Cheap Time – S/T – New LP

The initial idea for Cheap Time came from Redd Kross’ bassist Steve McDonald, who had come to Nashville to produce Be Your Own Pet’s debut album. Steve saw me playing drums and singing with Rat Traps at a house show, and afterwards, he told me that I needed to play guitar and front my own band. Later that summer, I received similar encouragement from Jay Reatard, who wanted to have a serious talk with me in the parking lot of The Buccaneer after The Fatals/Rat Traps show. Jay’s whole pitch to me that night was about thinking bigger than just continuing to replicate the music he made in the 90s, making 4-track cassette recordings that would only ever sell 500 copies. Jay told me he believed I had more talent and commercial potential than Rat Traps or my One Man Band. I needed to do something new.Cheap Time (2008) by Cheap TimeI began writing the first Cheap Time songs on the last Rat Traps tour in May 2006, starting with “Spoiled Brat,” an ode to Jamin and Jonas from Be Your Own Pet, wh