The Mongrolls - Waitress In The Sky

  It's been pretty much a year since we last heard from The Mongrolls. It was the beginning of August 2015 that they teased us with a couple of tracks "from the forthcoming release "Smell The Glove Compartment." Then in November we learnt that they were in the studio again, "Smell The Glove Compartment may be out next year....."  And still no signs of activity.

  Until yesterday when Greg Mongroll posted a couple of new tunes. "I figured I better put something out since the last two Mongrolls releases have been set back for nearly 3 years!" Those new tunes? They're both covers of songs by legendary Minneapolis rockers The Replacements, they were recorded "a couple of nights ago" and you can check them out on this digital single..... https://themongrolls.bandcamp.com/album/replaced

  It's been 10 years now that The Mongrolls have been releasing diy, scuzzed up garage/power pop gems. Hopefully it won't be too long into their second decade before we're smelling that glove compartment.

  This is Waitress In The Sky......

She don't wear no pants and she don't wear no tie

Always on the ball, she's always on strike

Struttin' up the aisle, big deal you get to fly

You ain't nothin' but a waitress in the sky

You ain't nothin' but a waitress in the sky

Paid my fare, don't wanna complain

You get to me always outta champagne

Treat me like a bum, don't wear no tie

'Cause you ain't nothin' but a waitress in the sky

You ain't nothin' but a waitress in the sky

And the sign says, 'Thank you very much for not smoking'

My own sign says, 'I'm sorry, I'm smokin''

Don't treat me special, oh don't kiss my ass

Treat me like the way they treat 'em up in first class

The Mongrolls - Get Dumb

Today's update is by Middleborough, Massachusetts one man punk thrash/powerpop outfit The Mongrolls. A labour of love by rock n roll fanatic Greg Mongroll (real name Greg Munroe), the band has been churning out off kilter, catchy as hell but scuzzed up records since their inception in 2006 (They were originally a band before Greg ended up going solo). Sounding like he's been dieting on nothing but gravel, Greg's vocals compliment the lo fi rough and ready music perfectly but listen closely and buried beneath the distortion there's some killer tunes that in a better world would be smash hits (some of the songs were smash hits, Greg isn't afraid of tackling classic songs of yesterday year and adding his own unique spin). With the "band" deserving a better intro than I'm giving, I asked Greg to pen a few words, kindly he agreed so it's over to the man himself before I add the title track of his most recent album, Get Dumb (http://themongrolls.bandcamp.com/ ).......

Hi, I'm Greg Mongroll. I've been doing The Mongrolls recording project since 2006. I've self released every album (cd-r's) on my own label, Hideout Records. 4 full lengths, 1 'Live' EP and 1 "Fan Club Edition", which is sort of a "Best of..." collection of previously released tunes. I am currently working on mixing down two more full length releases from The Mongrolls, "The Mongrolls Do The Girls" (all cover tunes from female fronted bands from the past and present), and "Smell The Glove Compartment", which is a new album of material. Also, I am currently working with another band I formed, Trademarx. But anyway, my most recent Mongrolls release (from a year ago) is "Get Dumb", and Mick is gonna give us his two cents on that one. Thanks Mick!