{"title":"Nomeansno","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"wrong-3","title":"Wrong","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt last, one of the all-time bat legends, Nomeansno has returned to Alternative Tentacles Records. The entire catalog no less, starting with their most beloved album, \u003ci\u003eWrong\u003c\/i\u003e. Using the original all-analog master, from the original mother, as engineered by George Horn, John Wright, and Jello Biafra.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNomeansno formed in a vacuum, in Victoria, British Columbia in 1979 and honing their sounds for years before relocating to Vancouver and releasing eleven albums over an almost forty year career, including a collaborative album with Jello Biafra, and numerous EPs and singles. Originally formed as a two-piece by brothers John and Rob Wright, and later joined by monster guitarist, Andy Kerr. Mixing hardcore punk, dark lyrics, and sophisticated arrangements boarding on prog, Nomeansno was massively influential and widely regarded as the first band to be referred to as “math rock”.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally released on Alternative Tentacles in 1989, \u003ci\u003eWrong\u003c\/i\u003e stands on its own and is still considered to be a much-loved classic. Allmusic called the album a masterpiece and a definitive jazz core album. In 2021, the album was voted by the public’s to win the Canadian Polaris Heritage Prize to honor classic Canadian albums released before the creation of the award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2015, drummer John Wright described the album as their “most popular album by a country mile” and to the St. Louis Music Press of Wrong’s success to the rise of alternative music and the success of Nirvana:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“That’s where all the buzz about us came from. We were touring throughout the States in the mid-80s, and we’d get a little bit of an audience here and there, but after a couple of years in Europe, we started doing some big shows there, and all of a sudden, people in the States were coming out to our shows. And we went from getting paid $200 to getting paid $1000. It was just like that. You had to have the buzz, and then it all just kind of blew up.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alternative Tentacles","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50531169304907,"sku":"2170119","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Red LP","offer_id":50531169173835,"sku":"2170118","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50531169468747,"sku":"2170123","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/f6a6c7bd-2e75-005e-5786-58c0c79ebb56_372d991e_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1728096812"},{"product_id":"in-the-fishtank-3","title":"In The Fishtank","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn The Fishtank\u003c\/strong\u003e is an ever ongoing project of Konkurrent, an independent music distributor in the Netherlands. In this collection, Konkurrent invites musicians to whom they feel strongly related to record. They are given two days of studio time and the freedom to do whatever they like musically.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Fishtank offers a space for expression and experimentation. The results may vary but are always surprising. This was the first Fishtank title, originally released in 1996, and includes a cover of The Residents' \"\u003cem\u003eWould Be Alive\u003c\/em\u003e\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nA1. \"\u003cem\u003eWould Be Alive\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\nA2. \"\u003cem\u003eThe River\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\nB1. \"\u003cem\u003eJoy\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\nB2. \"\u003cem\u003eYou're Not One\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\nB3. \"\u003cem\u003eBig Dick\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50932239925579,"sku":"2235247","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_43b4c32e_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1733337657"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/nomeansno.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}