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Rocking out with The Sons Of Hercules

The Sons Of Hercules – “Brain Dead”

Rock is not dead. It is brain dead. The Sons Of Hercules understand the power of not understanding. The subtle genius of retardation. The mastery which flows from lobotomous guitars, beer soaked vocals, and swaggering drum beats. As The Stooges demonstrated in the late 60’s, for a certain kind of rock, dumb is smart. From their “A Different Kind of Ugly” album, I give you, The Sons Of Hercules from San Antonio, Texas, performing “Brain Dead”. Gr8 stupid fun.

A Different Kind of UglyThe Sons Of Hercules
“Brain Dead” (mp3)
from “A Different Kind of Ugly”
(Saustex Media)

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Agent Orange surfs the Interweb

Agent Orange – “Everything Turns to Grey”

Southern California’s beloved surf punker pioneers Agent Orange have rocked for over three decades, and they continue to tour and deliver a gr8 live show. This song from their brilliant 1981 album “Living in Darkness”- recently re-released digitally by Posh Boy Music – is a good taste of their innovative guitar work and unique collision of power pop, surf and punk. The lyrics to “Everything Turns to Grey” are brilliant, at once idealistic and resigned. A classic song from a classic LP. Surfs up!

Living in DarknessAgent Orange
“Everything Turns to Grey” (mp3)
from “Living in Darkness”
(Posh Boy Music)

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Grady’s “Boots Or Hearts” falls apart gloriously

Grady -”Boots Or Hearts”

“Like boots or hearts, when they start, they really fall apart,” sings Grady. Excellent lyric. Add grit-swallowing, gut-churning, soul-vomiting guitar work, and some damned to sh!t wicked sexadelic southern rawk vocals, and, well, I’m diggin’ it. I think you will too. Tha’s wha’m here fer! Enjoy with Jack and Coke or similar. As eclectic Texas music vet Gordie ‘Grady’ Johnson Gordie Johnson puts it, “This record really is the byproduct of the musical environment we live in. Cowboys, metalheads, rednecks and punk rockers all congregate around us. Someone actually described us as ’shredneck’ which of course brought gales of laughter.” Makes sense when you hear it. This track is killer. That’s all.

Good As DeadGrady
“Boots Or Hearts” (mp3)
from “Good As Dead”
(C12 Records)

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Rockin’ Nashville Rock City with The Tits

The Tits – “Get Up”

The Tits? Why yes, Dorothy. Raw rock n’ roll from a garage of grease and sweat in Nashville? But yes again! Though Nashville does have a lesser known  history of gr8 rock and roll, it is certainly not the music the city is most famous for. The Tits sound more like a motor city post-MC5 muscle car fueled teenage outburst than anything from the Grand Ole Opry of old or new.  This rocks balls. And it needs to be said, forgive me.. MORE COWBELL!!

Jesus Says RelaxThe Tits
“Get Up!” (mp3)
from “Jesus Says Relax”
(SPAT! Records)

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