thee Crucials - Give Me...A Keg...Of Beer

Let me say all this noise right here at kick-off:

* I LOVE this groop...lots.

* Full Disclaimer: I got mentioned in the liner notes ...what fer, I ain't quite sure...maybe they knew I'd review their album and give it a glowin' write-up...actually maybe just cuz me & Shake are buds...let's not harp on this, kids...I partied too hardy last nite and I just need to listen to Give Me... & get my head on straight...

Now that I got that outta the way, the review:

Rabid rockers and frantic, full-on fits of garage goodness...thee Crucials did an amazin' job of capturin' their live likeness on this, their first long-play album, on Kaiser Records. The record spreads a pretty wide swath of party pounders, some brand new and some tried-and-true tunes...and we're all lucky that the band known fer crazed live shows could actually get this insanity down on record...no easy feat I'm pos-i-tive, baby.

What thee Crucials have here fer the years are not only some of the catchiest choruses and licks but tunes that demand not only the attention of yer head, but mo' importantly to me, yer feet! I wish more bands had the wherewithal to keep it fun (but not overly silly)...this band's album continues the time honored tradition of acknowledgin' "what they doin' ain't got no soul...gonna show ya how to rock'n'roll"...it shakes, it stomps, it sears yer ears!

There's li'l something fer all the garage fiends: fuzz-busters like "Crucials Are Go!" & "She Love Her, Yeah", open-heart, loud lovesongs like "Doe Eyes" & "Now You Gotta Break My Heart", plus simple shindig starters such as "Can't Sit Still", "You Ain't the One" & "Squares Beware"...A total listenin' experience to lose yer mind, baby...dig it!

I'm also ecstatic & proud that upon multiple listens it's clear that thee Crucials are takin' back the title of "frat-party fracus" music from the grips of mainstream morons...y'all can file this swell LP in with Paul Revere, Sam the Sham, the Woggles, & the Untamed Youth, not that DMB gar-bage!

You need this one, kids...at least two copies cuz yer gonna wear out the first one, guaranteed!!

Yeah I gotta band, wanna fight about it?

Hey kids the rumors are true! (no not those rumors...)
It's lookin' like my many years of plannin' & plottin' fer total maniac-party music-makin' may be finally comin' to fruition...that's right, I finally have folks deranged enuf to attempt a garagepunk band with me! ...in Cola-town, even!! I give ya, the Get Wets

& guess what!? I spent the better part of my July 4th weekend scrawlin' out this lil' logo fer the groop, too:



The gory details:
Floyd on sticks & skins
Anna on saxes
Logan on organs & what-have-yous
Me on bass geetars

NO GUITARS! ...yeah, dig that haters! Also, NO LEAD SINGER...WE ALL SING!
We're gearin' up to rip up the garagepunk scene, one sloppy, sick song at a time!

Oh!
We gots one of the those new-fangle MySpace pages (no tunes as of yet to mangle yer eardrums)...won't ya be our fiends, I mean friends??

Stay tuned suckers fer actual live-in person performances...dig it.

Let's All Get on the Same Page Here...

Fer all y'all playin' along at home ya may be wonderin' why I had two blogs, one fer my old radioshow (Rock'N'Roll Radio)/new podcast (Wild Wild Sound) and one fer my random blatherin's (Raunchy Noise) ...well wonder no mo', kids!

Just today I made the leap to merge the two blogs into one mega-blog...dah, dah, daahhh.

So now anyone typin' http://rnrradio.com into their bop-ity browser will be whisked away to this very blog...magical isn't it?
Oh, & I just bought me http://raunchynoise.com, too (this sucker should go live very soon...once the authorities make sure everything's on the up 'n' up....suckers)

So now ya know ...and knowin's half the battle, baby

Memphis Meltdown: CoCoComa, Perfect Fits, Lover!

While the whole excuse fer the Memphis trek was to witness the reunion of the Gories and the Oblivians, I got a bombshell of beautiful news right before we set sail west...the afternoon followin' the first show a mini garagepunk fest was to take place at Murphy's...headlined by easily the wildest gem in the current Goner line-up, CoCoComa!

Crazy! -Let me say that their 2007 self-titled release was an instant classic...frantic to the third degree, baby...And with hooks galore...flipped my wig again & again, but with their HQ in Chi-town, I figured I never had a shot catchin' 'em down my way...

Zing! I got the golden ticket, with thee chance to finally see 'em do it to it live!! So, back to the show, right...well we got there a bit behind schedule and only caught the tail end of the Magic Kids...from what I saw I wish I coulda seen more! ...almost a bizarro Beach Boys on a Black Lips kick...

the Magic Kids...well, being all magical

Then came the famed Lover! (honestly I don't give a rats ass about their punk pedigree of ex-Lost Sounds, Reigning Sound members) and fer a power pop groop, well they powered up that pop real nice...not always my bag but good time all the same (til the obnoxious guitar solos spoiled the last few tunes)...


Lover! poundin' it down

& like a whip crack of thunder the Perfect Fits took to the stage and made a good racket of raw punk pounders...seemed like my gal Anna really dug 'em and I can understand why...cuz their breed of bonzo punk is a bit catchy too...so let's give to 'em huh?...


the Perfect Fits just a-hard rockin'
But really I was all butterscotch butterflies inside waitin' fer my throbs to start shakin' it...I was a bit miffed to see the two new members joinin' the husband/wife duo of Bill & Lisa...they ripped as a trio with their original organist wailin' away...but after the first song...Whoa-dad! I could dig it!! ...playin' almost entirely new tunes, CoCoComa went completely unhinged with breakneck garagepunk rockers! No ballads here kiddies...just blaster after blaster...I just lost it! ...Fer a minute I couldn't tell if I was dancin' or havin' a psychotic fit, but goddamn were they capital-f Fun! ...I screamed fer an encore and like hell they blared through two classic tunes (both personal favs of mine) to cap off the show right...


the shake-fest that is CoCoComa
Even bought a t-shirt after the show (& I ain't much of a band shirt wearin' kinda cat, ya dig) and shared a few words of worship with Bill...all I can say is that band can ball! Definitely catch 'em if ya can!

Made the Memphis meltdown even mo' monumental, baby!

Memphis Meltdown: Mo' on Gories, Oblivians shows

Scrounged up a few mo' pix (warnin': fer the undiscriminatin' peepers) of the Saturday nite show thanx to my free-wheelin' gal, Anna...dig it:

GORIES




OBLIVIANS



Can't say enuf about how soaked with coolness (& sweat) these shows were...made all the mo' better by gettin' to catch back up with my ol' cohort in rock'n'roll crime, Davie (aka Trix), as well as finally meetin' in the flesh the big kahuna of GaragePunk.com, Kopper!

Stay tuned fer the final(?) post about the Memphis music madness that took place Saturday afternoon before the 2nd Gories/Oblivians show...