The Skunks - Can’t Get Loose 7″
March 2nd, 2008 at 11:31 am
The Skunks from Texas did one REALLY great song: Earthquake Shake. Amazing blend of hard rock and punk. Great licks, intense drive, great sound and clever lyrics to follow along. The a-side tells you more how The Skunks sounded most of the time. Yeah like a tired bar band with songs too long. Sorry.
Since I’m tired after a hard weekend with wine, roast beef and Xbox 360 gaming I’ll leave you with this link:
Young, Loud, and Cheap: The Skunks, the Band That Broke Austin Out of the Seventies
Country: USA
Year: 1979
Label: Skunks
Format: 7″
Songs:
Can’t Get Loose.mp3
Earthquake Shake.mp3
March 2nd, 2008 at 2:00 pm
I like the Racket b/w What Do You Want 7″ they did. Its pretty good powerpop I think.
March 2nd, 2008 at 5:11 pm
I’ve always been rather fond of “You Really Know How to Put the Pressure On” from the purple album.
March 2nd, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Is it me? Or does something really stink??
March 2nd, 2008 at 8:21 pm
“Gimme Some” is an even better song than “Earthquake Shake”. Their Rave-Up lp is pretty great.
March 2nd, 2008 at 8:26 pm
The “Cheap Girl” 7″ is REALLY good too.
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:24 am
Just close your mouth Jay and the smell will go away.
March 3rd, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Hahahahahaha…
March 4th, 2008 at 6:49 am
Are these Skunks the same from “Business Unusual” compilation with “Good from the bad”?
March 4th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
I think the Skunks on that album were from England…I really don’t feel like looking for the record to check. I am pretty sure though
March 4th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
[...] golden era punk as much as we do, please do yourself a favor and check out their latest posts from The Skunks and The Red Squares. You will not regret it, this stuff ranks right up there with the Ramones, [...]
March 5th, 2008 at 12:00 am
March 5th, 2008 at 4:39 am
Nice post! This 7″ is one of my favorite Texas records, right up there with the Bobby Soxx 7″. They get such a great catchy garage-y racket going on both tracks. Earthquake Shake is the winner but Can’t Get Loose is great too and has grown on me over the years, especially towards the end with that quick bass solo. This 1st 7″ of theirs was their best moment- in my opinion, all their subsequent 7″s and LP’s paled in comparison and can’t match up.
March 6th, 2008 at 2:10 am
March 6th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Wow! Thanks…Drunk and Armed.
March 8th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Did you run out of records??? Come on Flakes drummer…we are waiting for a new powerpop 45…hahahaha.
March 11th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
i was a kid on the texas scene starting in late 79, and the only band that made me roll my eyes and groan more than the skunks was the hates. the hates were nearly a totally fake band. but that’s for another song.
i was surprised as shit a coupla weeks ago when i heard a song i really liked being performed on a local station and found out it was good ol’ jesse sublett (former stinkin’ skunk).
Redemption?
March 17th, 2008 at 9:51 am
Couldn’t get a gig at Raul’s tarbox? Don’t be that way! The Skunks are/were Tx garage punk. Period.