Beautiful Mess (Thelonious Monster album)
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Beautiful Mess is the fourth full length album for Thelonious Monster
. Two versions of the album were released.
European version
Additional musicians:
Thelonious Monster
Thelonious Monster is a post-punk rock band from Los Angeles, led by singer-songwriter Bob Forrest. Active from 1983 to 1994, and again since 2004, the band has released five original studio albums...
. Two versions of the album were released.
Track listing
- I Live in a Nice House
- Blood Is Thicker Than Water
- Body and Soul?
- Adios Lounge
- I Get So Scared
- Song for a Politically Correct Girl From the Valley
- Ain't Never Been Nuthin' for Me in This World
- Bus With No Driver
- Vegas Weekend
- Weakness in Me (by Joan Armatrading)
- The Beginning and the End #12 N 35
European version
- I Live in a Nice House
- Blood Is Thicker Than Water
- Body and Soul?
- Adios Lounge
- I Get So Scared
- Song for a Politically Correct Girl From the Valley
- Ain't Never Been Nuthin' for Me in This World
- Bus With No Driver
- Vegas Weekend
- I Met an Angel
- A Little Bit Nervous
- You Want Me to Change
- Couple Of Kids
Personnel
- Bob Forrest — vocals
- Dix Denney — guitar
- Chris Handsome — guitar
- Pete Weiss — drums
- Jon Sidel — guitar
- Martyn LeNobleMartyn LeNobleMartyn LeNoble is a Dutch bassist and founding member of Porno for Pyros.LeNoble started his musical career by playing bass in a Dutch punk rock band when he was 14. In 1989, he moved to Los Angeles and played with the likes of Thelonious Monster and The Too Free Stooges...
- bass - Zander SchlossZander SchlossZander Schloss is a Los Angeles, California based musician, actor and composer. He is perhaps best known as bass player for The Circle Jerks and The Weirdos and for his contributions to a number of independent feature films. His first screen appearance was as "Kevin the Nerd" in Repo Man...
- guitar
Additional musicians:
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- Benmont Tench IIIBenmont TenchBenjamin Montmorency Tench, III is an American keyboardist best known as a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.-Early years:...
- Michael PennMichael PennMichael Penn is an American singer, songwriter and composer. He is the eldest son of actor/director Leo Penn and actress Eileen Ryan, and the brother of actors Sean Penn and the late Chris Penn.-Career:...
(backing vocals on "Body and Soul?") - Al KooperAl KooperAl Kooper is an American songwriter, record producer and musician, known for organizing Blood, Sweat & Tears , providing studio support for Bob Dylan when he went electric in 1965, and also bringing together guitarists Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills to...
- Sam BushSam BushSam Bush is an American bluegrass mandolin player considered an originator of the Newgrass style.- History :...
- Tom WaitsTom WaitsThomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...
(duets on "Adios Lounge")