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Fear and Whiskey is the fourth studio album by English rock band the Mekons. It was released in 1985 and marked a dramatic shift in their sound following a short hiatus.
Fear and Whiskey was the first great statement of "shambolic punk" band the Mekons, and yes, it is as great as all their rabid fans have always said (though "the greatest rock album in...
Fear and Whiskey (1985), The Edge of the World (1986) and The Mekons Honky Tonkin' (1987) exemplified the band's new sound, which built on the innovations of Gram Parsons and blended punk ethos and left wing politics with the minimalist country of Hank Williams.
Sep 20, 2019 · Inspired by folk, honkey-tonk and Cajun music and boasting a pathological fear of closing time. Mekons’ 1985 album Fear and Whiskey came out of a chaotic period of reinvention that followed the demise of Mekons mark one when Andy Corrigan and Mary Jenner left the band.
Fear, Whiskey and Punk Rock: The Story Behind the Kick-Ass Mekons Doc. A new documentary on the veteran first-wave punk/country band charts a long, strange career. By Eric Hynes. March 25,...
Jul 21, 2014 · We can partly thank, or blame, the Mekons for that, as those who obsess in finding the fateful point at which punk and country first intersected into “alt-country” typically point to the Mekons’ ramshackle 1985 masterpiece Fear and Whiskey. The real question is, what difference does it even make?
Sep 11, 2006 · After more than half a decade as agitated Leeds punks, having been spawned from the same scene that birthed Gang of Four and The Au Pairs, The Mekons released the album that would go down in history as the first “alt-country” recording, Fear and Whiskey.
