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Various Artists (Mike Merz) : Open Mike: A Tribute to the Songs of Mike Merz, Volume One
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16 recording artists got together to pay tribute to this unforgettable songwriter. Styles range from pop and folk to Stooges-style punk, desconstructive electronica and experimental post-rock. "WONDERFUL" --City Pages
Genre: Rock: Folk Rock
Release Date: 2000
Open Mike: A Tribute to the Songs of Mike Merz, Volume One Record Label: Junior Birdman Media
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Don't Wanna Go There performed by Trailer Trash 3:35 Album Only
Leo the Lion performed by Lori Wray 2:37 Album Only
You Don't Like Punk Rock Anymore performed by Flim Flam Man 2:12 Album Only
Protection performed by Zapruder Point 4:20 Album Only
Higher Beings Command performed by Irma and the Overlord 4:47 Album Only
Degradator performed by Eric Ziegenhagen 4:39 Album Only
N.O.E.W.D. performed by The Cultivators 4:02 Album Only
I Wish I Was Dead performed by Ben Connelly 3:20 Album Only
Mach Merz Ein Der Haus (Runaway Train Remix) performed by Lost 5:08 Album Only
Friendly Ghost performed by T. Griffin 3:14 Album Only
Perfect World (previously unreleased) performed by Justin Robe 4:21 Album Only
One More Time performed by Liam Davis 5:18 Album Only
My Other Job performed by Wake Up, Mr. Sparkle! (a Love Cars/1 4:55 Album Only
Like Riding a Bike performed by Brad Cassetto 5:24 Album Only
Rock & Roll performed by Cowlily 5:39 Album Only
Fun & Profit performed by Mike Ruekberg 2:39 Album Only
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Album Notes

An unforgettable salute to this celebrated songwriter asks the question: how do you cover an uncoverable artist? 16 recording artists from Chicago, NYC, and Minneapolis/ St Paul answer it with style.

Featuring songs by Mike Merz written both as a solo artist and for his erstwhile combo Pimentos for Gus, "Open Mike" shines where other tribute albums bog down in bland homogeneity: treatments of the material range from pop and folk to Stooges-style punk, desconstructive electronica and experimental post-rock (as wide a palette as its subjects!).

It's over an hour long. It contains a Mike Merz song you've never heard before.

And all of Mr. Merz's profits from CDBaby sales of this CD will be donated to The Red Crosss (profits were originally slated for the cause of AIDS prevention and awareness, and will return to that purpose eventually).

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