no new material, and substance abuse. Album: Pigus Drunkus Maximus This, the band's first and only record, was recorded in 1981 but released in 1987 -- after the group had begun to crumble. It got its belated issue on Down There Records, a label run by another L.A. musician, Steve Wynn. The album also bore the logo of Restless Records, then a division of Enigma Records. It was available on vinyl and cassette but never on CD. D.J. Bonebrake of X and Tony Morales contributed drum parts, so Joey Morales played harmonica. Gene Taylor added piano. Steve Berlin was producer. Colorful liner notes came from Chris Morris. The back cover said, "The album you hold in your hands contains songs either written by or associated with Merle Haggard, Otis Rush, Johnny Paycheck, Bob Dylan, The Coasters, Jimi Hendrix and Howlin' Wolf." Of the 11 tracks, the only three originals were contributed by Carlos Guitarlos: "Dance with Your Baby", "Hole in My Pocket", and the instrumental "Backroom Blues". In its writeup, Trouser Press cited the LP's "enthusiastic sweaty abandon." Subsequent recordings by Top Jimmy Long Distance Call by a group billed as "The Top Jimmy Lineup" came out in 1994. It was produced by John Doe. The bass player was John Bazz of The Blasters. The Good Times Are Killing Me came out in 1997 on a small independent label called T.O.N. Records. It was credited just to Top Jimmy. John Bazz and Evan Johns were among the musicians credited. Jimmy contributed vocals to "Mr. Satellite Man" on Phil Alvin's 1994 solo album County Fair 2000. He also performed T-Bone Walker's "Mean Old World" on the compilation album L.A. Ya Ya. Legacy Koncek died on May 17, 2001 (aged 45-46), in Las Vegas, Nevada, from liver failure. Chris Morris wrote the obituary that appeared in L.A. Weekly. Morris kept the memory of Top Jimmy and the Rhythm Pigs alive in another history of the L.A. punk scene, Under the Big Black Sun (2016). A follow-up book, More Fun in the New World (2019), went even deeper: three chapters were devoted expressly to Jimmy. The entry from Morris again compared him in voice and persona to Howlin' Wolf. John Doe and Billy Zoom also provided a wealth of anecdotes. Yet another contributor, Maria McKee, said in her chapter that when Jimmy asked her to sing with him on stage when she was