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Dead Boys “Younger, Louder and Snottier”

sfilzen — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 00:13:32 +0000

Dead Boys “Younger, Louder and Snottier” 1989. Necrophilia Records. Pink vinyl. Today, February 18th, is Cheetah Chrome’s 65th birthday (b. Eugene O’Connor, 1955). Younger, Louder and Snottier is the rough mix recording of the Dead Boys classic debut Young, Loud and Snotty – even messier, louder and crazier than the official release. This record’s story from the liner notes, I believe written by Stiv Bators: “the assistant engineer, Bob Clearmountain…made a quick mix for the Boys to take back home to Cleveland [from Electric Lady Studios in NYC]. It was recorded over a cassette copy of Quadrophenia by the Who. Ten years later, I was about to tape over this cassette, thinking it was the Who…Surprise. Surprise. Surprise!!! The MIX everyone had forgotten. I played for the Dead Boys. They were shocked, pissed off and felt cheated! This was how we sounded LIVE!!! In further investigation, no one saved a copy of this mix- no one!!” Besides having the rough tracks from the original LP like “Sonic Reducer,” “All This or More (I wanna be a dead boy),” “Li’l Girl,” “I Need Lunch” and “High Tension Wire,” it also includes a live cover of the Stooges’ “Search and Destroy” recorded in ‘77 in San Francisco.

And of course I cannot post about the Dead Boys or Cheetah Chrome without including this photo from 2017 of me with Cheetah and Johnny Blitz. So here it is. Again.

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Dead Boys “Night of the Living Dead Boys”

sfilzen — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 19:40:14 +0000

Dead Boys “Night of the Living Dead Boys” 1981, recorded in 1979 at CBGB. Bomp! Records. Today, February 18th, is Dead Boys guitarist Cheetah Chrome’s birthday (b. Eugene Richard O’Connor, 1955). Classic, early American punk, this LP features live renditions of Dead Boys songs from their classic debut album Young Loud and Snotty like “All This and More,” “Caught with the Meat in Your Mouth,” “What Love Is,” “Ain’t Nothin’ to Do,” “I Need Lunch” and the punk classic “Sonic Reducer.” From their second – and final – studio album We Have Come for Your Children included on Night of the Living Dead Boys are “3rd Generation Nation,” the cover of Rolling Stones’ “Tell Me,” “Catholic Boy,” “I Won’t Look Back,” “Ain’t it Fun” and “Son of Sam.” Also appearing is one song that does not appear on either of their albums, the lead track “Detention Home.” I don’t generally have high expectations of most live albums, especially ones from the 70′s at crappy punk bars. Night of the Living Dead Boys is surprisingly high quality for its time and venue with Stiv Bators’ dark slinky style easily shimmering through, Cheetah Chrome’s and Jimmy Zero’s guitars appropriately either murky or cutting depending on the song but always loud and the rhythm section of Johnny Blitz on drums and Jeff Magnum on bass driving (also loud!).

Also: anytime I ever write about Dead Boys, I have to post about the time that Cheetah and Johnny went on the Young Loud and Snotty 40th anniversary tour and we got to meet them (and get our album signed) at our favorite local record shop before the concert. Here’s me and the guys in 2017.

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Cheetah Chrome and Johnny Blitz from the Dead Boys at RushMor Records

sfilzen — Sun, 23 Apr 2017 05:42:47 +0000

Topping off a great Record Store Day: meeting Cheetah Chrome and Johnny Blitz from the Dead Boys at RushMor Records (they signed our copy of Young, Loud and Snotty and Cheetah gave Joe bunny ears) and seeing them later tonight at Club Garibaldi’s.

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