Ep379: Kevin Rutmanis - Cows, Melvins, Tomahawk, Hepa-Titus

02/13/23 • 69 min

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Kevin Rutmanis takes us through his career, rare records, vinyl pressings, working with Melvins, Tomahawk, Cows, AmRep, Ipecac Recordings, his 2 new LPs "Crackpot Whorehead" w Trevor Dunn, "unEat" w Hepa-Titus and more!

Topics include:

Kevin has many hats
Short vinyl runs on his new albums
The recording of the new albums
How he works with Trevor and other collaborators
Putting his projects out in limited vinyl runs/lathe cuts
How Kevin and Trevor collaborated across the country
The album name “Crackpot Whorehead”
The term “unEat”
Hat Change #1
Kevin understands music collecting
Kevin spent a lot of money on White House records
Kevin likes movie soundtracks
Memories of recording Hostile Ambient Takeover
Cows “Taint Plurbius Taint Unum”
Cows getting involved with Treehouse Records
Some Cows have been reissued, some haven’t
The HAZEXXL pressing of Sexy Pee Story
Tom Hazelmyer is awesome
The story of “Daddy Has a Tail”
Kevin does know where the Cows master tapes are
Does Kevin reflect much?
Moving from Cows to Melvins
Recording “Electro Retard” / Mans Ruin label vinyl
Recording the Trilogy (“The Maggot”, “The Bootlicker”, The Crybaby”)
Hat Change #2
Hepa-Titus & Mickey Mouse artwork
Memories of Melvins joining Ipecac
Joining Tomahawk
Reissues of Tomahawk vinyl – where’s “Mit Gas”?
Kevin just wants his music out there, free or not
How does Kevin find out about new music?
LA record shops
Kevin lost a lot of records
Hepa-Titus hand drawn covers for an art show
Discussion of rare records of Hepa-Titus
Is Gina / Mow Skwoz do art inspired by the music?
DIY record packaging and shipping
Hat Change #3
How to order the new LPs
Will Kevin return to live shows?
Matthew Barney soundtrack
Cosmic Psychos memories
Interview wrap up

Order Kevin's new LPs here: "Crackpot Whorehead" w Trevor Dunn | "unEat" w hepa-Titus

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Topics include:

Kevin has many hats
Short vinyl runs on his new albums
The recording of the new albums
How he works with Trevor and other collaborators
Putting his projects out in limited vinyl runs/lathe cuts
How Kevin and Trevor collaborated across the country
The album name “Crackpot Whorehead”
The term “unEat”
Hat Change #1
Kevin understands music collecting
Kevin spent a lot of money on White House records
Kevin likes movie soundtracks
Memories of recording Hostile Ambient Takeover
Cows “Taint Plurbius Taint Unum”
Cows getting involved with Treehouse Records
Some Cows have been reissued, some haven’t
The HAZEXXL pressing of Sexy Pee Story
Tom Hazelmyer is awesome
The story of “Daddy Has a Tail”
Kevin does know where the Cows master tapes are
Does Kevin reflect much?
Moving from Cows to Melvins
Recording “Electro Retard” / Mans Ruin label vinyl
Recording the Trilogy (“The Maggot”, “The Bootlicker”, The Crybaby”)
Hat Change #2
Hepa-Titus & Mickey Mouse artwork
Memories of Melvins joining Ipecac
Joining Tomahawk
Reissues of Tomahawk vinyl – where’s “Mit Gas”?
Kevin just wants his music out there, free or not
How does Kevin find out about new music?
LA record shops
Kevin lost a lot of records
Hepa-Titus hand drawn covers for an art show
Discussion of rare records of Hepa-Titus
Is Gina / Mow Skwoz do art inspired by the music?
DIY record packaging and shipping
Hat Change #3
How to order the new LPs
Will Kevin return to live shows?
Matthew Barney soundtrack
Cosmic Psychos memories
Interview wrap up

Order Kevin's new LPs here: "Crackpot Whorehead" w Trevor Dunn | "unEat" w hepa-Titus

VIDEO, Extended, High-resolution & Commercial Free version of this interview available at: www.Patreon.com/VinylGuide

Listen on Apple: https://apple.co/2Y6ORU0 Listen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/36qhlc8 Follow our Podcast: https://linktr.ee/vinylguide

Facebook: www.Facebook.com/VinylGuide Instagram: www.Instagram.com/VinylGuide

Support our show: www.Patreon.com/VinylGuide

Previous Episode

Ep378: The History of Goth with John Robb

John Robb, author, journalist and music fanatic discusses his new book "The History of Goth" by taking us through it's history, rich with art, music and culture.

Topics include:

Cross continental introductions
Goth seems to have permeated all forms of music & art
Summarizing the history of Goth starting with the sacking of Rome in 411 AD
The tribal nature of Goth and art in general
Did John feel the culture of Goth wasn’t understood?
Nick Cave being an elder statesman of Goth
What were early Goth songs in modern music?
What constitutes a Goth song?
Industrial bands (Skinny Puppy, Front 242) being inspired by Goth
The geographical trends of Goth culture
The US producing Ramones and The Cramps
The impulsiveness of The Cramps
The impact of format of vinyl records on Goth culture
How did John research and create the History of Goth?
Goth in present day mainstream art (Wednesday, Tim Burton movies, etc)
What about Goth is misunderstood?
John thinks records will continue to rise in value. I don’t.
The remaining records of John’s collection
Meeting, interviewing Nirvana and Fugazi
New bands that John enjoys
Interview wrap up

Order "The History of Goth" book here.

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