![]() ![]() He was walking through one of the classroom buildings early in the school year in 1977 and heard some raucous music being played. Phil Gammage is from Houston and went to college at the University of Colorado. Ever wonder what the Dolls would sound like covered by a psychedelic band? Kept up at night trying to imagine a cross between the Cramps and the Velvet Underground ? Curious what the result would be if a time warp sent Richard Hell circa 1978 a decade into the past? And what if Eddie & the Hotrods were really the Ramones with English accents? The Richmond Sluts answer all these brain teasers and more you’ve yet to even imagine, and they do it without an ounce of pretentiousness or braggadocio.” Variations on this recipe reverberate across the album, and answer a slew of niggling questions along the way. The Sluts connect the dots between ’60s garage punk and old school ’70s style, then toss just a dash of new school into the mix. Jo-Ann Greene comments about their inventiveness on the album in ways that are a little beyond my capacity to figure out: “Since categorization is a necessity in this age of overspecification, punk rock will do nicely, but doesn’t begin to encompass just how cleverly the group churns other genres through its blender. Actually, through most of the 1970’s, punk rock was mostly found on 45’s and an occasional EP except for the biggest punk rockers, LP’s were pretty rare.Īllmusic gives The Richmond Sluts 4 stars and says of the Richmond Sluts that “they explored the glam -slam-thank-you-ma’am side of punk ”. ![]() Patti Smith Group was signed by Clive Davis to a major-label contract with Arista Records and their debut album Horses was one of the first punk rock albums, being released in December 1975 (four months before the Ramones ’ first album came out). As with the Ramones and the Donnas – where, respectively, the last name of all of the bandmembers is given as “ Ramone ”, and the first name of all of the bandmembers is “ Donna ” – the bandmembers are shown as having the surname “ Quattro ” with the exception of bandleader and vocalist Suzy Chain. Several years back, I picked up a cool album released in 2006 by a Spanish band called Suzy & los Quattro called Ready to Go! I guess you could call a tribute to Suzi Quatro and the Quatro family. It was poppy Ramones style, melodic and aggressive, had a lot of great press and terrible distribution.” About the CD, Ramos continues from her 2003 interview: “We had a CD on Blackout Records and singles and some college radio attention. Evidently there were a succession of drummers but never more than three bandmembers on the CD, the drummer is Michael McDermott. įur was founded in about 1991 and featured Holly Ramos (guitar and vocals) and Danuta Gozdziewicz (bass and backing vocals). I am interviewed for the book American Hardcore, a book about the history of that music.” The book was written by Steven Blush and was the basis for an acclaimed 2006 documentary by the same name, American Hardcore that was directed by Paul Rachman. And in high school I got into hardcore ( Black Flag / Bad Brains, etc). As revealed in a 2003 interview with Glitzine – a glam/ punk/ pop online fanzine that has evidently been around for 40 years – Ramos was into the New York punk scene at an early age: “In grade school I started to get interested in 1977 type punk, the Ramones, Blondie, Patti Smith. The frontwoman for Fur is Holly Ramos, a musician and actress from New York City. ![]()
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