Sub Pop Records

BIO

MEMBERS:
For “We Got the Beat 7”
Jerry A – voice
Slayer Hippy – drums
Pig Champion – guitar
Tense – bass
Eric “Vegetable” Olsen – guitar

For “Pig’s Last Stand 12”
Jerry A – voice
Myrtle Tickner – bass
Pig Champion – guitar
Slayer Hippy – drums
Mondo – bass, guitar, piano

WHERE FROM:
Portland, Oregon

WHERE NOW:
Apartment 3G

DATE FORMED:
1980

HOW FORMED:
Friends playing together in Portland.

HIGHLIGHT:
Propelled “twangcore” into the punk conciousness by fusing bluegrass and punk rock.

“Poison Idea plays woah-woah’s that cop more from Ennio Morricone than the Misfits, super-brutal guitars that mow down all speed-metallers in their path, and just generally infect their audience with exhortations to the scabs and glory life of a road outlaw.” – CMJ profile
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