United Dirt was a Dum Dums side project, that included most members of the Dum-Dums, plus both Pat Wilson and Pat Finn mixed in. This may have laid the groundwork towards the two Pat's later participation in the Dum Dums.
The entire thing was a huge joke. The songs were all extremely foul mouthed death metal, with little musical structure, and were (if one had a broad sense of humor) unbeleivably funny. Both Pat Wilson, and Vaughn, (the Dum Dums drummer ) played drums at the same time. Bob Hnilo and somebody else screeched out the horrendously offensive lyrics.

The group appeared on stage once, as an "encore " to the Dum Dums, in late 1990. This was recorded. Track list unknown.

Also, a "practice/rehersal" was recorded, about the same time. (this may have come about due to Bush and the Dum Dums sharing a rehersal space)

All in all there were about 6 cohesive songs. some known titles are...(edited for explicit content)

by spring 1991 Rivers and his fairly new 8 track had moved to 2914 Urban Avenue in West LA, not far from the Stoner Ave. apt. By summer time, the "Stoner Ave crew" (Pat, Pat, Jason, and Karl) were spending plenty of time there, and new musical collaborations were beginning. It should be noted that the Taco Bell at the corner of Pico and Bundy (perfectly situated between the two apartments) was fast becoming the most frequented eating establishment in the area.

song	comments
the pop screen	AKA: the ppp and the bbbb (nonsense) Rivers and Pat W.
if you would	this was Justin Fisher's song, with RC assists on vocals and recording
I'm Your Man	(original version of hey m'darlin') Rivers
workplace (1st version)	Pat W. (karl on backup "vocals") 7/91? 8/91?
hyperspace	weird Rivers freakout, not really a song
sing to me slow	Rivers. (fragment of) as yet unnamed 'Underground' (see below)
"untitled guitar dirge"	unclear if this is Rivers or Pat W. no vocals
what's goin on?	Rivers and Pat W. team up for some weird nonsensical music
i got so many problems	Rivers laments in a not very serious way
fighting shoes	Rivers with acoustic guitar. A cover version?
galactus	Rivers drastically cut this song down for the final mix, then destroyed the master. The remaining 15 sec. sounds cool

Jason was also doing his own thing on Pat Finn's 4 track back at Stoner Ave. He recorded a large amount of frenetic guitar oriented insturmentals, none of which were titled.
Of this extensive material, I can definately speak of 2 songs:

Sixty Wrong Sausages came about in August 1991. The increased collaborations between Pat Finn, Pat Wilson, Jason Cropper, and Rivers somehow blossomed into this band. At first it was a trio: the two Pats, and jason, playing together in a fashion not unlike Bush (see above, spring 1991). But things were changing a bit and somehow a more carefree, less strict attitude was developing in both the music and in the band structure.

Meanwhile, Rivers's own Fuzz (with Wilson, see spring '91 above) essentially disintergrated, and he seemed to be starting a "giddy" phase, too. At the Urban Avenue apt, Rivers and Pat Wilson made a group of songs that brought everyone to their knees in laughter. Within a few weeks Rivers had joined this new band, which played a combination of these new songs (see below), some Pat Wilson solo songs, and a number of re-tooled Pat Finn/Wilson Bush-era songs.

The line-up was:
Pat Finn: bass, and vocals on about 1/2 of the songs, backup vox on the rest
Rivers Cuomo: Lead guitar on about 2/3 of the songs, Vocals on about 1/3 of the songs, rhythm guitar everywhere else, occasional drums
Jason Cropper: lead guitar on about 1/3 of the songs, rhythm guitar everywhere else, some back-up vox
Pat Wilson: Drums on almost everything, Vocals on several songs, lead guitar and vocals on a few songs (this is where Rivers would drum)

The band name came about in a spur of the moment discussion. Someone suggested "Sausage", then "The Wrong Sausage", and finally: "No, it cant just be one wrong sausage!! it needs to be, like, SIXTY Wrong Sausages!"

