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| From | Randall J Paske <rpaske@kc.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: rooney/donnas/okgo (longish) |
| Date | Fri, 14 Feb 2003 12:42:15 -0600 |
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At 11:33 AM 2/14/2003 -0500, Bill Holmes wrote:
>Originally I dropped a Ramones tag on them but they're really closer to KISS
>than anyone else. I caught them twice recently - once on a double bill with
>Superdrag - and they do indeed rock the house. Above all, they're having a
>hell of a lot of fun up there and its' infectious. Although all the songs
>boil down to getting drunk and/or laid in the backseat, and although there
>isn't a lot of variety on the record, damned if it isn't something that gets
>my pulse racing a little faster when I hear it. It's a fun record and a fun
>live show.
Their old stuff is a little more Ramonesy; to my ears, there's been a
gradual shift to more metallic sounds with each album. The latest is not
my favorite, partly because of the production, but I'm not through with
them yet. I plan to see them next week. They have a way with a humorous
couplet.
Randy
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