Cows were a punk rock band from Minneapolis, MN who released records between 1987 and 1998, mostly on cult label Amphetamine Reptile Records.

They had a unique noisy sound thanks to the innovative slide bass of Kevin Rutmanis (Teenage Larvae, ex-Melvins, ex-Tomahawk), the guitar abuse/deconstructionist riffing of Thor Eisentrager and the bugle playing and general insanity of frontman Shannon Selberg (Heroine Sheiks and an as-yet-unnamed new band).

"The singer is darn near insane, and it's often hard to tell whether you're supposed to laugh at him or stay the heck away from him. He draws silly magic-markered tattoos all over himself (a chicken poking its head out of his pants, a game of Hangman featuring the letters "F_CK," an anchor atop the word "DAD"...basically any old stupid thing that he thinks is funny at the time), he wears godawful outfits (one time, he came onstage and sang an entire song with a sex doll tied around his body), and he can be very, very threatening when he wants to be." - Mark Prindle

"I have no doubt that The Cows know how to play their instruments. What I don't understand is why they refuse to tune them." - some other guy

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