Do you ever have lulls in your local scene, when there are "good enough" bands with well written songs and all of that, bands that are deserved of attention, but not necessarily your attention? Or you may like some of them, but they just don't grab you by your thing down there?. There's just a general lack of "fuck yeah" bands? It is a joyous day when one of those lulls ends.
I don't remember when I first heard the Schitzophonics, but it probably was a joyous day. The are a volcanic three piece, the guitarist of which is worth the ticket alone. This is a dude possessed, a vulcan mind meld of MC5-era Wayne Kramer and his foot moves, and Hendrix with his single hand thing, with playing that resembles both, and some Ron Ashton thrown in for good measure. This guy, Pat Beers, is just all over the place, and the icing on the cake is a rhythm section that keeps up, bassist Tom Lord and and drummer Lety Beers. This is good shit. Of course it's derivative, who the fuck cares? Chuck Berry was derivative. Don't start.
The party starts at 1:30
I was putting off posting these guys, hoping to link to audio goodies, but the live thing is actually better. I hadn't run across any videos that had good sound, until a few days ago. A friend posted a couple and they're a good introduction. Check the one above. The doo-wop bit at the beginning is disarming, but stick around. Yee-haw. Fuck yeah. All of that.
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Listen:The Schitzophonics - Five songs streaming at Reverbnation
Video:
The Schitzophonics - Part two of above at YouTube
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