Rivers and Pat Wilson: 8 tracks

song	comments
Somebody told me Ben Gay doesnt work	AKA: Been Gi (pronounced "ben gay") 7/6/91
the barnaby jones	master tape lost? 7/91
"to get by"	(barnaby jones reprise remix) 7/91
tennis ball	"tennis ball, and canine salivation/ And that's not all, don't you be so perspicatious" 7/91
tennis ball (re-mix)	easier to bob one's head to

In September '91, when the concept of this new band was finally settled upon, the band made the decision to first work on a demo tape as opposed to practicing and playing shows. They recorded in Rivers's tiny Urban ave. apartment. The drums were done on Wilson's Octopad, as there was no room for drums in the little room. The demo took several weeks, sessions squeezed into school and work schedules, and was not completed till the end of October - after they had finally broken down and started practicing at a rehearsal space. The demo was never distributed beyond friends. The master tapes have been destroyed.

"Cholesterol E.P." 11/01/91 full band demo

song	comments
Evil Nest	reworked Finn song from late Bush era. Contains an INSANE Rivers guitar solo
Mega Man	Wilsons track, now with Wilson vocals
Been Gi	utterly hilarious and catchy
Workplace	another Wilson track. Rivers played the drums on this one

The band then practiced 7 times. All were videotaped, two were audiotaped

Practice #1: 10/20/91
1. chatter
2. Tennis Ball (RC)
3. Evil Nest (PF)
4. Been Gi (RC)
5. Mega Man (PW)
6. Crayon Man (PF) breaks down
7. Crayon Man
8. Beyond Life
9. Sheriff Wong (PF – PW)
10. Workplace (PW)
11. chatter, then Tennis Ball (RC) (last song on video)
12. Been Gi (RC)
13. chatter
14. Evil Nest (PF) breaks down
15. Evil Nest (PF) cut off
16. Evil Nest (PF)
17. Workplace (PW) funny ending
18. chatter, bass noodling
19. random jamming, chatter
20. Run The Gamut (PF – PW) breaks down
21. noodling, Run The Gamut (PF-PW) breaks down, Rivers does a cover song ballad
22. metal shredding, chatter, Run The Gamut (PF – PW) cool ending
23. “Jazz Improv 101”
24. Bushman (RC) funny
25. Crayon Man (PF)
26. Beyond Life (PF)
27. “???” (riff metal song – PW?)
28. chatter, “???” (riff metal song – PW?)
29. noodling, partial cover of “I Am A Viking”
30. Tennis Ball (RC) (extended jam version, into “Headmasters Ritual” cover)
31. noodling, Metallica riffs
32. chatter, tuning, melodica

Practice #2: 10/26/91
Practice #3: 10/28/91

60 Wrong Sausages practice #3 10/28/91

song	comments
Evil Nest
Evil Nest take 2
Beyond Life	another reworked Bush song
Crayon Man	another reworked Bush song
Run The Gamut	a Pat and Pat special
Sherriff Wong	Pat and Pat. ("Sherriff Wong! / Filled his bong!")
Workplace	Wilsons track
Been Gi	("shooby doobie doobie, sh-doobie, sh-doobie...")
Been Gi (second take)
The Barnaby Jones	"simon and garfunkel live/ underneath the water..."
The Barnaby Jones (take 2)
Burn My Britches	AKA "i will not cross over", originally a Fuzz song. by Rivers
Tennis Ball	"....Heath bar crunch/soggy prophylactic/ and ants on the munch!.."
"pigs-fat as f*ck"	a short tirade by Wilson about the dangers of livestock-keeping
immigrant song	(partial cover version)
Megaman	by wilson
Answer Man	another Rivers Fuzz track

Practice #4: 11/3/91
Practice #5: 11/9/91
Practice #6: 11/13/91
Practice #7: 11/20/91

The band then played one show, at the Phoenix Theatre in Petaluma CA, on Thanksgiving day (Nov 26?) 1991. A videotape of this show exists. The audio quality is challenging due to the awful acoustics in the hall, and a poor quality P.A. system.

