Professional Help by Stewart Suicide & the Sewer Swimmers
Only one recording has survived from the 1992 "Secret Tour," and it’s unclear where exactly it was recorded. Stewart says that the tour was “all a blur now, just nightmare memories.” But this set does include some nuggets, such as "Day of Doom," which not appear on any other SS&SS album, the instrumental jam, “Stew’s Bru, and” “The Ghost of Bob Dylan” a George song perhaps intended for his EP but only this full band treatment has survived. Also George says that he prefers this no-nonsense live version of "My Shirt" to the looser version on The Penguin Tapes.
Tracklist
| 1. | You're in Need of Professional Help | 7:19 |
| 2. | Rock and Roll Law School | 7:33 |
| 3. | Day of Doom | 6:23 |
| 4. | The Ghost of Bob Dylan | 6:35 |
| 5. | Stew's Bru | 12:09 |
| 6. | Penguin Lust | 4:16 |
| 7. | I Love You | 4:35 |
| 8. | My Shirt | 4:57 |
| 9. | Sex By Computer | 4:57 |
| 10. | Lord, I'm Depressed | 23:26 |
Credits
Stewart Suicide-Lead guitar, vocals 1, 2, 7, 10
George “The Coordinated” Zapparini-keyboards, vocals 3, 4, 6 8, 9
Henry “The Axe” Machete-guitar
David “Marijuana is one thing, but if they find out about the Sewer Swimmers I’ll never make the Supreme Court” Souter-guitar
F. Lee “I’m a Lawyer” Baley–backing vocals, percussion, Engineer
License
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Forged in the hopeless depression of the late 1970s and the Reagan Years to which their work is a comic despairing valentine, SS&SS were that rare indie punk band that really did scorn the limelight–and the limelight scorned them right back.The Sewer Swimmers were not so much a band as an idea, and their sudden pop-up performances were exercises in semi-rehearsed anarchy.