martini
ranch is:
andrew todd
bill paxton
Produced by
Greg Penny
Co-produced by Martini Ranch
Engineered by Joe Seta and Greg Penny
Recorded at Ground Control, Steanna, Master Control, Devo Studios,
L.A.
Mixed at Skip Saylor Recording
Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering
Beat Box and Programming: Greg Penny, Joe Seta, Martini Ranch
Assisted by Cliff Jones, Patrick MacDougal, Dan Nebenzal, John Shay,
Matt Freeman, Fred Howard, Russ Bracher
Collage: Lou
Beach; Design: Laura LiPuma; Booklet
photos: Chris Cuffaro ©1988
Bill and Andrew Todd of Devo started a band in 1988 called Martini Ranch (possibly named after the chain of restaurants? Don't yet know...). If you're into '80s new wave, you'll like it. And there are some recognizable cameos on the tracks, like Cindy Wilson of the B-52's on the tracks New Deal, World Without Walls and Hot Dog, and some not-so-recognizable cameos, like Judge Reinhold as the "whistler" on the track Reach .
Some interesting tidbits: Judge Reinhold also appeared in the video for Shadows of the Night (hear it in Real Audio, too) with Bill, as well as in the movie STRIPES, albeit Judge was much more visible in that flick (see our Games page). Several of the songs on HOLY COW appear in the movie BACK TO BACK (starring Bill and Apollonia (from PURPLE RAIN fame). Also starring in BACK TO BACK was the late Ben Johnson (also with Bill in THE EVENING STAR, who played Greg O'Hara in the original 1949 production of MIGHTY JOE YOUNG, a part Bill later landed in Disney's recreation.
Well, hear for yourself, and see if you agree! There are some small snippets from the album here (anything more I think is illegal for me to put online).
| .wav files Download Quicktime 4 | Real Audio
files 
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Hot
Dog and
(Brother)
Take It Out Produced
by Ivan Ivan, Engineered
by Joe Seta, John Ingoldsby,
and Rogert Feist
Hot
Dog additional
production and remix by Greg
Penny
How
Can The Labouring Man Find Time For Self Culture? Produced
and engineered by Bob
Casale
Instructions:
For .wav files Download
Quicktime 4
Just click on them, and a window should appear
with a Quicktime plug-in feed. This could take some time to play, so
you may want to download it instead.
For Real Audio
files
There's some glich I have yet to work out. If you
click on the file and it doesn't bring up RealPlayer, but instead you get
this scribble of coding, then download the files first before you play them.
Download
instructions
Right-click on the link, choose Save
Link As, and then just remember where you saved it to play it again.
All songs © 1988 Ranch Style Music administered by WB Music Corporation ASCAP except How Can The Labouring Man Find Time For Self Culture? © 1986 Ranch Style Music administered by WB Music Corporation ASCAP Lyrics reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
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