Teenage Head - Frantic City

Tracks

Side 1

		Track Name	Length
	1	Wild One	02:08
	2	Somethin' On My Mind	03:33
	3	Total Love	04:42
	4	Let's Shake	03:02
	5	Infected	05:27

Side 2

		Track Name	Length
	1	Those Things You Do	03:04
	2	Somethin' Else	02:42
	3	Take It	03:54
	4	Brand New Cadillac	02:33
	5	Disgusteen	04:09

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Information/Write-up

One of the most popular Canadian punk rock/new wave bands of the '80's, Hamilton Ontario's Teenage Head released their sophomore long-player Frantic City in 1980, opening with a cover of the 1958 Johnny O'Keefe tune 'Wild One' - this version would go on to influence Iggy Pop's 1986 cover of the same tune.

The following 'Something On My Mind' bumps the style up a decade to reveal the band's adoration of sunny '60's California pop with nasal-inflected vocals akin to Beach Boys initiators like the Sunrays, It's not until 'Total Love' where we hear some of that distorted guitar-punk hear on Teenage Head's first self-titled 1979 debut album, 'Let's Shake; and 'Those Things You Do' both flirt with the same kind of rockabilly pop the the Stray Cats made popular next year - they even do a solid cover of Eddie Cochran's 'Somethin' Else' and Vince Taylor's 'Brand New Cadillac'. Conversely, the punchy 'Infected' plays like a Canadian version of the Ramones, while a live cut of 'Disgusteen' shows the band's prowess while playing in front of n audience.

Frankie Venom: vocals
Gordon Lewis: guitar
Grant Slater: piano
Steve Mahon: bass
Rick Morrison: saxophone
Walter Zwol: synthesizer
Nick Stipanitz: drums, backing vocals
The Shakers: backing vocals

Produced by Stacy Heydon
Engineered by Greg Roberts
Recorded and mixed at Kensington Sound

Photography by Philip Kamin

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