Various Artists - The Northwest Battle Of The Bands. Volume 1. Flash And Crash Sundazed (@320)

 

Various Artists - The Northwest Battle Of The Bands. Volume 1. Flash And Crash Sundazed

Northwest Battle of the Bands, Vol. 1: Flash and Crash [Beat Rocket/Sundazed] Review by Jon "Mojo" Mills.

If it wasn't for the likes of the Sonics (who kick off this album with their pumping "Like No Other Man"), the Sub Pop grunge craze of the early '90s would have never happened. Everyone from Nirvana through to the Young Fresh Fellows have raised their hats to these proto-Seattle punks from the mid-'60s who broke free from the shackles of conservative America (the bobby sox phase!) with the toughest and most belligerent music heard since Jerry Lee Lewis. It still sounds a hell of a lot meaner than what passes as punk today, too. The "Northwest sound" was kick-started by the Jerry Dennon production of the Kingsmen's "Louie, Louie." The record was a hit! A myth! Was it rude? (What did those gabbled lyrics mean?) Why was it so loud? Whatever parents and superiors thought, the young'uns loved it. From this hysteria a whole new teen music was born, and Dennon formed a number of labels that focused on a similarly disfranchised sound. On both Flash and Crash and Knock You Flat, Sundazed collects the greatest Northwest garage punk moments ever recorded (with a smattering of tougher-than-the-norm pop, folk-rock, and psych sides thrown in for good measure).

Tracklist:

01 The Sonics - Like No Other Man

02 The Counts - Trick Bag

03 Mr. Lucky & the Gamblers - Take A Look At Me

04 Rocky And The Riddlers - Flash And Crash

05 The Bandits - Little Sally Walker

06 The Trolley – Breakdown

07 The Moguls - Ski Bum

08 George Washington And The Cherry Bombz - Crisco Party

09 Don And The Goodtimes - Turn On Song

10 The Live Five - Let's Go, Let's Go, Let’s Go

11 Mr. Lucky & the Gamblers - I Told You Once Before

12 The Mercy Boys - Long Tall Shorty

13 Sir Walter Raleigh - Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day

14 The Juveniles - Bo Diddley

15 The Dynamics - I'll Be Standing There

16 The New Yorkers - Mr. Kirby

17 The Bards - Owl and The Pussycat

18 The Dimensions - She’s Boss

19 The City Limits - Tossin' and Turnin'

20 Don And The Goodtimes - Money (That's What I Want)

21 The Bards - Light Of Love

22 The New Yorkers - Seeds Of Spring

23 The Dimensions – Penny

24 The Sonics - Maintaining My Cool

25 Don And The Goodtimes - Little Latin Lupe Lu

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