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Vedder Vedder Bedwetter
Studio album by To Live and Shave in L.A.
Released	May 16, 1995 (1995-05-16)
Recorded	December 1994 (1994-12) – January 1995 (1995-01)
Studio	Various The Green Room (Ypsilanti, Michigan) The Knitting Factory (New York City) Local 506 (Detroit, Michigan) Lounge AX (Chicago, Illinois) Waterwork (Miami, Florida) Zoot's (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
Genre	Noise
Length	71:24
Label	Fifth Colvmn
Producer	Tom Smith
To Live and Shave in L.A. chronology
30-minuten männercreme (1994) Vedder Vedder Bedwetter (1995) "23" of 26 State and Federal Obscenity Determinations (1995)

Vedder Vedder Bedwetter is the third studio album by To Live and Shave in L.A., released on May 16, 1995 by Fifth Colvmn Records. It is recognized by critics as a particularly "harsh" entry in the noise music genre.

Music

Vocalist Tom Smith spent the free time he had during the recording sessions of 30-minuten männercreme to mix the album, while Frank Falestra continued to record his own parts for their debut. The album included sessions taped with Don Fleming at Waterworks in NYC, radio and live performances recording during the band's 1996 tour that featured accompaniment by Weasel Walter and Nándor Névai and their own live performances without collaborators. Smith attributes being inexperienced as a recording technician and said:

"I wish I'd done Vedder Vedder Bedwetter differently. There were no programs for editing and I had to get tricky sequencing tracks. We had two different DAT machines, so the bridging tracks sometimes got lost or the timing wasn't right. We couldn't cut it accurately like you can with software. It's a little messy."

Release and reception

Sonic Boom was thoroughly negative towards the band and their music, saying "the feedback coupled with the screaming vocals of which not a single intelligible word can be understood lacks any enticement that would allow for the establishment of a fan base." Despite reserved expectations, Jeff Bagato at Washington City Paper mostly enjoyed the album while noting the "impenetrable" nature of the music's noise genre.

Composers Frank Falestra and Tom Smith share opposing views of the album, with Falestra holding that it represents a strong point in the band's career while Smith describes it as "oafish bluster" and considers it the band's worst work. Writer Andrew Earles accused the work of not being "biting" or modern despite the intention to illustrate such in artist's name and album titles. The Flying Luttenbachers bandleader Weasel Walter, guitar, tenor saxophone, trombone, has also expressed his dissatisfaction with the end result.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Frank Falestra and Bill Orcutt

Personnel

Adapted from the Vedder Vedder Bedwetter liner notes.

To Live and Shave in L.A.

• Frank Falestra (as Rat Bastard) – bass guitar, engineering (1–5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 20, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 33)
• Bill Orcutt – guitar (1, 3, 4, 9, 12, 17, 23, 26, 29)
• Tom Smith – lead vocals, electronics, production, recording and engineering (1–5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 20, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 33)

Additional performers

• Don Fleming – guitar and backing vocals (22)
• Ned Hayden – alto saxophone (11)
• Jared Hendrickson – guitar (6, 11, 14, 19, 25, 28, 31, 32), backing vocals (19)
• Nándor Névai – trombone (8), guitar (10)
• Weasel Walter – guitar (4, 6, 7, 10), tenor saxophone (8, 34), trombone (34)
• Ben Wolcott – effects

Production and design

• Greg Chapman – liner notes
• Zalman Fishman – executive-production
• Syd – illustrations
• Greg Talenfeld – engineering, recording and mixing (6, 11, 14, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31)

Release history

References

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5. Lijah, Leveer (2006). "To Live and Shave in L.A.: Noon and Eternityl". Tiny Mix Tapes. tinymixtapes.com. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
6. Falestra, Frank (May 15, 2013). "Rat Bastard's TLASILA Chronicle: Self Promotion Is Obsolete". squelchers.net. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
7. Lehrer, Adam (February 26, 2020). "The Strange World Of... Tom Smith/ To Live And Shave In LA". The Quietus. TheQuietus.com. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
8. Christian, Chris (September 1995). "To Live & Shave in L.A.: Vedder Vedder Bedwetter". Sonic Boom. 3 (6). Retrieved August 18, 2020.
9. Bagato, Jeff (January 24, 1997). ""Helen Butte" vs. Masonna Pussy Badsmell". Washington City Paper. Duc Luu. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
10. Earles, Andrew (February 25, 2015). Noise Annoys. The Overrated Book. Last Gasp. ISBN 9780867196573. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
11. Brassier, Ray (Spring 2007). "Genre Is Obsolete: Noise, Industrial & Drone etc" (PDF). Multitudes, No. 28. Retrieved August 18, 2020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
12. Strohm, Adam (2001). "pipeline5 Interview: To Live and Shave in LA 2". Yahoo! GeoCities. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
13. Vedder Vedder Bedwetter (booklet). To Live and Shave in L.A. Washington, DC: Fifth Colvmn Records. 1995.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links

• Vedder Vedder Bedwetter at Bandcamp
• Vedder Vedder Bedwetter at Discogs (list of releases)

• 1995 albums
• To Live and Shave in L.A. albums
• Fifth Colvmn Records albums