#290/924 LISTENING POST DISCOVERY
1985 Housekeeping
The Lazy Cowgirls
The Lazy Cowgirls
Genre: Garage Rock
4.75 out of 5
Highlights:
Anymore
Rock of Gibralter
What Are You Talkin’ ‘Bout, Baby?
Tearful Pillows
It Hit Me
Drugs
You’re Gonna Miss Me
If you’ve been reading for a while, you know that I don’t care much for Chris Desjardins. So, it’s a complete surprise to me that he’s behind the knobs on this electric LA pub punk band’s debut.
I don’t understand the 1.5 rating from Allmusic. Someone’s holding a grudge. Maybe the reviewer’s girlfriend said she liked the way the bald guy on the cover looked and he got mad cuz he looks like him.
I dunno. This is like a punk Jason and the Scorchers to me. LOTS of energy. A drummer (Alan Clark) who wants to drive them through a brick wall and an infectious energy that is of the sort that I eat up. This is The New York Dolls with the edge and energy of the Rezillos, if you can believe it, and less cross dressing.
I bet the cover of Roky Erickson’s “You’re Gonna Miss Me” Chris D’s idea. One that he would’ve wanted to cover with The Flesh Eaters but you know what? I bet it would be bad in his hands and in the hands of The Lazy Cowgirls it’s a fucking revelation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taSYeT-MzFE
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