200 Million Thousand RSD 2020 Guitarist/vocalists Travis MacDonald and Alex

Guitarist/vocalists Travis MacDonald and Alex MacFarlane wrote another batch of hooky

A righteous addition to any collection

The album represents a year of growth and experimentation

showcasing powerful live versions of songs from their first five albums

He’d quit school a couple years back so a normal day for Jay meant he was bumming around midtown Memphis winding people up

200 Million Thousand RSD 2020 Guitarist/vocalists Travis MacDonald and AlexThe Black Lips' fifth studio album, 2009's 200 Million Thousand, continues with their signature ramshackle swagger and sleaze, picking clean bones of garage rock with songs like "Drugs," the Iggy Pop cover "Again & Again," and "Take My Heart." However, attempts at being spooky or serious, like "Trapped in a Basement" and "The Drop I Hold," fall flat and show that the band's strengths lie in their raw sound and catchy melodies, rather than trying to be