Vedder Vedder Bedwetter Explained

Vedder Vedder Bedwetter
Type:	album
Artist:	To Live and Shave in L.A.
Cover:	To Live and Shave in LA - Vedder Vedder Bedwetter.jpg
Released:	^[1] ^[2]
Recorded:	–
Genre:	Noise
Length:	71:24
Label:	Fifth Colvmn
Producer:	Tom Smith
Prev Title:	30-minuten männercreme
Prev Year:	1994
Next Title:	"23" of 26 State and Federal Obscenity Determinations
Next Year:	1995

Vedder Vedder Bedwetter is the third studio album by To Live and Shave in L.A., released on May 16, 1995 by Fifth Colvmn Records.^{[3] [4]} It is recognized by critics as a particularly "harsh" entry in the noise music genre.^[5]

Music

Vocalist Tom Smith spent the free time he had during the recording sessions of 30-minuten männercreme to mix the album, while Frank Falestra continued to record his own parts for their debut.^[6] The album included sessions taped with Don Fleming at Waterworks in NYC, radio and live performances recording during the band's 1996 tour that featured accompaniment by Weasel Walter and Nándor Névai and their own live performances without collaborators. Smith attributes being inexperienced as a recording technician and said:

Release and reception

Sonic Boom was thoroughly negative towards the band and their music, saying "the feedback coupled with the screaming vocals of which not a single intelligible word can be understood lacks any enticement that would allow for the establishment of a fan base."^[7] Despite reserved expectations, Jeff Bagato at Washington City Paper mostly enjoyed the album while noting the "impenetrable" nature of the music's noise genre.^[8]

Composers Frank Falestra and Tom Smith share opposing views of the album, with Falestra holding that it represents a strong point in the band's career while Smith describes it as "oafish bluster" and considers it the band's worst work. Writer Andrew Earles accused the work of not being "biting" or modern despite the intention to illustrate such in artist's name and album titles.^{[9] [10]} The Flying Luttenbachers bandleader Weasel Walter, guitar, tenor saxophone, trombone, has also expressed his dissatisfaction with the end result.^[11]

Personnel

Adapted from the Vedder Vedder Bedwetter liner notes.^[12]

To Live and Shave in L.A.

• Frank Falestra (as Rat Bastard) – bass guitar, engineering (1–5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 20, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 33)
• Bill Orcutt – guitar (1, 3, 4, 9, 12, 17, 23, 26, 29)
• Tom Smith – lead vocals, electronics, production, recording and engineering (1–5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 20, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 33)

Additional performers

• Don Fleming – guitar and backing vocals (22)
• Ned Hayden – alto saxophone (11)
• Jared Hendrickson – guitar (6, 11, 14, 19, 25, 28, 31, 32), backing vocals (19)
• Nándor Névai – trombone (8), guitar (10)
• Weasel Walter – guitar (4, 6, 7, 10), tenor saxophone (8, 34), trombone (34)
• Ben Wolcott – effects

Production and design

• Greg Chapman – liner notes
• Zalman Fishman – executive-production
• Syd – illustrations
• Greg Talenfeld – engineering, recording and mixing (6, 11, 14, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31)

External links

• Vedder Vedder Bedwetter at Bandcamp
• Vedder Vedder Bedwetter at Discogs (list of releases)

Notes and References

1. Becky . Barnhart . Schwann Spectrum . . Stereophile, Incorporated . 1996 . Winter 1996–1997 . 177 . 9781575980386 . August 18, 2020.
2. Becky . Barnhart . Schwann Spectrum . . Stereophile, Incorporated . 1996 . 9 . 2 . 266 . 9781575980782 . August 18, 2020.
3. Web site: John . Bush . [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000175312|pure_url=yes}} To Live and Shave in L.A.: ''Vedder, Vedder, Bed Wetter'' > Overview ]. . August 18, 2020.
4. Greg . Baker . Program Notes 42 . . . February 2, 1995 . August 18, 2020.
5. Leveer . Lijah . To Live and Shave in L.A.: Noon and Eternityl . . tinymixtapes.com . 2006 . August 18, 2020.
6. Web site: Frank . Falestra . Rat Bastard's TLASILA Chronicle: Self Promotion Is Obsolete . squelchers.net . May 15, 2013 . August 18, 2020.
7. Chris . Christian . To Live & Shave in L.A.: Vedder Vedder Bedwetter . Sonic Boom . September 1995 . 3 . 6 . August 18, 2020.
8. Jeff . Bagato . "Helen Butte" vs. Masonna Pussy Badsmell . . Duc Luu . January 24, 1997 . August 18, 2020.
9. Book: Earles, Andrew . Noise Annoys . The Overrated Book . . February 25, 2015 . 9780867196573 . August 18, 2020.
10. Ray . Brassier . Ray Brassier . Genre Is Obsolete: Noise, Industrial & Drone etc. . Multitudes, No. 28 . Spring 2007 . August 18, 2020.
11. Web site: Adam . Strohm . pipeline5 Interview: To Live and Shave in LA 2 . . 2001 . August 18, 2020.
12. Vedder Vedder Bedwetter . Vedder Vedder Bedwetter . . 1995 . booklet . . Washington, DC.