The Raydios- Original Demo Recordings

I don't know how I forgot about this record. Maybe the blank spine? Shit.
You, like me, where probably very bummed when Teengenerate broke up. I first heard of this record in a review and that the band (Fink and Sammy from Teengenerate with Yoda on drums) wasn't pleased with it. A few days later I saw it at a record store (when there still was one in Greensboro) and seeing the hefty import price of $15 (new records were more like $8 then, and I was 19 with no money) made me hesitate. So when I got home I brought out some Teengenerate that hadn't seen the light of day in quite some time and the next day I went back and forked over the $15 I thankfully had.
I still have no idea what the band was dissatisfied with. It's not as lo-fi as Teengenerate (but it's still lo-fi) and the pace isn't as frantic but that only makes it sound that much more like first wave Punk ROCK. If you were one of three Japanese guys whose favorite records were the first by the Ramones, the Saints, the Dead Boys, and Pagans (7") this would be your band. Turn this up LOUD and tell me otherwise. No frills, thankfully. Under 30 minutes and everything. The sleeve art also fits.
Only the cover song ("Kidnapped" by the Rubber City Rebels) breaks the momentum a bit. What can I say...it's just not up to par with the rest of the album. Plus it's the only song over three minutes on the whole thing, go figure.
Goddammit this record is good, and with a song called "Fartful Eyes" how can you go wrong?.

http://www.mediafire.com/?czw5o9th8fbee56

Teengenerate- Audio Recording

Recorded in Seattle during the height of the Grunge boom ('93), and featuring their original drummer, Suck, this album shows a band finding their grounding and refining their sound. Don't get me wrong, like all Teengenerate releases this is great full throttle punk rock n' roll. 6 of the 11 tracks are covers, but the promise that is realized on "Savage" and "Get Action" (both on this blog) is evident here.

1) Wild Weekend (the Zeros)
2) Shake a Tail Feather (Andre Williams)
3) I Don't Mind
4) She's a Dumb
5) Don't Come Close to Me
6) Midnight To Six Man (the Pretty Things)
7) Baby Doll (Chuck Berry)
8) White Talk
9) The American Blues
10) Dirty Robber (the Wailers)
11) Burn My Eye (Radio Birdman)

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Random Summer Saturday Beer n' 7" Bo-nanza!

1) The Fall- Look, Know
2) The Fall- I'm Into C.B.
An incredible single from The Fall's output on the Kamera label, possibly their strongest period. Again, I'm more drawn to the B-Side, at no fault of the A-Side.



3) Teengenerate- Out Of Sight
4) Teengenerate- Pushin Me Around
Maybe not their strongest release, but still good.



5) ? & the Mysterians- I Need Somebody
6) ? & the Mysterians- 8 Teen
Great Latino Stomp n' Pomp pre-punk.



7) Blue Cheer- Summertime Blues
8) Blue Cheer- Out Of Focus
Why not follow that up with some classic Stoner Rock?



9) George Jones- Ya Ba Da Ba Do! (So Are You)
Is there any going wrong with a song about getting drunk by yourself from an Elvis shaped whiskey bottle, poured into a Fred Flintstone jar, and the resulting conversation with Elvis and Fred? Hell no!
(The same song is on both sides of the record)



10) Country Teasers- Anytime, Cowboy
11) Country Teasers- No. 1 Man

Taken from the cassette that got them a deal with Crypt (was tacked onto the "Pastoral, Not Rustic..." CD...I think it stands better on its own than as bonus tracks) and possibly more lo-fi than the Alan Country Davidson tapes from the same time. Time for another beer?



12) The Dukes Of Dixieland- Quand Mo T'est Petite (When I Was a Child)
Why do all 4 tracks when all those better bands only get 2? The rest of the E.P. is good, but this track by far stands out as the best.

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Teengenerate- Savage

This record was the first time, as an impressionable kid of 16 (1994? '95?), Teengenerate made my jaw hit the floor. I had never heard anything recorded so LOUD. It made me have to go fucking nuts. Still does, too.
Teengenerate were always a perfect amped up, blown out mix of early punk, garage rock, and '50's greaser R'N'R. No pretension ANYwhere, and if you think you hear any at all, you're obviously an asshole.
This does make me feel like an old man, though. Every time I listen to this album I wind up yelling something like, "Kids these days don't know SHIT about fucking rock n' roll! How can they think it's boring? What the fuck, their music is the most boring shit I've ever heard! They could never understand how fucking amazing this band is! FUCK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS! We're all fucking doomed to their bullshit! I need another beer..." etc.
If you don't get it you've just gotta move...and keep turning it UP.

Here is:
FINK (lead vox, guitar, got talent to write so-so songs)
SAMMY (bass, Beatlemania sucker)
FIFI (guitar, vox, drunk, fool)
SHOE (drums, fucker, maximum party lover)

http://www.mediafire.com/?tq33ymdtkjo

Teengenerate- V.M.Live 11/2/95

May not be the best sound quality, even by Teengenerate's standards, but the energy of this audience recording comes through. If you are new to Teengenerate, download "Get Action!" two posts below on this blog, first.
I'm pissed I never got to see these guys live...

1) Get Me Back
2) Let's Get Hurt
3) Six and Change
4) Savage
5) Kicked Out of the Weebelos

http://www.mediafire.com/?m5mzmymgygm

Teengenerate- Get Action!

Why this is not considered a punk rock classic is beyond me. Is it too rock? Too lo-fi? Too straight ahead? Americans don't like it when they can't understand the lyrics?
If you think any of those I would venture to guess that you don't like (early) punk rock and/or you take yourself and your ideas about what is "punk" far too seriously.
They remind me of the Saints (and they were obsessed with early Australian punk) and the Dead Boys...if you sped their records up and added plenty of distortion to the whole thing.
Full fucking throttle.
They included a cover of the Pagans "Six and Change" only on the LP, which I am including separately (sequenced between "Human Tornado" and "Plastic Man"). FYI the LP is still available from Crypt Germany (along with many other great records).
If you don't enjoy this, I feel sorry for you.

Get Action! (CD)

http://www.mediafire.com/?dq35znoxigj

Six and Change

http://www.mediafire.com/?33wjlnklyuy