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Mountain Con
Biography
Like Silly Putty and insect repellent, Missoula's Mountain Con evolved as a sort of happy accident. Fresh from the breakup of an earlier band called the Elements, singer/songwriter James Nugent was wasting his days putting Van Morrison songs to drum machines. Convinced he was on to something, Nugent got in touch with former bandmates Mike Watt and Pierre Ferguson and began the process of noodling and experimentation that has spawned every great idea. Thought flowed with the malt liquor and the three of them hit on the noble concept of combining the country music they had grown up with, with the urban growl and stomp of the hip-hop beats they were currently consumed by. Enter Erik Blood, a local DJ. Blood brought his background in electronica and his Technics 1200s. Another pal, Swede, a slide and steel guitar player was recruited, and suddenly Mountain Con roared to life, a unique blend of way-back-yonder twang and modern, urban white noise.

Their debut album, The MC Stands for Revolution, sounds like nothing else. Comparisons can be made to R.L. Burnside and Beck, and surely will be, considering that producer Tom Rothrock, he of "Loser" fame, helmed the board for the band. But comparisons, as usual, simply miss the point.
Selected Discography