The sad truth is you're just pathetic" which really struck a chord within me at the dawn of the goth movement - The Dead Milkmen quickly became one of my favorite bands. Oddly jangly guitars, a quick wit, and an odd turn of phase.probably my favorite being "You wear black clothes, say you're poetic. I guess if you apply the punk label to such things as Green Day and The Offspring.then yes I guess they were punk. Of course, to me punk has always referred to the 1970s punk like the Sex Pistols and the Ramones or the 80's hardcore Dead Kennedy and Black Flag. The Dead Milkmen are difficult to describe, their music can run the gambit of styles but they are most often described as a "satirical punk band." I could see that in the early days, but I think their music has long developed past the point of just being called punk. The Dead Milkmen reminded me of a more subversive, more adult version of Weird Al Yankovic. I was intrigued and as soon as he went out, I grabbed the album and played it straight veral times. Honestly, it still sticks out every time I flip through my records 25 years later. I wasn't sure what to think at first, most of the rest of his albums were "alternative" style music Violent Femmes, U2, REM (remember back when they were both alternative?) or heavy metal like Megadeth or Metallica.but this cartoony garish green and yellow cover didn't really seem to fit in with the rest. My older brother, brought home a vinyl copy of Big Lizard in My Backyard. I first encountered The Dead Milkmen when I was in sixth grade.
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