Pigus, Drunkus, Maximus was recorded in 1981 but not released until 1987, soon went out of print and has been unavailable for years. That will change with the release of the album for the first time ever on CD and pig pink colored vinyl in a gatefold sleeve featuring a 16-page booklet of archival photos by acclaimed photographer Gary Leonard and new liner notes by Grammy-nominated music journalist Chris Morris.
A popular attraction on the Los Angeles club scene in the 1980s, Top Jimmy and the Rhythm Pigs counted Van Halen singer David Lee Roth and Tom Waits among their fans, as well as their peers on the L.A. club scene, such as X, the Blasters, Maria McKee of Lone Justice and the Dream Syndicate’s Steve Wynn.
“I could not be happier that the Top Jimmy and the Rhythm Pigs record I produced at the dawn of my career is finally getting re-released,” said producer and saxophone player, Steve Berlin of the Blasters in a statement. “Forgive any immodesty, but it really sounds pretty much exactly the way we sounded on a particularly good night at one of our innumerable Cathay De Grande Mondays. Beyond the value as a historical snapshot of the era, you’ll hear a band cranking on all cylinders since that’s pretty much all we did then, before any drug/alcohol excess and untreated mental illness fully manifested. All that's missing is the unique CDG scent of drying sewage (from the constantly backed up toilets) and burning soy sauce. Enjoy!”
“Top Jimmy and the Rhythm Pigs played the dark Chinese basement club in Hollywood called Cathay de Grande with Carlos Guitarlos on lead guitar,” said Tom Waits. “His voice was a drill, a grinder, a plow, a scooper and a plunger. Kathleen and I danced to the jail birds many nights in the ‘80s.”
Top Jimmy, born James Paul Koncek, died on May 17, 2001, in Las Vegas from liver failure at the age of 46.
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