I'm a sucker for any band that's a sucker for early Ramones the same as me, especially if they have a female singer.
Of course, this sucker-dom can manifest itself in many ways. From Shonen Knife to Helen Love, from Soda Fountain Rag to Shop Assistants, from Vivian Girls to... ah Bangs alive, we're going be here all day... to Town Bike, the interpretations and love are myriad and plentiful. Town Bike's particular interpretation totally reminds me of all those great US homocore bands from the early 90s - y'know, Pansy Division and their ilk - and I rather like the gratuitous profanity.
As the website for their fine homespun UK record label Where It's At Is Where You Are puts it:
for July we have two brand new tunes from Liverpool's TOWN BIKE... equal parts Runaways, Ramones and Ronettes (the REAL three R's that should be taught in school), TOWN BIKE are FUN! POWER! PUNK! POP! POP! POP!...
the sweet girl group intro to BASTARD HEART (yes, with THAT drum beat) paves the way for 1 piss, 2 shits, 6 bastards and 8 fucks, in less than two minutes... think SHAMPOO's "Bouffant Headbutt" or LOVE BITES' "You Broke My Heart"... think about them a LOT... i know i do...
I've written about Town Bike before.
Here's a link to a free download of their single 'Bastard Heart'.
It totally fucking rocks, you bastard pissing shit-fucker.
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ReplyDeleteClaire Kwak Welles
good to see mates of mine getting some due credit :)
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Tony Mazzocco
ET what is it with this infatuation of all these female-singer bands? Triple J's (I know they are not THE barometer of music) Top 100 of all time did not have a single female artist up to Top 25 or so and they were heavily criticised for it...??
Actually, ANY Top 100 list in the world would not have one in their Top 25.
What does it all mean?
I'm not sexist, just realist.
Would eg The Beatles or The Rolling Stones have been as respected had they been fronted by Paula McCartney or Michelle Jagger?
The ONLY female artist on my ipod is Amy Winehouse-and that's based on merit, not looks, not lyrics, not attitude, just merit.
23 July at 20:57 · Like ·
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