The Rude Gesture: A Pictorial History

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"The Rude Gesture: A Pictorial History"
"The Rude Gesture: A Pictorial History" cover
Single by Shellac
Released October 1993
Genre Punk Rock
Label Touch & Go
Producer(s) Shellac
Shellac singles chronology
The Rude Gesture: A Pictorial History
(1993)
Uranus
(1993)

The Rude Gesture: A Pictorial History was Shellac's first release, a 3 song 7" on Touch and Go records. It was released in 1993 on vinyl format only. The brown smear on the cover was originally rumored to be real shellac, but is actually root beer concentrate.

[edit] Track listing

Side A:

  1. "The Guy Who Invented Fire"
  2. "Rambler Song"

Side B:

  1. "Billiard Player Song"

[edit] Band Member Info

Steve Albini - Vocals and Guitar

Bob Weston - Bass

Todd Trainer - Drums

Camilio Gonzales (formerly of Naked Raygun) - Bass on "Rambler Song".

The 7" comes in a hand-printed and folded sleeve with a sheet of liner notes obviously written by Steve Albini. 2/3 of the sheet lists the mics used for recording, like Lomo: 19a-19, 19a-13, 19a-9 (original Soviet tubes, for the prole sound)

Shellac Record #1, Touch and Go #123.