RISING

KEATS RIDES A HARLEY ( various ) a review of the CD .  geez, I barely remember this one. (looking for a picture or something to add, now)   But there it was at STRAND, for $1.95 ..   I did a quick check to make sure it wasn't poetry (yuck..) or spoken word (yuk!), and away we go.    Quite reminiscent of Red Spo t , or Chunks , if those Compilations are familiar.   And apparently Keats was the guy's goldfish.    Great, old tracks   by   LEAVING TRAINS ,   MEAT  PUPPETS ,   the URINALS ,   TOXIC SHOCK , and... ( yes, its a west coast comp .). Actually, it says here, it's all from the nascent Redondo Beach 'scene' of, like 1980, 1981. Many of the recordings were done in like parking garages and places like that.  Great, Uneven sound quality, and No Spoken Word ! Rating :****** 💙💙💙💙💙💙 Six stars and worth it all  Later, I may write a proper review....

whew !! Just saw a great show the other day, courtesy of WFMU , and Terre T., who has that excellent show on saturdays. (Some of the theatre staff acted like they never heard of this legendary local station, which was amusing in itself) but man those guys cooked. classic Austalian late 70s punk, admittedly of the commercial variety but not like pop-punk.