[Pet Health Admin]

Customer Review: Bastardcore
Cows were a genuinely frightening live experience. The first time I saw them was on the tour for this album, in '92 or '93. They just exuded menace, real 1890s frontier nastiness. I mean, they were four guys with guitars in a rock club, not a very scary thing, but still. This is their best and in a weird way their poppiest record, though check out "Effete and Impudent Snobs" for a more disorderly garbagey take on the Cows experience. Shannon's trumpet is used to great effect and the moment when "Heave Ho" kicks in still makes me want to do David Lee Roth jump kicks around the room.
Customer Review: The pinnacle of The Cows
I saw the Cows several times, but one show in particular stands out. It would have been around the time Cunning Stunts was current, or perhaps Peacetika. Shannon wore his usual cowboy hat during the entire show, which was what he pretty much always did. It was coated in enamel spray paint or laquer or something. After finishing the last song in a full set that was probably at least an hour long, he finally took the hat off to reveal that he'd had a donut sitting on top of his head for the entire sweaty performance. He took a bite of the donut and threw it in the audience as hard as he could, hitting an unfortunate girl right in the face. This is generally regarded as the Cows' best album.


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