Full Boar Vol. 29
A full throttle ride into the denizens of teen mayhem.
23 psycho parables of excess and pure untameable FUN!
Full Boar Vol.29 is a collection of death defying ditties that takes in sounds from the early ’60’s to the early ’80’s, spinning Proto Punk and Garage to Power Pop and New Wave epics.
We kick off with the title track from one of Iggy Pop's finest discs, 'New Values' with rip tearing dual guitars and driving rhythm section setting the mood.
Alice Cooper, a teen fave of mine, 'School's Out' being the first album I ever bought, with 'Killer' and 'Love it to Death' following close behind. 'Under My Wheels', from 'Love it to Death' burns up the joint with hot wheels metaphors and searing guitar and vocals.
Davie Allen and the Arrows created some of the most threatening soundtracks to American hod rod and zombies on wheels epics of the 60's. Mom and dad's worst fears coming true in a blaze of fuzz guitar. This tune is taken from Roger Corman's 'The Wild Angels' soundtrack.
Shifting ahead 'round 12 years later, Devo 'Clockout' similar territory, once again mum's wonderin' what's Jimmy listening to now?
I Love XTC, seriously and intensely. I bought this 7" when it came out, late '70's, probably from Anthem. I took it home and made a little cover for it so it would keep safe. Playing it was like Christmas morning every time, I was a happy kid, it still makes me all tingly.
'Rough Kids' is one of Ian Dury's finest moments, capturing the backstreet fever of London youth of the 70's. Kilburn and the Highroads were Ian's former band to his solo and Blockhead gear, a major activator of the UK punk scene, along with other so called pub rock acts like Dr Feelgood and Brinsley Schwarz.
'Woolies' in this case ain't where you go shopping, but where you go to hear one of the most snarling versions of this Bo Diddley stomper. Rearranged and Wooly. This '67 killer was put on wax by these cats from Lansing, Michigan and released on Dunhill. The boot I've got it on is probably about the easiest way you're gonna get your hands on it.
The Music Machine, forged in black leather by Sean Bonniwell, oh the dark lord of proto metal, with his singular black leather glove, conducting the band into wild, passionate, explosions of punk ecstasy.
The MC5, like Iggy and the Woolies, true blue blooded Michigan souls, firey fugitives from society's clutches, screaming "Kick out the Jams Mother F@#kers". They're looking at you, they're checkin' you out, they're saying "are you part of the problem or part of the solution?". They're also rocking like crazy.
Next up, The Kinks..., the freaking groundbreaking, uncompromising, earth shattering Kinks. Truly a rotten R&B band, but they're snotty, angry, hardheadedness turned their attempts at R&B into punk fused glory. There is no other song by any other band that sounds anything like 'Cadillac'.
Them were another angry band, but I imagine that the press just called them that because they were Irish. It's that old cliche' that sweeps away all cultural guilt, "Oh they're just angry, I don't know why". Anyhoot, they were hot, fierce, wild and damn good and for a short time they made some of the best singles on the scene, this is one of them.
Wreckless Eric hit my world when I caught a plane to Italy in '77. For some reason JJ radio had been given they're own channel on the flight sound system. I heard 'Another Girl Another Planet', 'Watching the Detectives' and 'Spanish Stroll' along with others, about 80 times. One of the tunes was 'Whole Wide World' by Wreckless Eric. It was wonderfully terrible, it was snotty and beautiful and punk, in the best way possible. I've alway adored that song, but I never took it any further till recently when I bought his first album. Produced by Ian Dury, Nick Lowe and Larry Wallis, it's somewhat of a enfant terrible artwork that could not be made by anyone less wreckless.
Speaking of Nick Lowe, damn I've been digging deep into that cat. His work with Brinsley Schwarz, Elvis Costello, Dave Edmunds et al and his own magnificent catalogue of solo works are out of this world. The scene around Nick and the whole Stiff / Radar Records scene was tagged pub rock cos they hadn't come up with a better title yet. It really was the core of what would become the punk / new wave scene. Nick could make your heart swoon one minute and give you a heart attack the next. A mammoth talent. This version of 'Heart of the City' is from the UK version of his first solo album 'Jesus of Cool', which had its' tracks switched around and retitled 'Pure Pop for Now People' in the god fearin' US of A. A perfect album either way. Yep Rock have released a double album with the lot.
