The Country Teasers are a British band formed in 1993.

Their music is characterised by its provocative lyrics and discordant, repetitive style – a blend of Hank Williams and The Fall. Frontman and songwriter Ben Wallers's lyrics have elicited comparisons to Jonathan Swift and William S Burroughs^[1], provoking the audience with unorthodox standpoints and purposefully offensive vocabulary in order to force them to question their own opinions. "Like moralistic ’80s punks Crass, the Country Teasers make their statement, but they use humor to do it, as opposed to histrionic art-house punk screech… They find your comfort zone and blissfully stomp all over it."^[2] It has been suggested that Audrey Williams be merged into this article or section. ... The Fall are an English post-punk group, formed in Manchester in 1976. ... Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift (November 30, 1667 – October 19, 1745) was an Irish priest, satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, and poet, famous for works like Gullivers Travels, A Modest Proposal, A Journal to Stella, The Drapiers Letters, The Battle of the Books, and A Tale of a Tub. ... William S. Burroughs. ...

Wallers also performs solo material under the stage name of The Rebel.

Discography

Albums

• The Pastoral - Not Rustic - World of Their Greatest Hits (1995, Crypt Records)
• Satan Is Real Again (1996, Crypt Records)
• Back to the Future (1998, Guided Missile)
• Destroy All Human Life (1999, Fat Possum)
• Science Hat Artistic Cube Moral Nosebleed Empire (2002, In the Red)
• Secret Weapon Revealed at Last (2003, In the Red)
• Country Teasers Live Album (2005, In the Red)
• The Empire Strikes Back (2006, In the Red)

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References

1. ^ Goldberg, Michael Alan. "Ragin' & Cursin'", Seattle Weekly (May 17, 2006), reproduced at [1]. Accessed January 21, 2007.
2. ^ Davidson, Duncan Scott. "Schlock Tease: Country Teasers jab at the darker crannies of whiteness", San Francisco Bay Guardian, reproduced at [2]. Accessed January 21, 2007.