The Devil Dogs - Saturday Night Fever

The Devil Dogs - Saturday Night Fever
Year: 1993/1994 Sympathy for the Record Industry | CD#: SFTRI 231
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Punk'n'Roll, Garage-Rock | 44:11 min. | File-host: RS.com | 319 MB (FLAC) | 100 MB (Mp3)
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RAWK AND ROOOOOOOL!!!

This is the rockinest piece of rock’n'roll recorded in the 1990’s, and the world stood by and ignored. Where the f*ck where YOU?! To you who missed these three bad boys from New York in their day, here is your chance to find salvation and feel better about your measly existence…purely from being exposed to the glory that will always be The Devil Dogs!

[Ed Rivadavia, All Music Guide]

While recording an album in 1989, New York City punk band the Rat Bastards imploded due to typical musical differences, and two members, Andy Gortler (guitar, vocals) and Steve Baise (bass, vocals), carried on with the project as the Devil Dogs. Influenced particularly by ’60s trash rock (Sonics, Wailers), the Phil Spector “Wall of Sound,” and the big New York punk sound of the ’70s (Ramones, New York Dolls, Dictators), the Devil Dogs went on to release a slew of LPs, EPs, live albums, and 45s. Gortler originally formed a band called Gilligan’s Revenge in the early ’80s, which became Token Entry and then Black Train Jack after his departure. Baise played in a New Jersey-based surf/punk combo, PT109, before joining the Rat Bastards. Drummer “Mighty” Joe Vincent, who also played in PT109, joined the group in 1991.

This opening blast from garage sleaze kings the Devil Dogs provides the blueprint they would follow for the next five years, delivering raw, beer-fueled tributes to cars, girls and straight-up rock n' roll at furious speeds with maximum attitude. Recorded after a series of frustrating events led to the demise of their former band, guitarist Andy Gortler, bassist Steve Baise and drummer Paul Corio came blazing out of the gate with a ragged, uncompromising energy that had obviously been building for a while. The band isn't as tightly streamlined here as they would be with later triumphs like We Three Kings and Saturday Night Fever, which retain the original formula but benefit from better sound and stronger playing. Despite messy sonics, the Devil Dogs were already busting out some great songs, a politically incorrect set list of raunchy, witty testosterone anthems that rock with both brains and balls. "C'mon Little Baby" is a lusty ultimatum to the girlfriend who holds out, with an irre…sistible refrain and a twist-worthy beat. The snarling opener "Action" demands it, and "354" brags about "the coolest set of wheels in town" over some top-down highway-cruisin' riffs. The Dogs also take on some of their influences with real gusto but mixed results. The Dictators' classic "Stay With Me" gets a bit mangled, as does a swipe at the Ronettes' "The Best Part of Breaking Up," but an obscene reworking of "Be True To Your School" by the Beach Boys is priceless, and the DMZ rocker "Ball Me Out" was tailor-made for this drunken trio. The Devil Dogs burned out too fast, but their larger-than-life legend helped fuel a garage rock scene that grew in prominence as the 90s progressed, and it all started here with this prime slab of party-starting ramalama.

[Fred Beldin, All Music Guide]