The Penetrators - A Sweet Kiss From Mommy
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The Penetrators
A Sweet Kiss From Mommy
Genre: Rock
4 out of 5
Highlights:
We Can Talk
Cassanova
Ok, go with me here. Listen to “We Can Talk” and tell me…am I crazy or does that sound an awful lot like if The Feelies went roots rock?
I had to do some reading on this band and, lo and behold, the drummer would change his name to Country Dick Montana and form The Beat Farmers. That’s why this is so good. That’s why the Beat Farmers are so good. Country Dick, man.
You know who knows this band? Eddie Vedder. Here’s the story: “There was the time we played at the San Dieguito high school gym, and someone in the band got caught either smoking pot or drinking. The principal stopped the show, and the kids went crazy and had a teenage riot. One of those kids reminded me of that show years later; his name was Eddie Vedder.” The future Pearl Jam vocalist would appear on Heffern’s album Painful Days.”
In college we would all fall in love with Beat Farmers and roots rock and all and, guess what? I think we owe a lot to The Penetrators. (And so does Mojo Nixon, also from the San Diego area, I believe).
This is the sound of a local band getting it’s feet wet and starting a career on the right one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nJaRKLOjLw
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