5/08/2013

THE VARMINTS - Assorted Varmints 1989/1997


THE VARMINTS   Assorted Varmints (1989/1997)  CD  2002
The hard way / Running out / Maybe / That's out / Dreamin' / In this town / Pay dirt / The madison / Ain't no good / Forget about it / Today / Black out / It comes around .
Tracks 1 to 9: produced by Ducky Darlisle & The Varmints / Tracks 10-12: live radio recordings / Track 13: produced by Glenn Foster Brown & The Varmints.
The Varmints: Billy Borgioli: guitar, lead vocals / Frank Rowe: guitar, vocals / Chris Flavin: guitar, vocals / Billy Daley: bass (1, 2,7,8,9-13) / Carl Biancucci: bass (4-6) / Pete Taylor: drums (1-9) / Matt Burns: drums (10-13).
"Assorted Varmints 1989-1997" is a collection of 13 tracks by the Boston underground "supergroup," compiled by rock critic/Endora's Box Records label owner Nancy Foster in 2002. It's an impressive set of majestic, no-nonsense rock & roll tunes by former Real Kids guitarist Billy Borgioli, who handles most of the vocal and songwriting chores. For those who felt the Real Kids missed the mark, the answers can be found here. Borgioli is not only a better rock & roll singer than John Felice; he has some crunching rhythms that could have propelled the Real Kids to true stardom had Felice let a partnership blossom rather than make himself the focal point of the Kids. Listen to the undercurrent of "Dreamin'" or the punk angst inside "Ain't No Good," the track originally released in 1997 on Boston Rock & Roll Anthology, Vol. 20. "Ain't No Good" takes on corporate shoddiness, buying a product and taking it home only to find out it "ain't no good." Nine of the 13 tracks feature Classic Ruins driving force Frank Rowe adding his precision guitar (and lead vocal on "In This Town"). Borgioli/Rowe make a formidable pair leading a two-guitar attack that the rhythm section of Death in the Shopping Malls drummer Pete Taylor and Tea in China bassist Carl Biancucci complement perfectly. Biancucci's band was one of the first Boston acts Stones producer Jimmy Miller worked with in 1983 via his Johnny Thunders associations, and similar elements can be heard in Ducky Carlisle's production on the nine titles tracked at his Room 9 From Outer Space studio. The three songs from a live radio show (no date or call letters mentioned) feature a different lineup behind Borgioli: Chris Flavin on second guitar, Billy Daly on bass, and Matt Burns on drums. It still works, making it clear this is Billy Borgioli's vehicle and that the painter/guitarist has a vision beyond what the Real Kids tracked on their self-titled debut. For those who liked the heavy guitars of 'Reggae Reggae' from that 1977 landmark outing, this music from a dozen years later expands that concept proving where the original group truly could have gone. Short guitar bursts and creative riffs à la the Kinks with solid drumming by Taylor and Burns across this disc help make Assorted Varmints shine. It is refined rock & roll by guys who do it because they have to. Allmusic
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12 commentaires:

limburg a dit…

J´ai les 2 request for covers.
Tu les auras pour demain.

Merci pour tous les trésors de ton blog

MIDNIGHT RAMBLER a dit…

Merci Limburg ...et merci aussi pour la bonne musique de Trashsistors !!!
Neanderthals , Graham Day et je viens de voir le tribute to the Saints que je cherche depuis des lustres ...est-ce qu'il serait possible d'avoir une version en 320 kbps avec les scans du livret et du rond cd ... pleaaaase Mr Limburg !

limburg a dit…

http://rapidshare.com/files/143802193/bobyteens.zip.html

MIDNIGHT RAMBLER a dit…

a BIG thank Limburg !

limburg a dit…

Le tribute to the Saints est pas dans notre blog. Moi je l´ai décharge a 96 kbps et sans covers de Punch Drunk (si je me trompe pas)

MIDNIGHT RAMBLER a dit…

Limburg,
Punch Drunk n'a plus l'air d'exister.
Mais j'ai bien trouvé un tray et un front (de bonne résolution ce qui m'a fait penser que vous aviez peut-être le cd...) sur Trashsistors . La quête continue : je finirai bien par le dénicher !
Si jamais tu le vois qq part... je suis prêt à l'acheter !
Merci encore pour les covers des Bobbyteens !

Hectorvadair a dit…

Too bad, je viens de découvrir cette superbe compile. Il a l'air plutôt rare à dénicher. et ton lien n'est plus valable.. un re-up possible ?
Merci d'avance si oui.

MIDNIGHT RAMBLER a dit…

THE VARMINTS "Assorted Varmints 1989/1997" cd 2002

Re-up by request !

Anonyme a dit…

un autre tribute aux saints ???
super

Mihaleez a dit…

Hey Rambler! For which Saints' tribute are you searching for (title, label, etc)? I might have it...

MIDNIGHT RAMBLER a dit…

Hi Mihaleez
Thanks man but this Varmint post is a re-up: all the comments are from the year 2008 !
At this time, I was searching for the Saints tribute called "Eternally Ours" on the Japanese label 1+2. My friend DD bought it and send it me! The tribute was posted in the SOTD blog in may 2010.
If some people want it, here's the link:
http://sonsofthedolls.blogspot.fr/2010/05/va-eternally-ours-tribute-to-saints.html

Anonyme a dit…

Salut à toutes et tous.
Quelqu'un aurait il en MP3 le morceau "Promised land" du groupe BROKEN JUG? Merci.
Si quelqu'un est intéressé, j'ai les premiers numéros d'"Australian Rock" le 'zine français des lates 80's.
Tchao!