You gotta be extremely smart to be this dumb.
Mr. Anus and Mr. Horribly Charred Infant were Inner Ear Records alumni, D.C. compatriots from down I-95 in Richmond who resembled more 9353 and No Trend than Fugazi or Shudder To Think. They made abrasive songs in the guise of a six-year-old. What's stronger than "abrasive"? Corrosive?
This 1989 CD on Homestead collects tracks from their first two LPs and three 7"s. Favorite song? "They Cleaned My Cut Out With A Wire Brush". Favorite song title? "If This Gun Were Real (I Could Shoot You And Sleep In The Big Bed With Mommy)". Happy Flowers are up there with Drunks With Guns, A.C., and G.G. Allin for musical performers that crossed the line of good taste back in the 80s and 90s. It's a shame they've not been remembered in the way those other bands have been. OK, maybe not a shame, but they're worth a retrospective.
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