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Post by Lord Emsworth on Apr 10, 2021 12:11:03 GMT
Most of those bands that were lauded on "live at CBGBs" albums were like the Dictators. The American version of Pub Rock maybe, stodgy and slightly dated jumping aboard the "punk" bandwagon. I was never convinced by Stiv Bators / Dead Boys either except Sonic Reducer of course which, like many, I first heard on...  Not that I have ever given them more than a cursory listen We should probably have a thread for them and now we have - here it is Sonic Reducer
Dead Boys? What's yer verdict?
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Apr 10, 2021 12:15:13 GMT
Just been reading a few rave reviews for Young, Loud And Snotty Maybe I should give it a proper go?
Somewhat belatedly
Dunno how it passed me by at the time
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Post by doug61 on Apr 10, 2021 12:24:21 GMT
Yeah, I liked it and there's a good live boot somewhere, have to did it out. Cheetah Chrome plays with Rocket From The Tombs now days.
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Post by johnnyoi on Apr 10, 2021 14:29:46 GMT
Loved Young, Loud and Snotty.Thought the Dead Boys were a great,raunchy,punk rock n roll band like the Dolls.Going to have to get Cheetah Chrome's book A Dead Boy's Tale.Sounds like it might be a good read.
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Post by andyloneshark on Apr 10, 2021 18:55:05 GMT
I'm sure the snobby elitist British music papers hated them. One of the greatest Rock'n'Roll bands ever...
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Post by zeopold on Apr 10, 2021 20:55:17 GMT
They were the closest an American group came to UK punk rock
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Apr 11, 2021 9:28:34 GMT
What are their other albums like? Beyond the debut...
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Post by andyloneshark on Apr 11, 2021 13:15:19 GMT
...the track i put on my previous post on this thread is my favourite song from their second and final album We Have Come For Your Children.
It's an album that seems to get overlooked by people with only a passing interest in their recordings.
This is a slower melancholy but haunting ballad from We Have Come For Your Children that Guns And Roses covered in the 90s on their Spagetti Incident album.
Sublime guitar on this from Cheetah Chrome...
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Post by zeopold on Apr 11, 2021 20:05:29 GMT
Sublime guitar on this from Cheetah Chrome... To my ear one of the best lead guitar players in his class at the time. Definitely up there with Derwood and Mick Rossi on the other side of the pond. |
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Apr 11, 2021 20:24:02 GMT
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Post by personunknown on Apr 11, 2021 20:24:02 GMT
...the track i put on my previous post on this thread is my favourite song from their second and final album We Have Come For Your Children. It's an album that seems to get overlooked by people with only a passing interest in their recordings. This is a slower melancholy but haunting ballad from We Have Come For Your Children that Guns And Roses covered in the 90s on their Spagetti Incident album. Sublime guitar on this from Cheetah Chrome... Guns N Roses stab was OK but a bit polished. DBs version is magnificent, the tune like the accompanying lyric is in danger of disintegrating at any second. Best track ever about awkward adolescence. Originally by Rocket From The Tombs, I think. |
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Post by personunknown on Apr 11, 2021 20:32:03 GMT
Yep, Rocket. More bluesy rock than punk. Even though it's not their song, Dead Boys is definitive for me.
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Post by andyloneshark on Apr 11, 2021 22:27:13 GMT
Yes, i had forgotten about it being originally a Rocket From The Tombs song, but as Cheetah Chrome was also in that band and co-wrote it, it could be said that it is equally a Dead Boys song
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Apr 12, 2021 8:12:14 GMT
Thanks for all these comments
I'm gonna dive into the Dead Boys in the next week or so and discover what I've been missing
It it's as good as Sonic Reducer then I'm in for a treat
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Post by johnnyoi on Apr 12, 2021 19:54:17 GMT
Wasn't Sonic Reducer originally a Rockets song?
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Post by andyloneshark on Apr 12, 2021 21:11:42 GMT
...yes it was Johnny - 30 Seconds Over Tokyo was a Rocket From The Tombs song that Pere Ubu later recorded, too
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