The show is interesting because everyone's old LA friend Matt Sharp (then living up in Berkeley CA) came to the show. Within 3 months he would be in the band on that stage at the Phoenix, Pat Finn would not be in it, and a whole new group of songs would be taking over the setlist....

Rivers helped his friend Kevin Ridel (later of Lunch Box and Ridel High) record his Christian rock songs, for an album for Kevin's new band, The Truth. Rivers helped engineer this demo, and helped with back-up vocals, and probably the guitar playing.

Shortly after the first (and only) 60 Wrong Sausages show, the band was no more. Pat Finn was going through some weird times, and Rivers was losing interest in the band, finding more excitement in his own new song material. About this time, Rivers and Pat Wilson expressed a mutual interest in moving toward the type of songs that bands like the Pixies and Nirvana were doing. While there was no definate plan, they embarked on a songwriting spree, hoping to write 50 new songs between them, and from this new roster move forward with an unnamed new band. While no one knew it at the time, this new band would not include Pat Finn, but rather Matt Sharp (who still lived in Northern California at this point). It was a definate stylistic move away from the more rythmic jazz/jam/riff oriented 60 Wrong Sausages, and consequently the different writing style of Pat Finn.

They never quite made it to 50. However, the old Fuzz song roster was accepted as sufficient material, bolstering the list by at least 5-6 songs. Bush and 60WS songs were deemed too different for the new plan.

"The 50 song project"

song	comments
* The world has turned and left me here (orig.)	RC 8 track ; master is missing
cheesewheel (silly)	RC 8 track ; silly song, doesnt really count as one of the "50" ; master is missing
2-2-tango (prototype)	early version, RC 8 track
* Wet dog	RC 8 track ; silly song, doesnt really count as one of the "50" ; master was taped over
* transported	RC 8 track ; weird song, might not count as one of the "50"; master was taped ove
"guess we could wait"	Jason submits the "Brotherhood Groove" song renamed, 8 track master; taped over, no mixdown survives
* make me a pallet	RC 8 track ; silly song, doesnt really count as one of the "50"
* it holds me together	Rivers and Pat W. teamed up, 8 track
* the world we love so much	cover of Gregg Alexander song, not really one of the "50"; Rivers 8 track
* undone (original)	12/91 Rivers 8 track; master missing; mixdown was sped up to increase tempo, results="chipmunk" vocals
jessica	Pat W. 4 track; 12/91
why do we hurt each other?	Rivers 8 track; 1/1/92, master taped over
pulp	Rivers 8 track; 1/2/92, master taped over
rain (version 2)	(aka "whats stopping you?"), Pat W. 1/2/92, master taped over
M.E.	Pat Wilson 4 track , Gary Numan cover, 1/92
its not the same	Pat W., 1/92 4 track
* little bag	Rivers 12/91 ; 8 track, master missing
* close your eyes and gimme a kiss	Rivers 12/91 ; 8 track, master missing
i cant forget the way	1/1/92 Rivers , master taped over
chasm (aka "kasim")	Rivers 8 track 1/2/92; master taped over
2-2-tango (2nd version)	rivers 8 track; 1/3/92
*colmusheen	rivers 8 track; 1/3/92
my oh my	rivers 8 track; 1/92
"where can i go and rest"	Pat W.; 8 track ; 3/92?
lullaby for wayne (prototype)	no vox, much different than later version(s). Pat W. ; 8 track 3/92?
* thief youve taken all that was me (original)	2/92 Rivers 8 track. master is lost
"blood on the hands of..."	Pat W. 4 track; 2/92?
"i am your blue sky"	Jason Cropper 8 track, with Rivers vocal back-ups
My Name is Jonas (original)	Pat W. 4 track original version. No vocals except a tiny bit of Pats original's, totally different melody. No master.

note: "*" indicates recordings that were grouped together on Rivers' original tape of demos he titled 'weezer'. Others were contemporaneous, but for whatever reason ended up on other tapes.