Ep379: Kevin Rutmanis - Cows, Melvins, Tomahawk, Hepa-Titus

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Kevin Rutmanis takes us through his career, rare records, vinyl pressings, working with Melvins, Tomahawk, Cows, AmRep, Ipecac Recordings, his 2 new LPs "Crackpot Whorehead" w Trevor Dunn, "unEat" w Hepa-Titus and more!

Topics include:

• Kevin has many hats
• Short vinyl runs on his new albums
• The recording of the new albums
• How he works with Trevor and other collaborators
• Putting his projects out in limited vinyl runs/lathe cuts
• How Kevin and Trevor collaborated across the country
• The album name “Crackpot Whorehead”
• The term “unEat”
• Hat Change #1
• Kevin understands music collecting
• Kevin spent a lot of money on White House records
• Kevin likes movie soundtracks
• Memories of recording Hostile Ambient Takeover
• Cows “Taint Plurbius Taint Unum”
• Cows getting involved with Treehouse Records
• Some Cows have been reissued, some haven’t
• The HAZEXXL pressing of Sexy Pee Story
• Tom Hazelmyer is awesome
• The story of “Daddy Has a Tail”
• Kevin does know where the Cows master tapes are
• Does Kevin reflect much?
• Moving from Cows to Melvins
• Recording “Electro Retard” / Mans Ruin label vinyl
• Recording the Trilogy (“The Maggot”, “The Bootlicker”, The Crybaby”)
• Hat Change #2
• Hepa-Titus & Mickey Mouse artwork
• Memories of Melvins joining Ipecac
• Joining Tomahawk
• Reissues of Tomahawk vinyl – where’s “Mit Gas”?
• Kevin just wants his music out there, free or not
• How does Kevin find out about new music?
• LA record shops
• Kevin lost a lot of records
• Hepa-Titus hand drawn covers for an art show
• Discussion of rare records of Hepa-Titus
• Is Gina / Mow Skwoz do art inspired by the music?
• DIY record packaging and shipping
• Hat Change #3
• How to order the new LPs
• Will Kevin return to live shows?
• Matthew Barney soundtrack
• Cosmic Psychos memories
• Interview wrap up

Order Kevin's new LPs here: "Crackpot Whorehead" w Trevor Dunn | "unEat" w hepa-Titus

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