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| From | Randall J Paske <rpaske@kc.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: different Kicks |
| Date | Mon, 05 Jul 2004 11:26:35 -0500 |
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At 11:08 AM 6/30/2004 -0700, Jeff wrote:
>Initially I was intrigued with the Kicks...
>big, powerful, fun rockin' power pop, but after listening
>to their s/t album on XS Records a few times I grew
>completely bored. These guys are talented but sound too
>much like too many other bands (Weezer, Get Up Kids,
>Superdrag, Ultimate Fakebook, etc...) to hold my attention
>for too long.
When the Kicks were Ashtray Babyhead, they played frequently around Kansas
City with the likes of Ultimate Fakebook and the Creature Comforts. They
became one of my favorites; I saw them 15 times between 1998 and 2001. As
with a lot of young bands, the two records never quite matched the live
show--although the second, "Radio" (later re-released as the Kicks'
self-titled album), I thought was pretty damn good. I included "Mir" on
the only CD I ever made for SOTT a few years back.
I've only seen them as the Kicks once, and since then they've changed two
members. Most of the new album "Hello Hong Kong" is recycled from Ashtray
Babyhead's 2000 album "Radio" (the same recordings!), with some
shuffling. The four new songs are not very promising. While I guess they
can re-release the same stuff as many times as they want until it finds an
audience (this makes three--*four* for the few songs that *also* appeared
on an EP prior to "Radio"), the lower quality and relative lack of new
material are not encouraging.
Randy
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