Dead Boys “We Have Come For Your Children” 1978. Today, October 22nd, would have been Dead Boys singer Stiv Bator’s 69th birthday (b. Steven John Bator 1949, d. 1990 after being hit by a car in Paris, his ashes purportedly scattered on Jim Morrison’s grave). We Have Come For Your Children was Dead Boys’ second and final studio album; they broke up in ‘79 (though briefly reunited in ‘86 and then again a few times after Bators’ death). It’s great punk rock, super-dark courtesy of Bators’ unparalleled sneer. I love “3rd Generation Nation,” the melodically upbeat “I Won’t Look Back,” the epic – at least by punk  standards – “Son of Sam,” their cover of Rolling Stones’ “Tell Me” (which was the Stones first Top 40 hit in the US), “Big City” (written by Kim Fowley, infamous manager of The Runaways), and the masterpiece “Ain’t It Fun” which Cheetah Chrome’s Rocket From the Tombs also recorded (as did Guns N’Roses). But especially fun is the Ramones-esque titled “(I Don’t Wanna Be No) Catholic Boy” which is made even better with the “Ramone Catholic Choir” singing backup vocals; that would be Joey and Dee Dee Ramone. Perfection.