Schulthise. Genaro had simply graduated from Temple University and was working in its library when a musician friend spoke about wanting to write a punk stone-inflected plant nursery rhyme. Using this as his footing melodically, Genaro wrote much of the song but stalled when running out of words that rhymed with "daughter". He enlisted the assistance of Schulthise, who contributed a reference to comedian Minnie Pearl, besides as the discussion "beau". The 2 were uncertain it would fit within the Dead Milkmen'due south catalogue, and took to performing it within a side project they called Ornamental Wigwam. They received positive responses from audiences, who suggested they share information technology with their main band, though it took them several years to do so.[1]

Composition [edit]

"Punk Rock Girl" has alternately been described as a popular punk[ii] and comedy rock vocal.[3] The story of the song is penned from the perspective of a character who is non interested in punk rock music, only a punk rock girlfriend.[1] Genaro describes the protagonist as a "heart of the route" kid who just wants to "walk on the wild side".[4] In the vocal, the narrator meets the titular girl one Saturday evening, and launches "into a serial of colorlessness-fugitive, punk-themed adventures with her".[iii] The song references several locations from the band's hometown of Philadelphia: the couple meet at Zipperhead, a legendary counterculture wear store in the city.[5] From at that place, they venture to the Philadelphia Pizza Company, a real-life pizza shop open up at the time of the song's release.[6] When the waitress explains they only serve iced tea over hot tea, the duo hop onto the table and rebel, crying out "anarchy".[3] Steve Huey of AllMusic observes that Genaro's vocals are ofttimes "spoken-more-than-sung, stream-of-consciousness lyrical rants".[3]

The song besides makes reference to psychobilly musician Mojo Nixon, whose albums the couple search for a record store, to no avail.[7] It as well alludes to the rock band the Beach Boys. Their cover of "California Dreamin'", which the song references, was released in 1986.[eight] Genaro's concept was that the protagonist of the vocal–a sheltered, conservative kid–might not know the original version and error the Beach Boys' cover for the original.[4] Equally the song progresses, the listener discovers the punk-rock girlfriend has stolen a cassette record and may maybe be the daughter of the Vice President of the United states of america (at the time of the unmarried's popularity, Dan Quayle).[3] The song concludes with the quartet finding increasingly creative ways to rhyme words with "girl", including "Duke of Earl", "Minnie Pearl", and "fudge assistant swirl".[three]

Recording and production [edit]

Somewhen, the song was recorded for the band'south 4th anthology, Beelzebubba (1988). It was produced past friend Brian Beattie, and recorded at Arlyn Studios in Austin, Texas. The group had forged a friendship with the producer over the years, having hosted each other when performing in the band'due south hometown of Philadelphia, and in Texas, where Beattie resided. They had previously worked with the producer on their last album, Bucky Fellini (1987). The album was recorded over the period of a month, during which the grouping rented a dwelling with a pool, which made them "[feel] like rock stars." The anthology was largely recorded live in the studio's main tracking room, with vocals overdubbed in one calendar week afterward. Mike Stewart engineered the sessions, and was credited as the album'south co-producer.[i]

Beattie suggested incorporating an accordion in the song, and lent Genaro i to larn how to apply over the grade of a weekend. He only improved at the instrument plenty to play the melody with his right manus, and Beattie overdubbed the left-handed part himself. The final piece of recording was double-tracking the total-ring chorus at the vocal's conclusion. Beattie found the effect amusing, comparison it to the Sherman Brothers' song "It'southward a Small Globe".[1] For Genaro's guitar solo, Beattie attempted to capture Genaro's original demo track, which was poorly-recorded. To achieve an imperfect sound, Beattie pushed the compression on the mix using a 1176 Elevation Limiter.[1]

Music video [edit]

The "gritty" and "low-upkeep"[ix] music video was partially filmed at the abased Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia.[x] Parts of the video were filmed at Zipperhead, "a popular counterculture shop on Philly'due south Southward Street" which is mentioned in the vocal.[11] It was directed past Adam Bernstein.[12] [13]

The video was outset added to MTV'south rotation the week it reached its peak position on the Billboard charts;[14] peaking at number one on the channel'due south Dial MTV request listing.[15] Several years later, the song saw a resurgence in popularity when information technology was featured in a segment of MTV'south animated serial Beavis and Barrel-head, in which B&B criticized the band's lax mental attitude and numerous mistakes and Barrel-head noted on seeing the video's decision where the eponymous woman and a ring member steal a man's motorcar and drive away "a real punk rock daughter would eat this guy alive".[16] MTV included the video among its almanac yearbook of videos from 1988 on its website, calling it among the "biggest, best, near memorable music videos".[9]

