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Friday night and the buzzing metropolis of Stornoway, SY, is where it's at, man. There's a rock'n'roll/literature/art thing going down in this remote mid-Atlantic prawn town that has yet to be discovered by any but the hippest and most discerning culture faoileags.

The scene in the Outer Hebrides' capital is often likened to that in grunge-era Seattle, but with better quality padded shirts courtesy of the Fishermens' Co-op. Or to Reykjavik in the late 90s but with slightly cheaper drink and without thon cove from Bl*r (so far).

But where things are happening so fast, success is transitory. Artists develop a paranoid sense for the things that might tell them they're no longer cool, and the slightest thing can trigger a spiralling persecution complex exaggerated by the small town microcosm in which it's all happening.

So it was a few years back, the night Memphis Louie Studebaker was refused entry to the Sea Angling after last orders despite his claims to be on the guest list (he wasn't). For Memphis the link was clear - no admittance to Crazy Lemon meant he was no longer Happening. The only way from here was via relationship breakdown and unemployment to abandonment by his band and a failure to get arrested.

Like everyone else in town, the very shops of Stornoway would turn their back on him , refusing to provide him with the means to end his misery. But on the plus side we got a song out of it.

Unfortunately "I'm a Reject" has taken so long to release that some of the shops it mentions are no longer with us.

lyrics

Verses (A/E)
Ma baby throwed me outta that door
She say ah don’t want you no more
Fact ah never liked ya – anywaaay
Git outta here be on your way

Ma boss throwed me offa ma job
He say ah might as well a hired me a dawg
Ah get more work from a – alley cat
Git outta here an don’t come back

Chorus (E/A & up to B)
(Hey Hey Hey)
Ah’m a Reject, Baby
(Hey Hey Hey)
Ah’m a Reject, Honey
Ain’t nobody want me around
Gonna jump in the harbour an’ drown

(Verse A/E)
Ma teacher throwed me outta the school
She say you just a damn ignorant fool
Ah sees no evidence of any brain cells
Don’t bother waitin’ for the bell

Middle bit (E/F#/A)
Ah’m a Reject (back & lead vox both)
Nobody want me around
Ah’m a Reject (back & lead vox both)


(Lead Break As Chorus)

(Verses A/E)
Dam warden throwed me outta the jail
Ah said hey man – I didn’t give you no bail
He said now boy - you just don’t git the point
The cons done paid me - to bust you out the joint
Ma group throwed me outta the band
You play the drums like you got - 2 left hands
You cain’t sing and you looks like A.Dick
You better leave here pretty quick

(Chorus Repeat)

Middle bit chord sequence (E/F#/A) repeat…
(Ah’m a Reject)
Yeah Nobody want me around
(Ah’m a Reject)
Well ah jumped in that harbour to drown
(Ah’m a Reject)
But the harbour done threw back ma ass
(Ah’m a Reject)
An Engie’s won’t sell me no gas
(Ah’m a Reject)
An T*mmy N*c*lson’s won’t sell me no match
(Ah’m a Reject)
An Al Cr*e won’t sell me dis-patch
(Ah’m a Reject)
An K*nny Fr*ggan’s won’t sell me no pills
(Ah’m a Reject)
An Sp*rtsworld won’t sell me no shells
(Ah’m a Reject)
An’ the Cr*fters’ won’t sell me no rope
(Ah’m a Reject)
An them Seceders won’t sell me no hope
(Ah’m a Reject)
An the Wearhouse won’t sell me no

credits

from 18 Gators In Space, released February 18, 2015
Memphis Louie Studebaker - Vocals
Ossian Stormwatch III - Vocals
Leroi Z Coondawg - Geetars, Bass, Vocals, Drum Programming

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Memphis Louie & The Rockin' Firebird Of Death Sandwick, UK

Emerging after 18 years of silence from the ashes of the Outer Hebrides' 60s garage band scene (which happened in the 80s), MLATRFOD formed in 2003 in the cac filled swamps between Stornoway and Sandwick. They've been mixing up a mess of fuzztone-crazed garage psych, Link Wrayabilly and glacial post punk ever since, and taking their time about it. Their names are too long to fit in a Bandcamp bio ... more

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