DESTROY ALL MUSIC

"I want to kick in the radio, I wanna go bomb the record store,..." Those are the first two lines of "Destroy All Music" by one of L.A.'s earliest punk bands, the Weirdos. They weren't as much innovative, as they were a package, visually, lyrically and musically; a blast that rarely let up, and they were really tight. Where there were guitar solos, they were short, just enough for punch, and on stage they were all over the place, with lead singer John Denny wiggle wobbling and pacing the stage. Early on, they would be covered with stuff; stapled, taped, pinned, some stuff just dangling, like some sort of walking collage of pop culture crap. All the visual clutter of a ransacked 99 cent store. Throw into the mix that John Denny, in an early interview, cited Captain Beefheart and Gene Vincent as influences, and they sound nothing like either. But, the thought was there. Plug that in and turn it up. Behold the sound that once was taken for granted.

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Listen:
The Weirdos - Destroy All Music mp3 at Killed By Death
The Weirdos - Life of Crime mp3 at Killed By Death
The Weirdos - Why Do You Exist mp3 at Killed By Death
The Weirdos - We Got The Neutron Bomb mp3 at Killed By Death
The Weirdos - Solitary Confinement mp3 at Killed By Death
LPs:

The Weirdos - 3 Full LP downloads (via Rapidshare) at Uncontrollable Urge An album of demos and rehearsals, and both Weird World compilations. (Click through redirect to RapidShare. Scholl down and click on the gray "Free Download" button.)

Video:
The Weirdos - Life of Crime ('78) at YouTube
The Weirdos - Destroy All Music (live, at the Masque '77?) at YouTube
The Weirdos - Solitary Confinement (live, at the Masque '77?) at YouTube
Visit:
Weirdosism - Weirdos bio by John Denny at Break My Face
The Weirdos discography (incomplete) at New Jersey Noise