Saturday, January 15, 2005

Song of the Day: January 16, 2005


Young Lion Records 45, 1984

Lead screamer Mick Divvens led this amazing Ohio outfit through three devastating 45s on their own Young Lion label in the mid-80s; this sneering, withering put-down might have been the best of them. While they were often lumped in with the garage revival that was going on at the time, they didn't really sound like any of the Voxx bands with Brian Jones haircuts. Despite covering garage classics like "You Can Make It" and Goin' Too Far" and recording a song called "1966," their particular throb seems to have been at least partially influenced by American punk bands from the latter half of the 70s. The combination produced a record that would sound absolutely contemporary if you bought it tomorrow.

posted by Jon Harrison at 6:20 PM

3 Comments:

Anonymous Eric said...

I know, only 9 months late. I recall reading an interview with Divens where he spoke about bumming out the NYC mid 80s garage crowd,far too much MC5 power for most of the crowd.
I love this band, I have most of the 45s,a couple of 12 inch eps and the LP. I'd love to see a reissue/remaster of this stuff, it should be heard by more people

7:02 PM  
Blogger Justin1972UK said...

This is amazing!

8:13 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Mick was a sleeper from the moment I met him back in 79. He was way ahead and behind his time. A great friend also from Columbus,Ohio, Doug Edwards deserves credit for producing and engineering and playing bass on much of this hot stuff. Mick is a super talent and it would be great to hear him cut some new stuff. Come on Mick!

blessings,


John Martin
jmartin121@verizon.net

8:41 PM  

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