''Fatboy'' was the first studio album by the

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Moe. It was first released in 1992 as a cassette of which only 1,000 were released. The band re-released the album in September 1999 on CD.

Recording

The album was recorded in the Spring of 1991 at Happy House Studios, the second floor of an apartment in

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, which was owned/operated by Andrew Buscher. Over ten evenings, the album was recorded and mixed. The band used sixteen track audio for the recording and used

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s for vocals and solos. The band's original drummer, Ray Schwartz, left the group between the tracking and mixing in order to attend

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in New Paltz, NY. Soon after the album was finished, the band took on Jim Loughlin as their new drummer. "Yodelittle" was re-recorded for 1994's ''

Headseed ''Headseed'' is the second studio release from the jam band Moe, released on their own label, Fatboy Records. This was the first album to feature Jim Loughlin, and the only one on which he is the drummer. A re-recording of "St. Augustine" would ...

'' while an updated recording of "Spine Of A Dog" was featured on ''

No Doy ''No Doy'' is the first commercial release by the American jam band moe. through a major label, Sony Music Entertainment. "Spine of a Dog" is a re-recording of a song that originally appeared on the first moe. album, ''Fatboy'' (with an a cappel ...

'' in 1996. Both songs would go on to become standards of the band's live-set rotation, along with "Y.O.Y".

Track listing

#"Y.O.Y." (Garvey) – 5:15 #"Havah Nagilah -> Long Island Girls Rule"* (Derhak) – 4:54 #"Dr. Graffenburg" (Derhak) – 5:25 #"Don't Fuck with Flo" (Derhak) – 4:57 #"Yodelittle" ( Schnier) – 9:13 #"Spine of a Dog" (Derhak, Garvey) – 5:00 #"Sensory Deprivation Bank" (Derhak) – 4:51 #"The Battle of Benny Hill" (moe.) – 1:52 * Havah Nagilah ''was listed'' as a separate track on the original release. Subsequent releases now only list "Long Island Girls Rule" as the second track.

Personnel

Moe: *

Rob Derhak ''Robert Derhak'', also known simply as Rob, is the bass guitar player and a founding member of the American jam band moe. History Derhak's earliest known time performing as a member of a band was on Halloween 1989, playing at a party with guit ...

– bass, vocals *

Chuck Garvey Chuck Garvey is one of two guitarists for the American rock band moe. His playing has been influenced by Frank Zappa, Mick Ronson, David Bowie, Pete Townshend, Andy Summers, Jimi Hendrix, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. He lives in the Cincinnati, Oh ...

– guitar, vocals *Al Schnier – guitar, vocals *Ray Schwartz – drums Production: *Andrew Buscher – producer, engineer *Coulter Young – artwork

References

External links

moe. merchandise page
{{Authority control Moe (band) albums 1999 albums 1992 albums