‘We Are The Shaggs’ Review: Story Behind Best “Worst Album" Ever Made

‘We Are the Shaggs’ Review: The Band Is Awful, but the Movie Isn’t

Several decades ago, I used to get a big kick out of subjecting unsuspecting visitors to a record by an unusual musical trio called the Shaggs. This would usually happen after a few drinks or as a party was winding down, and I’d typically start the initiation with a song called “My Pal Foot Foot,” the sad tale of a lost cat who is found in the last verse (though not in real life). The song lurches through a few different rhythms even before the …

‘We Are The Shaggs’ Review: Story Behind Best “Worst Album" Ever Made

The Shaggs — an all-girl band featuring the three suburban Wiggin sisters from Fremont, NH — were always an acquired taste. Formed in 1965, they released one album, Philosophy of the World, in 1969, and disbanded in the mid-’70s. Almost all (around 900) of the original 1,000 copies of the album disappeared in mysterious circumstances, but the 100 that escaped to the outside world all found their way to the right people. Frank Zappa was one, play…