The Queers play a Ramones style of pop punk with songs about girls and beer. King has often collaborated with Ben Weasel, from Screeching Weasel. The band begun with a notoriety primarily in their own backyard, but with the release of Love Songs for the Retarded, recorded by legendary punk producer Mass Giorgini, their following grew to international proportions. They have collaborated with Mass Giorgini several times since.
Along with his casual acquaintance Ben Weasel, Joe King has criticized the re-emergence of the street punk scene and what he sees as the glorification of violence and class warfare by certain bands. The song, "Little Rich Working Class Oi Boy" from the album Beyond the Valley of the Assfuckers takes aim at the working class pretensions and bellicose attitudes of some members of the Oi! scene. In a 2005 post to The Queers official website, King criticizes the effect of Boston punk band, the Dropkick Murphys. Writes King, "With all this stupid fucking Irish/Dropkick BS these days the whole punk scene (what's left of it) is full of assholes that just wanna fight."
Monster Zero
The Queers Lyrics
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We started necking in the back seat
She says she's crazy, well I'm crazy too
I think that bonehead should stop sniffing glue
I think she's nuts, I think she's really gone
I think that she's on pot
She's crazy, I'm lazy, who gives a fuck
Oh Yeah...
I think she's whacked out, she thinks I'm cheap
I tried to kiss her but she fell asleep
Thought I impresed her with my dad's car
She's looking at me like a retard
I think she's nuts, I think she's really gone
I think that she's on pot
She's crazy, I'm lazy, who gives a fuck
Oh Yeah...
Monster Zero (4x)
The Queers's song "Monster Zero" seems to be a classic teenage love story where the singer takes his girlfriend to the drive-in to watch a movie. As they start getting intimate in the back seat, the insinuation that they are both crazy comes into play. The singer also takes a jab at someone he knows that has a substance abuse problem. The girl falls asleep during the night, and the singer tries to impress her with his dad's car, but she gives him a particular look. The singer concludes that his girlfriend is "nuts" and "on pot," but he doesn't really care.
The song is upbeat and has a catchy melody that makes it fun to sing along despite the lyrics' underlying themes. Many interpret the song as a satire of teenage rebellion and recklessness, where the characters are living life in the moment without giving too much thought to their actions' consequences. The song may also be seen as a commentary on the youth culture of the time, where alternative music trends like punk rock were gaining popularity and challenging mainstream values.
Line by Line Meaning
I took her to the drive-in, she looked so sweet
I brought my date to the movie theater and she looked very attractive to me.
We started necking in the back seat
We began kissing and making out in the back seat of the car.
She says she's crazy, well I'm crazy too
My date claims that she is mentally unstable, but I am also not entirely stable.
I think that bonehead should stop sniffing glue
I believe that idiotic person should cease inhaling glue as it is harmful.
I think she's nuts, I think she's really gone
I believe that she is insane and has lost her senses.
I think that she's on pot
I believe that she is using marijuana.
She's crazy, I'm lazy, who gives a fuck
She is crazy and I am apathetic, so why does it matter?
Oh Yeah...
An expression of affirmation or agreement.
Monster Zero (4x)
A repeated phrase that could signify a feeling of nihilism or disregard.
I think she's whacked out, she thinks I'm cheap
I suspect that she is mentally unhinged, and she believes that I am stingy.
I tried to kiss her but she fell asleep
I made an attempt to kiss her, but she dozed off.
Thought I impresed her with my dad's car
I believed that I had won her over with my father's automobile.
She's looking at me like a retard
She is staring at me with a foolish or dimwitted expression.
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