Son of Reek For Possum Queen
“Come ’n’ listen to my story ’bout a man named Reek/Poor mountaineer but a hell of a geek/Then one day he was typin’ somethin’ rude/When up through the keys come abubblin’ crude/Taste, that is/Black lung/Texas aaaiiieee...” (sung to tune of “The Ballad of Jed Clampett”) What on earth, you’re probably wondering, is a Metaganza?
Son of Reek For Possum Queen
METAGANZA
Rick Johnson
“Come ’n’ listen to my story ’bout a man named Reek/Poor mountaineer but a hell of a geek/Then one day he was typin’ somethin’ rude/When up through the keys come abubblin’ crude/Taste, that is/Black lung/Texas aaaiiieee...” (sung to tune of “The Ballad of Jed Clampett”) What on earth, you’re probably wondering, is a Metaganza? Is it related to the Doze Function of a Panasonic clock radio? Maybe the unfinished third movement of The Prince And The Pooper? A sequel to Leg Show magazine’s unforgettable “Teenage Toe Tease” pictorial?
No, but you’re close. Metaganza is something of an “answer” (as if there were a question) to CREEM proper’s fashion watch, Eleganza, except with no taste applied for. It’s a trashy look at the flashy fashions of heavy metal, which
may be as difficult a concept to swallow as an “easy” chair, but there you are.