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On occasion I’ve declared that Turbonegro is the best band ever—and they are, don’t get me wrong—but Guided By Voices was pretty damn good, too (and so is the Brian Jonestown Massacre, but that’s a story for another day perhaps). Anyway, the majority of the Big Brother magazine staff was heavily into the band circa 1994, during which time the Bee Thousand CD was on near constant rotation in either the office or any of our respective vehicles. In 1995, Guided By Voices hit the road in support of its latest Matador Records release Alien Lanes, and we managed to finagle an interview with the band during a tour stop in Los Angeles at the Troubadour. We’d long heard the rumors they were a beer-drinking band to be reckoned with, so with that fifth of knowledge in tow we took along our two best/worst drinkers in the office—Jeff Tremaine and Tracie, the World Industries receptionist at the time. Instead of going liver-to-liver with the band, though, they went liver-to-liver against each and the night’s laundry list of activities included: beer drinking, more beer drinking, a black eye, a thrown beer bottle, stolen beers, getting kicked out of the concert, kicking over a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, a West Hollywood gay bar, the West Hollywood police, jail, a ticket, a $450 repair bill, and a new motto in life. Those are the CliffsNotes, mind you, but please don’t fear the words on the pages above (originally printed in Big Brother issue #17). They’re funny, like “Ha ha, what a shithead!” and you might even learn a few things about Tremaine that will be helpful later in life should you ever meet him in person—especially if you own a Harley.

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