The Dead Milkmen Tapestry

During a time when punks were competing for speed and loudness, The Dead Milkmen proved that the level of energy can still be achieved without a distortion pedal — and with a little fun. After “Bitchin’ Camaro” became an underground hit thanks to rotation on college radio stations, it was their fourth album, Beelzebubba, that culminated in international attention thanks to 1988’s “Punk Rock Girl.” In a 1989 interview with MTV’s 120-Minutes, founding member Joe “Jack Jack Talcum” Genaro offered up some backstory for “Punk Rock Girl,” revealing that the woman in the video (though we never get a good look at her face) is named Miriam, and that she was in a band called God’s Crotch. True story or fabricated? Hard to know with DM, who have alway