Jumping back a few years we've got the very unpretty 'The Pretty Things' with their mad speed infused 1965 single 'Midnight to Six Man'. Everything is on 10. A scorcher of mammoth proportions.
Scooting off to New Zealand for a tad, we have 'Ray Columbus and the Invaders', and outrageously cheeky name for a band at any time, especially back then. I guess Ray Cook and the Invaders would have made more sense, but not have sounded as good. I've got my well loved Zodiac 7" here, firing with all of its' teen rave up glory.
Next we go to San Fransisco for the almost cartoon like combo 'The Flamin' Groovies' who were, like Big Star, an anachronism, garage rock, rockabilly, proto punk with elements of old timey and psychedelia thrown in for good measure. They were a hoot in other words. Here they are stirring up a mess of Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent energy.
Next up we go surfin' USA, with the short lived Californian stompers 'The Lively Ones' with one of their hottest tracks 'Goofy Foot'.
Next stop, we pop back to the Antipodes for a good measure of fuzz drenched garage perfection from 'The Missing Links'. One of the greatest treasures in OZ pop rock history. Their album, originally released on Philips has been lovingly reissued by Half a Cow (with extra tracks), Corduroy, Sundazed and Raven. Obviously I'm not the only fan.
The Cramps were my introduction to the more demented hillbilly, rockabilly and garage sounds that I became engrossed in, in the 80's onwards. They took an element of what I loved about the Velvets and took it on a detour into the swamps. I just loved the whole finger poppin' sunglasses after dark fury of the whole thing.
The DB's have been as a band and individuals a driving force in the music biz for zonks. Mad Big Star fans, fusing mellow and wild perfectly. This 7" tune released independently as Chris Stamey and the DB's in '78 on Car Records, which was included in the Ork Records set.
Whenever Dr Feelgood's name pops up I think of Christian Houllemare, who would tell me of his trips from France to the UK just to see them. His passion for this sound set him on the path to forming The Bad Brains. This ditty sums up the speed and alcohol, rock and roll madness that shaped their sound.
The Mops, a Japanese "Group Sounds" band, heard here stompin' up the place with their tale of being outsiders that just don't care. Very cool, nasty and super stoopid.
We finish this crazee thing with the Tommy Ramone (nee Erdelyl) produced 7" flip 'Let's Move' by New York's The Rattlers and move they do kids.
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1. Iggy Pop - New Values. - New Values - Arista
2. Alice Cooper - Under My Wheels - Love it to Death - Warner Brothers
3. Davie Allen & the Arrows - Blue's Theme - OST The Wild Angels - Tower
4. Devo - Lockout - Duty Now for the Future - Warner Brothers
5. XTC - Are You Receiving Me - 7" - Virgin
6. Kilburn & the Highroads - Rough Kids - Handsome - Pye
7. Woolies - Who Do You Love - Michigan Brand Nuggets - Belvedere
8. The Music Machine - Wrong - Turn on - OSR Co. Inc.
9. MC5 - Looking at You - Back In The USA - Atlantic
10. The Kinks - Cadillac - The Kinks - Pye Records
11. Them - Mystic Eyes - The "Angry" Young Them - Decca
12. Wreckless Eric - There Isn't Anything Else - Stiff
13. Nick Lowe - Heart of the City (Live) - Jesus of Cool - Radar Records
14. The Pretty Things - Midnight To Six Man - 7" - Fontana
15. Ray Columbus & the Invaders - She's a Mod - 7" - Zodiac
16. Flamin' Groovies -Somethin' Else/Pistol Packin Mama -Supersnazz -CBS
17. The Lively Ones - Goofy Foot - The History of Surf Music V.1 - Rhino
18. The Deviants - The Junior Narco Rangers - #3 - Transatlantic/Sire
19. The Missing Links - You're Driving Me Insane - S/T - Philips
20. The Cramps - Garbageman - Songs the Lord Taught Us - I.R.S
21. The DB's - If and When - 7" - Car Records / Ork
22. Dr Feelgood - Every Kind of Vice - 7" - United Artists
23. The Mops - I'm Just a Mops - Nuggets II - Rhino
24. The Rattlers - Let's Move - 7" - Faulty Products
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