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 Live at the Longhorn Hypstrz
 CD Review by Mike D'Ariano / 2/2006

Track listing
1. In the Midnight Hour 2. All or Nothing 3. I'll Go Crazy 4. I Don't 5. Talk Talk
6. Tied to Hide 7. Slow Death 8. Riot on Sunset Strip 9. Shake
10. This Has Gotta Be a Joke 11. Little Girl 12. Louie Go Home 13. Don't Look Back
14. Let's Talk About Girls 15. 96 Tears 16. Hold On I'm Coming 17. Can't Stand the Pain
18. Action Woman 19. Hey Joe 20. Jenny Take a Ride 21. C'mon Everybody
22. 66-5-4-3-2-1 23. Come See Me 24. Ballad of the Green Berets
25. I'm Gonna Make You Mine 26. I'm Not Talking 27. Only a Matter of Time
28. Papa's Got a Brand New Bag 29. Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White
30. Remember (Walking in the Sand) 31. Midnight to Six Man 32. Silverspoonpunkthunk
33. You're Gonna Miss Me 34. Surfin' Bird/Olds Mo Williams 35. 7&7 Is
36. Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl 37. Witch

 Label: Bomp Records / Release Date: October 25, 2005

"Hey don't forget to get drunk out there, throw up, get busted, get sent to detox it's rock n roll . . . "

So this is what would happen if you took the Ramones and The Commitments and smashed them together into one band . . . cool. It's the ultimate punk rock bar band, playing two-minute, loud, fast, rockin' versions of tunes you know like Wilson Pickett's "In The Midnight Hour," James Brown's "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag," Otis Redding's "Shake," and Sam and Dave's "Hold On I'm Coming." There's also some you might not know like "Riot On Sunset Strip" and "Silverspoonpunkthunk." The cool thing is they've got such a solid sound, that if you don't know the songs, you'd have no idea which ones are covers and which aren't if any aren't that is see, I don't know. This is what all bar bands should aspire to be . . . excellent.

And just in case you were thinking 'sounds like Me First and The Gimmie Gimmies,' well yeah, maybe a little, except this is fifteen years older (34 of the 37 tracks were recorded in 1980 - the other 3 are from last year) and there's none of that snide "we're playing this song because we think it's funny to play this song" attitude. These guys love this shit and it shows.

Wish my friend's bar band sounded like: "All or Nothing," "Little Girl," "Hey Joe," "Jenny Take A Ride," "Come See Me."