“Credit must be given to the foremothers: the Shaggs. In 1969 they recorded an album that can stand, I think, easily with Beatles ’65, Life with the Lions, Blonde on Blonde, and Teenage Jesus and the Jerks as one of the landmarks of rock history. The Wiggins sisters (an anti-power trio) not only redefined the art but had a coherent Weltanschauung on their very first album, Philosophy of the World. Basically what it comes down to is that, unlike the Stones, these girls are saying we love you, whether you’re fat, skinny, retarded, or even Norman Podhoretz.”
– Lester Bangs, January 1981
Of all the reissues that I’ve worked on, The Shaggs’ Philosophy of the World was amongst the very hardest to get off the ground – spent the better part of a year on this – my favorite part was getting to chat with Terry Adams of NRBQ. Click on this article to read about the forthcoming Light In The Attic Records deluxe package of this unique gem.
“Credit must be given to the foremothers: the Shaggs. In 1969 they recorded an album that can stand, I think, easily with Beatles ’65, Life with the Lions, Blonde on Blonde, and Teenage Jesus and the Jerks as one of the landmarks of rock history. The Wiggins sisters (an anti-power trio) not only redefined the art but had a coherent Weltanschauung on their very first album, Philosophy of the World. Basically what it comes down to is that, unlike the Stones, these girls are saying we love you, whether you’re fat, skinny, retarded, or even Norman Podhoretz.”
