Kevin McMahon is an Ohio hero. In the seventies and eighties he fronted Lucky Pierre, a glam rock group deserving of a major label contract but unable to secure one for reasons unknown. In the early nineties Mr. McMahon got a solo contract with a young Interscope Records and went to work with Warne Livesey when he had a chance run in with an old pal of his, Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor. Trent and Kevin go way back having worked together on the Cleveland scene. Trent even played sax on Lucky Pierre's Communique EP, sounding decidedly non-Nails like. Regardless, Trent took Kevin back to the studio and produced some new, industrialized recordings of Lucky Pierre songs, and with that, Kevin became a member of Trent's Nothing Records family and gained the band name Prick.
Prick toured and gained airplay with their song Animal, but Kevin was always a recluse and he quickly disappeared back into his personal life. For years there were rumors about a new album for Nothing Records but that never happened. A second Prick album as well as a new Lucky Pierre album did receive independent releases, but a lot of people, for understandable reasons, never got to hear them.
I won't be posting any other Prick or Lucky Pierre goodies as they are all available legally via Kevin's website, Lucky Pierre Music, but today's post is an early, slightly different version of the self-titled Prick album, of which the released version is no longer available. The track order is different and some of the mixes are a little different, but it's not THAT different, so please don't expect some rough demos or anything. Apparently this version was given out as a promotional cassette and was clearly close to being released, but something happened and, apart from a promotional single for Communique, none of the different mixes showed up anywhere else.
Apart from the track order and the mix of Communique, the only other big differences are the version of Riverhead, which has a completely different ending from the released version, and Other People which has a significantly different mix. So, if you dig NIN or are a certified NINny as I've heard them called, this will be right up your alley. If you like good, strong songwriting you'll also find yourself playing this album incessantly! Finally, if you dig what you're hearing, visit Lucky Pierre Music and buy something, be it a physical release or digital download. The Lucky Pierre compilation alone is worth your time, but I'm sure you'll find yourself fascinated with the rest of the goodness to be found there!
By the way, I'd be doing you a disservice not to mention the excellent fan site, luckyPRICK. Visit them for a great run down on Kevin's music and projects.
Prick - Prick: Alternate Version
01 Communique
02 Animal
03 Other People
04 Riverhead
05 I Apologise
06 No Fair Fights
07 I Got It Bad
08 Tough
09 Crack
10 Makebelieve
PS - Follow this link for photos of a copy of the promo cassette this version of the album was released upon.
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