An energetic and feisty dosage of straight-to-the-strings electric jangle of protopunkesque garage rock. Fans of the tunes emitting from garages, basements and warehouses everywhere back in the 60s (and then in the 70s when those who continued the punk rock groundwork were cranking 'em out) will likely be fans of this. If you have any rock comp in your CD collection with the words "Garage Rock" on it, then this disc is apt to end up right next to those, along with all your Troggs, Paul Revere, Stooges, Chocolate Watchband and Standells CDs. Straight punked up (pre-old school old school!) tunes to throw you back into the era before punk was punk when it was just egalitarian rock - rock for anybody, by anybody, before proto-punk became punk and punk became a "style" and it strangled on its own self-consciousness. Thwacking, jittering guitar strings, raucous but not too ruff, fun with a touch of edge, enthusiastic vocals and pumping rhythm section. The Nerves ARE one of those 70s bands that were keeping alive (thanks Alive Records for this release!) the old rock-is-rock fun, the kind of stuff that arose from the classic 60s R&B-to-rock conversion. You know, the kind of stuff inspired by the Beatles before they went all artsy-fartsy - the kind of hey-we-can-do-this-too! shenanigans that erupted from a scene in which the Isley Brothers soulful grooves co-existed alongside rock-and-freakin'-roll music. Yea, The Nerves won't get on your nerves - they'll rock 'em the roll out!
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AUTHOR: Upchuck Undergrind
Upchuck Undergrind listens to a little bit of a lot of things - just note the eclecticism of his reviews. He also reads voraciously and loves movies. He is a very open-minded Episcopalian (and student of Buddhism and Hinduism) who thinks Slayer is one of the greatest metal bands. Ever. In addition to his work with Corazine - for which he has written since its inception (he is a Fishcomcollective veteran) - he also writes for DJFix.com.