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Deadeye Dick - New Age Girl

According to the myspace page I borrowed this from, this is an "EXTREMELY rare" video. I wasn't allowed to watch MTV when I was younger, so I can't testify to that, but I can tell you that this song played on DRE, like, three times a day back in 1994. And thanks to the ineffable workings of my brain, it popped into my head last night.

Sadly, Deadeye Dick lasted not much longer than the popularity of "New Age Girl," I guess that "Dumb and Dumber" magic just doesn't last (Crash Test Dummies can tell you all about that).

According to All Music:

Catchy as it was, the song's novelty humor had many pegging Deadeye Dick as flashes in the pan, and the follow-up singles, "Perfect Family" and "Marguerite," were virtually ignored. A second album, the slightly rootsier Whirl, was released in 1995, but met with a similar fate, and Deadeye Dick disbanded. [Caleb] Guillotte and [Mark Adam] Miller remained active on the local New Orleans scene as producers.

Here's a link to Miller's current band. They're playing around California, if you want to see 'em live.

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I don't know why I was thinking about these guys the other day, but I was. And, you know, we haven't really heard a whole lot from them ever since they revived rock 'n' roll back in 2004. (Yeah, they put out a sophomore album in 2005, but it didn't really get the attention of their debut.)

So what are they up to?

Well, according to their MySpace page, they're hitting the festival circuit in Europe, and they've posted a few new songs. According to bastion of truth Wikipedia, they're busy at work on a third album, due in October. The band's official website just says "not yet."

So that's the word on Franz.

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• Did they have other songs besides "Sex & Candy"? Yes, three whole albums worth.

• Have you heard any of those other songs? If you saw "Cruel Intentions," "Simply Irresistible" or "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back," you did.

• Are they even still around? Yes! Their last album was "MP3," released in 2004. Lead singer John Wozniak is also trying to get a solo career off the ground.

• Are they touring? Evidently.

• What's their website like? Down.

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