Randoms - ABCD/Let’s Get Rid Of New York 7″
May 23rd, 2007 at 8:38 am
Can’t go wrong with them Dangerhouse records. Here’s the first release featuring the Randoms. ABCD don’t do much to me. Pretty dull and too long Dolls/Thunderish boring rock n roll. But the b-side! BUT THE B-SIDE my friends!! Mia madre! What a super duper punk rock of a song. Randoms had K.K. Barret from the Screamers on drums, John Doe from X on bass and Pat Garrett, later found in Black Randy And The Metrosquad and also one of the founders of Dangerhouse, on guitar and vocals.
From Break My Face:
“He recorded the other side, “Let’s Get Rid Of New York” in different rooms of his Hollywood house on four track. I remember watching Pat cut the vocals in the kitchen, and having to go home and change clothes because I pissed in my pants from laughing so hard.”
“I just love New York City! Where else can you get a fresh bagel at two in the morning?!“-Adolph Hitler
Country: USA
Year: 1977
Label: Dangerhouse
Format: 7″
Songs:
ABCD.mp3
Let’s Get Rid Of New York.mp3
May 23rd, 2007 at 10:38 am
You’re so right my friend, that is one hell of a song. That song and Small Wonder are the true masterpieces of punk rock in my world.
May 23rd, 2007 at 4:42 pm
A-side does suck. Why’s they put it on that side other than the song’s called A-B-C-D and it’s the A side? B side is fantastic. One of my all time favs fer sure!
(This has nothing to do with anything here but Peter said he used to like The Briefs a lot. A couple members have a new band called The Cute Lepers.)
http://www.myspace.com/thecutelepers
May 24th, 2007 at 9:50 am
I’m a likin’ both sides. Though the A is a bit too
long, it’s still a catchy riff. Everything sucks,
boo-fuckin-hoo.
May 25th, 2007 at 4:56 am
Hey, the A-side’s not so bad. I guess it’s grown on me over the years. “Let’s Get Rid of New York” is pretty good, but not the best thing Dangerhouse put out. Probably my favorite punk label of all time that could almost do no wrong- Dils, Weirdos, Bags, Rhino 39, Alleycats, Deadbeats, Eyes, X, Yes LA comp– just amazing output. The only so-so stuff on the label was the Howard Werth single although he gets a great guitar sound on “Obsolete”. Black Randy’s “Trouble At The Cup” is great primitive stuff, and some of his other stuff is good but then some of it is just so-so I think. Rumor goes that the Consumers wanted to release their amazing LP on Dangerhouse but it wasn’t. Too bad. Also, wouldn’t it have been cool if the Screamers had released a record back then and had it on Dangerhouse? Apparently, one of the guys that started Dangerhouse (David Brown, I think) was from Oklahoma of all places– see the liner notes of the reissue for Debris’ 1975 proto-punk LP. The whole story of why the label was called Dangerhouse is a great tale too.
May 28th, 2007 at 7:54 am
I’ve listen to the B-side twice and I got a hard-on. I bet I’ll still have a hard-on when I wake up tomorrow. great song, best shit I heard in days. thanks. after a few more spins i might listen to the a side to.