  cover art  Ass Ponys  The Okra Years  (Shake It; US: 25 Apr
2006; UK: Available as import)  When people use the term
“revisionist history”, it’s usually in reference to something
bad, accusing the one doing the revision of sweeping something
under the rug or trying to lessen the negative impact. Those who
deny certain historical atrocities, for example, are painted as
“revisionists”.  Not all revision is bad, however; take the Ass
Ponys, for example. Most people will remember the Ohio band, if
they do so at all, for their oh-so-brief moment of pop culture
glory with the quirky near-hit “Little Bastard”, from the
improbable major label disc Electric Rock Music. Before that,
however, the band released two quirky, ragged discs on tiny Okra
Records that offered, well, American rock music that was equal
parts garage rock, folk, country and, for lack of a better term,
alternative. Someone at A&M Records obviously heard something in
these discs, for while it seemed as if everyone was getting
signed to major labels