"Knock Yourself"
(Rat Box 1987, split with Idiot (the))
TRACK LISTING:
1. Knock Yourself
Released on vinyl in 1987 (released on Not Even Pretty+ in 1994)
Track available via Not Even Pretty+ for download on iTunes, Amazon and eMusic

Patricia Rowland - vocals
Lindsey Thrasher - guitar
Lawrence Crane - bass/vocals
Steve Bragg - drums

Produced and engineered by Greg Freeman
Recorded Oct-Nov 1986 at Lowdown Studios, San Francisco, CA (originally credits were listed under its first, temporary name, Garage D'Or Studios)
Guest musician: Doug Roberts - cornet, trombone

Front cover design by Larry Crane
Inside art by Scud Mandrill

Music written by Bragg, Crane, Rowland, Thrasher - lyrics by Chas Neilsen
Song published by Spenching Music, BMI
Copyright 1986


Inside artwork


Disc artwork


"Okay, I'll try to explain this. First, Idiot (the) were really good friends of ours, most of whom had graduated from Chico State and formed this band in the Bay Area. So Chas, the singer, gives us the words to this song and says something like, 'Write your own music for a version of this and we'll do the same.' So we do, and in fact I think John McKinley probably wrote the main chord progression (sorry John). Garry Henkel from Idiot (the) pressed these up, with their version on the flip, and in fact some were on green vinyl. An image of Terri Manning, Barbara's sister, appears on our side of the vinyl inside label as we forgot to hand in artwork for the label, but that was okay because everyone loved her." -LC