ALAN LAMBERT - HORSE TAX
Alan Lambert’s album was the last release on Dead Elvis in 1999. The album begins with a suite of tracks which were made in the basement of 147 in 1994. ‘Horse Tax’ is one of those and is the first track on ‘The Man Who Cycled to the Moon’. Marc was still learning the ropes in terms of recording at the time and he and Alan did plenty of messing around in there when nothing else was going on. Alan was one of a number of visual artists who had studio space in 147 - but he was also an accomplished musician and very much into making the most of the 8-track desk when it appeared..
Marc plays drums on this track - in fact I think the track was essentially constructed over and around a recording of him knocking out a loose rhythm on a kit which was set up in the basement. Marc ended up playing on a lot of the stuff that was recorded down there as he could basically turn his hand to any instrument. It is hard to believe he was only 17 or 18 years old at the time - but he was.
The credits on the sleeve of Alan’s album for this song read as follows: ‘Track 1 based on dialogue from the ‘Ren and Stimpy Show’ and quotations from Pablo Picasso. Drums by Marc Carolan. Monologue read by Groucho Marx’.
