I grew up in Detroit in the late 60s and early 70s, I was at the Grande many times, and I never heard of these guys. Anyone else?

I grew up in rural Texas in the 80s and 90s, I've never been to the Grande, and I've also never heard of these guys. Weird.

I've also never heard of these guys, but a very interesting article.
/good find subby

Punk goes back to the 1600's in England.


\\god I need a life

I was sure it was going to be another fluff piece about The Clash or god damned Sex Pistols. I've never heard of these guys either but this is a cool article. Thanks Subbs!

Don't miss the Mp3 of Politicians in My Eyes in the sidebar. It's a pretty badass tune.

Registration links make baby jesus cry.

punk before punk? Wasn't that basically The Stooges and MC5?

Does that mean that The Stooges are the band that was punk before punk was punk was punk?

Cool article and real good tune. Thanks subs.

Now I got some new stuff to look for. I love it when an article can provide 2 or 3 new groups to check out. Rock on Fark.

Don't get me wrong, I do like the song they had posted, but it also sounds kind of 70s to me.

HagarTheHorrible sez:

Don't miss the Mp3 of Politicians in My Eyes in the sidebar. It's a pretty badass tune.

Sounds great. Very clean recording.

I picked up the album. Great stuff all around.

"Keep on Knocking" and "Let the World Turn" are my definite favourites.

Really like that tune. I would have loved to have seen these guys live.

I was never really a punk fan, but I loved that song.

getting it from demonoid now. looking forward to listening

Subs here. Enjoy.

awesome read, saw this yesterday on the times site, but all i can think of is


RIP Chuck

Holy Crap! This is like the holy grail of Detroit music. Back in my punk days in Michigan they were kind of known but nobody ever had heard a song. I can't f'n believe this!

bigtotoro: Does that mean that The Stooges are the band that was punk before punk was punk was punk?

Thus

satanicsantoku: awesome read, saw this yesterday on the times site, but all i can think of is


RIP Chuck

My thoughts exactly

hey, that album is fantastic

seek it out if you can

Huh? This isn't the Kinks.

I found these guys a week or two ago when I was looking for Death (as in the metal band) albums on Amazon. Their album was shown as a new release and I was slightly confused at the time, so I checked em out. Needless to say, I hopped down to my record store and put in an order today... Which is neat since this article happens to appeared today (well, the day after, technically). :D

I have to say, they're pretty badass and I'm glad that they've managed to get a bit more exposure (especially now on fark), as it's long deserved. Shame I didn't hear of them sooner, not that I'd have been able to find any of their music.

Just downloaded from iTunes. I never heard of them before, but they're pretty tight. Good band.

I'm something of an obscuro music fan, and I have to admit that I'd never heard of these guys either. Although, strangely, having gone to college with a bunch of pothead New Englanders in the late '80s/early '90s, I HAD heard of Lambsbread, the reggae band two of the brothers later founded. Lambsbread was mildly more enjoyable than the usual jam-band fare most of the potheads in my dorm would blast from their speakers at 3 a.m. But not by much.

This, however, is one bad-ass album. Between this and Rodriguez's "Cold Fact," it's been a good year for unearthing lost gems from the Motor City.

I liked these guys a few years ago but now that you all know them they suck.

Weigard: I liked these guys a few years ago but now that you all know them they suck.

This

I found another obscure band yesterday which only 3 other people know of (including the bandmembers), there's still room for about 5 more people before they start to suck. Hurry up, let's go!

pfft...Monks were punk 10 years before these guys...

-1 for not coming up with your own headline. and since the article is 5 days old, you've had plenty of time to make up a good one.

Awesome story and cool tune.

OK, I am confused:

If NOBODY ever heard of these guys, who could they have been an
influence on the Ramones et al?

Not that they weren't ahead of their time, it sounds to me like
'alternative music' snobbery taken to its logical conclusion:
extolling the genius of a band that was literally unknown to anyone
outside of their own small circle?

I've seen the band's name in print in some seriously geeky indie music press...but that's about the extent of it.

Death and Groovesville parted ways in 1976.

I was hoping they would have played above 1979.

Very cool submission. I'd love to see more stuff like this, rather than the usual Amy Winehouse self destruction update or Britney Spears showing her crotch to the world update.

Best article on the Music tab in a while. Another kudos to subby.

No, the Stranglers were punk before punk was punk. Link (new window)

Ok, they both started the same year.

/odd coincidence.
//convergent evolution?

Great song. Pretty edgy stuff for 1974

Awesome.

Just. Plain. Awesome.

Can't listen at work but ordered the cd. If they're half as good as what I've heard from this thread and the reviews it's a no brain buy. I love finding good music.

Yeah, awesome is the word. Thanks, subby.

TFA: As their disenchantment grew, the brothers were invited by a distant relative to visit Vermont.

Thus doubling the state's black population.

/nice find

Wow, that's a pretty awesome song. Thanks subby!

Thx for schooling me. Interesting.
I consider this Rock though... definately not as wild as MC5.

jweedy: No, the Stranglers were punk ^{new wave} before punk was punk ^hardcore.

FTFY

Just gonna jump on this bandwagon here and say I digged the song and will check out the album.

Loved it... Bought it. Excellent stuff! Too bad that's the only album they recorded, tho.

nice - listening to "keep on knocking" as I clicked that link. awesome.

CD bought. Thanks, Fark! This is the third awesome band I've learned about because of you ridiculous assholes.

I'm actually very surprised how good that song is..

Read 'This' as 'The' and thought it was gonna be another BJ piece
on the wonder that is Robbie Robertson - well known song stealer.