Just prior to the EP’s release, they publicly vented their hatred for Dischord Records boss Ian MacKaye and made themselves even more unpopular amongst Washington D.C.’s hardcore punk scene. They subsequently left for New York where they released a limited-edition cassette-only cover album of the Rolling Stones’ Exile on Main Street. They followed this up in January 1987 with another self-released mini-set Pussy Gold 5000. Shortly after this Martinez left the band and formed Boss Hog a few years later. In September 1987, Pussy Galore recorded their debut album and their first recording for another label, Right Now! on Caroline Records. Shortly following the release of Right Now!, Hagerty left the band and was replaced by Kurt Wolf but he was to return to the Pussy Galore line-up following the release of the Sugarshit Sharp EP with Wolf leaving to join Loudspeaker. Their second full-length set Dial M for Motherfucker, was released in 1989 and continued their formula of nihilistic guitar noise and punk rock provocation, with additional studio trickery filling out the material. They released a split single in 1989, a cover of Black Flag’s “Damaged II” with Tad covering “Damaged I” on the other side, for Sub Pop Records and another split single with black snakes for Japanese indie Supernatural Records. They were now a three-piece after Julie Cafritz left. The trio of Spencer, Hagerty and Bert released one final album in 1990 called Historia De La Música Rock for Caroline Records before calling it a day the same year. Spencer co-founded Boss Hog with former Pussy Galore guitarist Cristina Martinez in the late ’80s just prior to the dissolution of Pussy Galore itself. Spencer and Martinez had married in 1989 (and are still married today). He also went on to form The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Neil Hagerty continued his noise-terrorist career with his girlfriend, self-confessed heroin addict Jennifer Herrema, in blues rock duo Royal Trux, which the pair had formed in Chicago during 1987. |
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