That time you run into a band that you haven't thought about in ages. You know you have a copy of their first LP that you've had for years and it's miss-fuckin-filed. You know you'd never have sold it because even back in the day you knew that it was a kind of milestone for the late seventies L.A. punk scene. There weren't many bands in 1979, that had that sixties garage band thing going without copying it. You listen to the recordings and it's evident that their recording budget was next to nothing. Then you remember that they were so strapped that they hand wrote the titles of the songs on their first 45. Core.
The Last was an awesome band, more so because they straddled multiple scenes. They were part garage band, part punk, part jangly mid-sixties band, they had good songs and didn't seem concerned about looking cool. I can't think of another band that was on both Bomp (a retro/pop oriented label at that time) and SST (home to Black Flag). Respect.
The Last - L.A. Explosion mp3 at Internet Archive
The Last - She Don't Know Why I'm Here mp3 at Internet Archive
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