Commercial performance and reception [edit]

"Punk Rock Girl" was first issued as a seven" single in the U.S. by Engima in December 1988.[17] It debuted on Billboard 'southward Mod Rock Tracks nautical chart on Jan 7, 1989 at position 27;[18] information technology spent ten weeks on the chart,[19] peaking at number eleven on February 4, 1989.[20] Information technology was issued as a single in the Uk with comprehend art, illustrated by artist Melissa Bell, on February thirteen, 1989.[21] To promote the single, the band guested on Society MTV with host Downtown Julie Brownish, a show typically relegated for dance artists. The channel demanded the quartet lip-sync their taped performance, and to agree, the band got MTV to agree to some weather: a tuba for Linderman, an oversized drum kit that Sabatino ends up playing lilliputian of, and more. The band viewed the opportunity as a joke, and still found it "hilarious" years later.[22]

Jason Heller wrote virtually the song in a 2012 slice for The A.V. Society examining classic singles. He chosen it "a archetype pop song: well crafted, well played, well produced, and impeccably infectious." Heller praised the tune as "rife with smart, subversive flourishes: The asthmatic accordion. Genaro's strangulated united nations-solo. And some sly, mischievous runs from founding bassist Dave "Claret" Schulthise."[11] AllMusic'southward Ned Raggett, reviewing Beelzebubba, singled out the song for praise, calling it "near-perfect" and commenting, "Sprightly and catchy, information technology mixes the unexpectedly tender, sweet side of the ring with the usual drawling sense of humor."[23] The song has been covered by MxPx,[24] Ben Gibbard,[25] Diesel fuel Boy,[26] and Streetlight Manifesto.[27]

The song was licensed as featured music in the video game Tony Hawk's Project viii (2006),[28] and used on the Fox tv set show Raising Hope.[4]

Legacy [edit]

Zipperhead, the iconic punk clothing shop in Philadelphia'southward South Street commune referenced in the song

"Punk Rock Girl" was ane of the kickoff punk rock crossover hits, and balances betwixt the genre'south early days and its poppier, more mainstream interpretation.[29] The Dead Milkmen were among the outset artists to proceeds attending playing this more melodic strain of punk, like fellow genre pioneers NOFX and Green Day. Notwithstanding, Genaro declined to be considered part of the "pop punk" scene; in a 2015 interview, he stated he "[doesn't] really think that we fit into that genre. I don't know what genre that we fit into".[29] The band'due south bear upon on subsequently musicians, specifically through the wide popularity of "Punk Rock Girl", is evident. MXPX covered the vocal in 2009 on their album On the Cover II. Tom DeLonge, guitarist for Glimmer-182, recalls that his kickoff concert was the Dead Milkmen and mentions "Punk Stone Daughter" fondly in an interview with Rolling Stone in 2019.[xxx] Steve Huey of AllMusic writes that the single was "1 of the beginning one-act rock songs from the alternative globe to suspension through to a wider audience; in that sense, information technology prefigured the mail service-grunge breakthrough of a wave of quirky collegiate comedy bands".[iii]

For the Milkmen, this newfound spotlight was fleeting and not to their liking. The label pushed Genaro to write more than songs to characteristic his solo vocals, to capitalize on the success of the single, but the group refused.[22] Their follow-up anthology, Metaphysical Graffiti (1990), received a divided response from fans and critics, and stalled the band'due south momentum.[31] Afterward the band broke up in 1995,[32] the band members got solar day jobs but continued to occasionally pursue music office-time.[9] Since 2008, the Milkmen have recorded ii new albums and accept continued to bout; "Punk Rock Girl" remains the ring's best-known vocal.[four]

The song is also the namesake and championship track of a stage musical by Joe Iconis, which had been in evolution in 2018 and 2019.[33] Information technology premiered on-stage at the Argyle Theatre in Long Island, New York during Jan 22 through February 27, 2022.[34]

Formats and track listing [edit]

Personnel [edit]

Adjusted from Beelzebubba 's liner notes.[35]

Charts [edit]

References [edit]

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External links [edit]

  • Lyrics of this song at Genius

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