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Before Jeff "Monoman" Connolly formed Boston's seminal garage rock terrorists
the Lyres, he was in a late-'70s prototype known as
DMZ. With the exception of a few musicians,
DMZ and
the Lyres were essentially same-sounding bands;
DMZ just played with a little more speed and punk verve. Oddly enough, during the late-'70s signing frenzy of any band even remotely associated with the punk scenes in Boston and New York City,
DMZ got a shot with Sire Records. The label, exhibiting near-total artistic myopia, teamed the band up with goofball has-beens
Flo and Eddie as producers. While the resulting record was panned, it's far from a disaster, due mainly to
DMZ's ferocity and trashy ebullience. Fans of mid-'60s rock such as
the Seeds,
? and the Mysterians, and
the Kinks, and who have an unending jones for speedy trash-rock and whiny Farfisa organs, will love
DMZ. ~ John Dougan