American Grafishy

American Grafishy is the third studio album by the San Francisco-based punk rock band Flipper.[1] It was released in 1992 by Def American; label president Rick Rubin had once been in a Flipper tribute band.[2][3] The album title is a pun on the coming-of-age film American Graffiti. The band promoted the album with a North American tour.[4]

American Grafishy
Studio album by
Flipper
Released1992
Length42:05
LabelDef American
ProducerFlipper
Flipper chronology
Gone Fishin'
(1984)		 American Grafishy
(1992)		 Love
(2009)

Production

The album was produced by Flipper.[5] The opening and closing tracks allude to former bandmember Will Shatter's death.[6] John Dogherty replaced Shatter on bass.[7]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
Chicago Tribune[9]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(dud)[10]
Entertainment WeeklyC[11]
Spin Alternative Record Guide3/10[12]

Trouser Press noted that "the band’s patented approach to noise still packs a punch."[13] The Chicago Reader deemed American Grafishy a "feeble reunion album."[14] The Boston Globe called it "semi-hooky, appealingly tortured, snarling, gnarled punk."[15] The Toronto Star considered it "hard, lean, exciting, vital."[16]

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution wrote: "What was once radical now sounds rote, and if a band capable of such titanic anarchy can even bother with a career, what does it say about the rest of us number-crunchers, dishwashers and wage slaves?"[17]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Flipper

No.TitleLength
1."Someday"4:18
2."Flipper Twist"4:48
3."May the Truth Be Known"2:51
4."We're Not Crazy"3:11
5."Fucked Up Once Again"5:31
6."Exist or Else"5:18
7."Distant Illusion"4:28
8."Telephone"3:18
9."It Pays to Know"4:50
10."Full Speed Ahead"3:37
Total length:42:05

Personnel
  • Bruce Loose – lead and backing vocals
  • Ted Falconi – guitar, illustration
  • John Dougherty – bass, backing vocals
  • Steve DePace – drums, backing vocals

Other personnel
  • Flipper – producer, art direction
  • Rick Rubin – executive producer
  • Garry Creiman – associated producer, engineering
  • Barrle Goshko – art direction, design
  • Tami Herrick-Needham – design
  • Jay Blakesberg – photography

References
  1. "Flipper Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  2. "Something Fishy This Way Comes". East Bay Express. March 6, 2002.
  3. Lepage, Mark (27 Feb 1993). "Cacophonous collision: Flipper Twist is anthem for slacker clubland generation". The Gazette. Montreal. p. E9.
  4. "FLIPPER TO PLAY ANTICIPATED LAWTON GIG". Lawton Constitution. July 19, 1993. p. 11A.
  5. "Album reviews — American Grafishy by Flipper". Billboard. 105 (4): 62. Jan 23, 1993.
  6. Jenkins, Mark (12 Feb 1993). "Rock That's Hell On the Listener". The Washington Post. p. N25.
  7. Pahnelas, Bill (February 21, 1993). "FLIPPER, 'American Grafishy'". Richmond Times-Dispatch. p. J9.
  8. AllMusic review
  9. Kot, Greg (1993-01-21). "Flipper American Grafishy (Def American)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
  10. Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). "Flipper". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. p. 105. ISBN 9780312245603.
  11. Arnold, Gina (1993-02-19). "American Grafishy". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
  12. Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 9780679755746.
  13. "Flipper". Trouser Press. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  14. "Pioneers of American Punk". Chicago Reader. October 12, 1995.
  15. Sullivan, Jim (21 Jan 1993). "FLIPPER AMERICAN GRAFISHY Def American". Calendar. The Boston Globe. p. 7.
  16. Howell, Peter (30 Jan 1993). "Disc matchup". Toronto Star. p. G12.
  17. Dollar, Steve (February 6, 1993). "American Grafishy Flipper". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. p. L20.
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