The Rude Gesture: A Pictorial History

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“The Rude Gesture: A Pictorial History”
Single by Shellac
Released	October 1993
Genre	Punk Rock
Label	Touch and Go Records TG123
Producer	Shellac
Shellac singles chronology
The Rude Gesture: A Pictorial History (1993) Uranus (1993)

The Rude Gesture: A Pictorial History was Shellac's first release ("Shellac Record #1"), 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.

The 7" comes in a hand-printed and folded sleeve with a sheet of liner notes which list the microphones used for recording, like "Lomo: 19a-19, 19a-13, 19a-9 (original Soviet tubes, for the prole sound)".

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side A 1.2 Side B 2 Personnel

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[edit] Side A

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

[edit] Side B

1. "Billiard Player Song"

[edit] Personnel

• Steve Albini - vocals, guitar, recording engineer
• Bob Weston - bass guitar, recording engineer (on "The Guy Who Invented Fire" and "Billiard Player Song")
• Todd Trainer - drums
• Camilio Gonzales (formerly of Naked Raygun) - bass guitar on "Rambler Song"

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