I fell in love with MTX (as fans call 'em for short) when I got their album Everyone's entitled to their own opinion on vinyl back in the early '90's. With great, fun poppy rock and roll tracks such as "Marine recruiter", "Danny Partridge", and "Pleasant valley sunday" matched with fun silliness such as "Surfin' Mozart" and "Surfin' cows", they weren't taking themselves or that uptight music business too seriously and were having fun yet could play their instruments with great talent and write amazingly fun pop rock and roll. The songwriting and lyrical ability of the main man Dr. Frank Portman (now an accomplished author) was simply amazing. MTX went on to release many records, including one with a tongue-twisting title ( big black bugs bleed blue blood ) and the classic song "Even Hitler had a girlfriend" (off the album our bodies, ourselves ). My two favourites ended up being Milk milk lemonade (with the great lunchbox collection on the cover), and "Love is dead" (considered a masterpiece by fans). Besides an interesting cover of the Smiths' "What difference does it make?", Milk milk lemonade featured standout tracks "last time I listened to you", "Love American style", "I love you but you're standing on my foot" and "book of revelation". You simply have to get these songs in your Zune! The greatness of the album Love is dead cannot be understated. it's incredible! Standout tracks include: "Sackcloth and ashes", "I fell for you" (with a amazingly funny music video for it you can see on youtube), "Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba" (ALSO with an amazingly funny video for it you can see on youtube), "I'd do anything for you", "Semi-ok", "Deep deep down", "Thank you (for not being one of them)" and "Dumb little band" (a must for anyone in a struggling band). Get these great songs by MTX or you are missing out on true pop rock and roll greatness! Find copies of all of 'em on Amazon!
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