1998

IT'S A SICK WORLD, BETTY  (Roehenge Records)
Cheesy Love Song (Schwartz)
Neckbrace Girl (Roe)
Mary, Mary (parody by Steve Lord)
Baby Back Ribs (Neid) Download Mp3
The Theme from Spiggitz! (Lord) Download Mp3
A+ Woman (Schwartz) Download Mp3
Copperfeelings (Roe) Download Mp3
Never Love Again (Schwartz) Download Mp3
Flash (Schwartz) Download Mp3
Gut-Thumping (Parody by Steve Lord)

Produced by Dale Roe

ANNOUNCEMENT 1/12/04: Now available PRESS ON DEMAND!

ONLINER NOTES:
For the longest time this album was going to be called Gag Order. It was recorded bit by bit from 1996 to 1998. With a flourish of recording in the fall of 98 the album was finished and released at our New Year's show that year. As for the title... This was a line from the sketch The Usual Suspects. The line stuck out to Dale and we all began talking about it . It was finally decided that it would be the album's title and we would run a contest on New Year's where the audience would pick, from the listing in the program, which sketch would feature this line. The ones who got it right would be qualified to win the CD. It worked brilliantly. The groan when Dan punched the line out was wonderful.
- E.S. 2001

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Even more than the writing or recording of this album, I remember driving back from ATV Labs in Cicero with the box of 100 'Betty' CDs. It was SO cool. Nobody had CD burners then, so to have a real album of ours on CD was awesome. Unfortunately, I didn¹t have a CD player in my car, so I had to wait Until I got back to work to plug one into my Mac and give it a spin. It sounded SWEET. There are things that still bother me about this CD; most notably the background vocals on 'Neckbrace Girl' and the false note at the beginning of 'Spiggitz.' I'm also not entirely happy with the lack of guitar power and low end on 'Gut-Thumping' (and I should have used Steve¹s real trombone). But it was so cool to be able to pass these discs out to the group at rehearsal. And every once in awhile when I pop it in to listen to in the car, it really holds up well. Our new stuff is a lot more slickly produced, but 'Betty' really has a nice acoustic pop to it.

- Dale