Whatnauts For Solemannking

[Edie Antoinette]

Could "Ray" be Harry Ray of Ray, Goodman and Brown?

The Whatnauts -- and "Ray" -- will erase away your pain

The Whatnauts, "I'll Erase Away Your Pain"

First up in this experimental collection: "I"ll Erase Away Your Pain," by Baltimore's The Whatnauts. When I first slapped this grimy 45 onto the turntable, I was quite taken aback by the sheer weirdness of the song. Who greenlighted this project?! I mean, to achieve some measure of success in popular music, don't you need to at least offer a hummable melody, or a catchy hook, or something? This song is structured so strangely that even the skip/scratch at the top of the number seems to make no difference to its melodic "flow." Note also that -- while I try to refrain from simply regurgitating intelligence I gather from the InterWeb on my Thrifty Music subjects -- I have to share something I found on a site called musthear.com, describing the band's line-up: "Obscure beyond reason, the Whatnauts were comprised of Garnett Jones, Billy Herndon, Gerald "Chunky" Pinckney, and a guy identified only as Ray, who disappeared after this album." More power to ya, Ray! The next best thing to The Oneders' T.B. Player!

[Shelley "SoleMann" King]

ROFLMBO....I was wondering the same thing, if it is him, they shole was tight lipped about it....LOL. The Whatnauts -- and "Ray" -- will erase away your pain, somebody erased Ray and it ain't fair....LMBO