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October
29th,
'98- 12:00
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EST Kevin McMahon's Prick was named the 90th best album of the 90s from the Alternative Press issue on page 85: Prick is listed as #90: Caught in the shadow of their label president and co-producer, Trent Reznor, Prick were largely written off at the time of their debut as NIN Lite. For those actually listening, though, the truth was as complicated as the band's music and history. The studio project of Kevin McMahon, Prick had roots in Cleveland and an early-'80's mod pop group called Lucky Pierre. A pre-fame Trent Reznor once joined a reunited version of the band in the mid-80's and eventually signed McMahon to the fledgling Nothing label. Chicken-or-egg arguments arose at the time, but McMahon wrote off similarities between Prick and NIN as the mutual appreciation of certain vibe in music. Reznor described the Prick vibe as "an electronic garage band," and that description still sticks. Produced by Reznor and McMahon with a connoisseur's taste in distortion and multilayered arrangements, the sexually punning matterial comes off like the work of T. Rex's Marc Bolan had he been give the Bionic Man treatment following his car crash. An aversion to epic tours didn't help McMahon establish himself outside the Nothing nest, but he's currently holed up in a Cleveland suburb penning songs for an as-yet-unscheduled follow-up that should help him cast his own, tall shade.(Nothing, l995) | |||||
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