The New Bomb Turks “Stick It Out”

Published On: February 8, 2018Tags: , , , , ,

The New Bomb Turks “Stick It Out” b/w “(Still) Never Will” and “Job” 1996. Fat Wreck Chords. Exhilarating Midwest (Ohio) garage punk, their name taken from  “Robert Wuhl’s character in an early-‘80s B movie, The Hollywood Nights, which also marked the film debuts of Tony Danza and Michelle Pfeiffer” (Allmusic). (I’m relieved that Dennis Hopper made the cover of this 7″ rather than Tony Danza) Both “Stick It Out” and “(Still) Never Will” (which is a slightly slower variation than “Never Will” which appears on their ‘94 LP Information Highway Revisited) are exactly what I remember from the 90′s – which I’ll admit isn’t that much – loud, lightning fast thrashing guitars, melodic bass and better musicianship than most of the punk from the 80′s. “Job” is a faithful rendition of the Nubs track from 1980 (their only release) and it’s sneering, teenage snotty as hell and hilarious.