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Drop the needle on the opening number "Magic City" and for the next 35 minutes you will be taken on a tour of an unusual lakeside resort town with a penchant for partying and no shortage of odd characters. "It's quite a place if ya got grit, which we have in spades," adds Marty. Metal Marty's Greatest Hits pay tribute to the small Idaho burgh, spinning tales of common folks, blue collar laborers and dudes named 'Hot Tub' that work hard during the day and play harder at night, conjuring Steve Earle at times, evoking Iggy Pop at others. "I think it sounds like a Greatest Hits record, there's every kind of song on it, yet it still flows, "explains Marty, "and it's a ridiculous title for a first record." The album slips effortlessly across genres while never disrupting the overall tone or losing it's deep sense of optimism. The balls-out barnburner "Working My Ass Off" recalls the wildest rockers from the 1950's; "Idaho, Baby" is a shot of anthemic Americana with a not-so-subtle nod to Gary Glitter; and the country-tinged rocker "Goddamn Divorce" feels like a pat on the shoulder from Lebowski's buddy Donnie, "Fuck it, dude, let's go bowling." "I've been talking about doing a solo album for years and I think Eddie got sick of me yammering on about it, so we just starting writing," Marty explains. "We hung out in Magic City and wrote down all the funny shit that happens to him and turned them into songs," recalls Eddie Spaghetti who co-wrote the album with Marty. "It's a pretty literal interpretation of his life," continues Eddie, "You want to know the legend of Metal Marty - this is it."

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• For fans of the Supersuckers

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'Metal Marty's solo record is genuine, honest, cool as the shade.'

     —Roger Alan Wade, Bio