Damaged Bug - Bug On Yonkers – New LP

John Dwyer (Oh Sees) and his crew doing Michael Yonkers compositions.Bug On Yonkers by Damaged Bug “I first heard Michael Yonkers via the Microminature Love reissue (Sub Pop) and was immediately hooked. I started collecting any piece of his legend that I could…some true, some likely not.He had hand-built all of his gear.He had broken his back.He was part of experimental surgery that left him in lifelong pain.He was a dancer.He was still kicking around making some of the oddest and most contrary-to-contemporary-popular-norms type of music.(A man after my own heart)And then I heard Goodby Sunball, recorded and released in 1974, the year I was born. I had and have a very deep connection with this set of songs.I wasn’t sure why, but when I finally met Michael, I understood.He was kind and seemingly a pretty regular guy.But he was also a weirdo. A rare bird, waving the true freak music flag,and it didn’t matter what kind of music he made, I loved it all.So, this record was reco