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Mecca Normal / Kreviss split single
Sub Pop, SP149 (1992)

Mecca Normal. The love ‘em or hate ‘em (it seems) duo who have an amazingly long discography (I think like 11 or 12 albums and a handful of singles, plus all those compilation hits, a couple of solo albums and side projects (like 2 Foot Flame, which is Jean Smith with long time Mecca collaborator Peter Jefferies and Michael Morley of the Dead C). It’s somewhere between punk rock poetry and riotgrrrl rage, I think. A lot of what became that Northwest Scene owes a lot to this band, that began in 1985, as they migrated back and forth between Vancouver and The Olympia / Seattle scenes.

Then, outside of the music, there’s a whole bunch of art and words that swirls around these two. First off, David’s brother Ken was the manager for D.O.A in the 80’s, so David got to do a lot of designs and art for the band… Mecca Normal also got to borrow D.O.A.’s bus as well. Jean Smith’s first novel, “I Can Hear Me Fine” was published by David’s newly formed publishing company – Get To The Point. There’s also her books “The Ghost Of Understanding” and David’s book, “The Gruesome Acts Of Capitalism.”


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