Rock, Rot & Rule
The Critics Love The Critic!!
"Marvelous...a funny, well-crafted hoax that is not so much hilarious as hypnotic. Rock, Rot and Rule is priceless." -The Onion
"Weird Record of the month." - CMJ
"#9 Best Record of '99"- Boston Phoenix
"Genius...I say it rules." - Chicago Reader
"Best Book By A Rock Musician Posing As A Critic."- L.A. New Times
"Hilarious" -Raleigh News and Observer
"Clontle...our finest living critic." -Impressions
"Brilliant...genius." -Your Flesh
Rock, Rot and Rule is a recording of a prank radio interview between WFMU deejay Tom Scharpling and self-appointed rock critic Ronald Thomas Clontle (channeled by Superchunk drummer Jon Wurster) regarding Clontle's controversial reference book, Rock Rot and Rule. Clontle bills his book as "the ultimate argument settler," but things quickly heat up when irate 'FMU listeners call in to take him to task over statements like: "Madness invented Ska," "Bowie and Neil Young rot because they've made too many changes," "Puff Daddy rules," and "The Beatles only rock because they had a lot of stinkers."
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