Food & Money - 1979

This anthology collects Food & Money's entire discography into one release.It also features unreleased bonus tracks. This album includes their sought after first 7''Economic Bullies' (1980). It also includes their only other proper release, the livecassette 'No Loafers' (1982).21 songs total, 6 previously unreleased.Springfield Illinois' Food & Money formed in the waning years of the 1970's. They were amusical fish out of water among the honky-tonkin' bar-rocking cover bands of centralIllinois circa 1979. Not content with the ubiquitous middle of the road FM radio rock oftheir peers, Food & Money played absurd, funky, socially conscious, sarcastic new waveand were pioneers of weird in the mostly conservative midwest scene.Food & Money played Chicago's early new wave scene with appearances at TUTS (alongside the Corrosives and the Lubricants!). They headlined the first Vertabrats show inChampaign / Urbana's burgeoning power pop scene. They also made appearances inSt Louis and played live on public access TV. During their original run they recorded one7' EP and a live cassette album.Includes full color insert with rare photos and detailed liner notes.