Here's The 1 And ONLY Release by The Nerves!
The WHO????
Nope, The Who Never Played Any of These Songs...
(Ha Ha Ha...I Crack Me Up!)
Seriously, Let Loose on the World in 1976...
And, No One Noticed
BUT
Some Blonde-Haired Girl...
(More On That Later...)
It's Great
Self Produced, Self Financed
Power Pop Goodness!
Surprizin'ly Good Soundin' as well...
Average Song Length: 1:51...
(No One Said There'd Be MATH Involved!?!)
Which Is Harder Than You Might Think...
(Not The Math...Just Divide by 4...)
To Relay Emotions And / Or Ideas in That
Short Amount of Time Is an Art!
And, YES, That Is THE Paul Collins!!!
For Those That Know 'Bout Him and His Beat!
(This Is Where He Started...)
The 1st Song on This EP Is Also the
1st Song on the Parallel Lines Album by
Blondie from 1979...
And, I'd Forgotten Def Leppard
Covered It on YEAH!
Thanks to Seattleite For Link to Video!
These guys are a major missed opportunity for the record industry. The recording is more of a demo tape than a fully fledged production, but damn...what's here should have been enough for them to get a contract. T
ReplyDeleteIf That's a Demo...
DeleteImagine What These Guys Coulda Done Back Then!
Record Co. Dropped the Ball, For Sure!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm_N-eXgHW4
ReplyDeleteCool! Thanks!
DeleteI'd Forgotten That Def Lep Covered This as well...