Hey you! Yeah you, the one with the Nuggets box set. Think bands like
the Count Five and
Seeds are only in the distant past? Not in Lafayette, LA, anyway, where this band emerges from the swamps on Friday nights, lugging along that archetypal keyboard sound from
? & the Mysterians and a bunch of garage licks that would slot these guys on any Cavestomp bill. They're nostalgic to a fault, yes, despite the sweaty production from ex-
Big Boys guitarist Tim Kerr. But they don't dress the part like some costume drama; these are just average Joes with notorious rock attitudes, animal "owwwwwww" vocals, a love of beer-soaked post-R&B rock & roll music, and an overt hot foot for all the raunch and racket one could want. No surprises, none requested. Crucial Ronnie Action plays the guitar as well as those who kicked this style off 30 years ago, and damn if organist Sir Critian Leo doesn't swirl that Farfisa like the "Walking Baby Elephant" got drunk and started knocking over the circus tent in a dancing rampage. Get the party started. ~ Jack Rabid