Album Notes

Before developing some mental stability and joining up with the more talented likes of Paula Kelley and Matt Nathanson, guitarist/vocalist Aaron Tap fronted his own schizophrenic band, Betty Goo. Their third and final album, appropriately titled 'gooicide,' is an appropriate swan song, many of its tunes chronicling and/or lamenting a serious disillusionment with the idea of being a struggling rock band. But it's not all whining; you get the Frenglish ramblings of "LeMonde," the nostalgic hoe-down that is "What Do We Forget," and the prototype of homey instrumental "Cha Cha Ho" (later to be properly recorded with The Weisstronauts). And who could forget the touching recounting of the imaginary love affair between Eric Clapton and Sheryl Crow, the epic "Horseface?" Pick up Gooicide now and discover just how lively death can be.