#206
1980 Housekeeping
The Rats
The Rats
Genre: Garage Punk
2.25 out of 5
Highlights:
It’s Too Late
The leader of this punk band, Fred Cole, knocked around in all sorts of acts in the 60s and 70s and then, apparently, was invited to play on a bill with Ramones, heard that sound and decided to try his hand at that, with his wife on Bass, he having just taught her to play.
The result is less the punk sound of the day and more like a Nuggets era band that found their way into a studio in the middle of the night, ripped off a bunch of recordings on the fly and tried to make something of it.
It’s not very accomplished, catchy or dynamic. This is the musical equivalent of Gen X on Tik Tok.
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