What? no comments?
Dan
location: WV➔VA➔FL➔WV➔OH
listening to: so many intros
registered: 1997.08.29
If you've followed along to any of the discussion that led me to tracking this
release down (these tracks came from the Wondercap vinyl only release of LA
punk) - the Spastics were given the label of worst band ever. Here's the quote
from David a few years back -
For the record, DYI!, the great book about the LA punk scene,
written by the estimable, if wholly corrupt Brendan Mullen, quite rightly
called us the worst band to ever take any stage anywhere at any point in
history, Or something along those lines. (That was when we called ourselves the
Spastics.) We were genuinely terrible. Every show with that band was a form of
divine agony. Out of shame, I took to singing, not from the stage, but from
dark tables, booths, wherever I could hide the best. The band lasted much too
long, but we were pals since elementary school, some of us, and it was hard to
just let it go.
But to be honest - I don't think these tracks sound half bad. In context of
the time and style - I would actually say they sound pretty good. The guitar
is driving and David's bass on Baby You String Me Up is solid. I can't imagine
this was the worst band in the late 70s punk scene.
–--
Now your patrons have all left you in the red. Your low rent friends are dead. This life can be very strange.
Dan
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If you've followed along to any of the discussion that led me to tracking this
release down (these tracks came from the Wondercap vinyl only release of LA
punk) - the Spastics were given the label of worst band ever. Here's the quote
from David a few years back -
For the record, DYI!, the great book about the LA punk scene,
written by the estimable, if wholly corrupt Brendan Mullen, quite rightly
called us the worst band to ever take any stage anywhere at any point in
history, Or something along those lines. (That was when we called ourselves the
Spastics.) We were genuinely terrible. Every show with that band was a form of
divine agony. Out of shame, I took to singing, not from the stage, but from
dark tables, booths, wherever I could hide the best. The band lasted much too
long, but we were pals since elementary school, some of us, and it was hard to
just let it go.
But to be honest - I don't think these tracks sound half bad. In context of
the time and style - I would actually say they sound pretty good. The guitar
is driving and David's bass on Baby You String Me Up is solid. I can't imagine
this was the worst band in the late 70s punk scene.
–--
Now your patrons have all left you in the red. Your low rent friends are dead. This life can be very strange.
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