Cheap Dates / Candy Snatchers split

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For a while, Man’s Ruin was doing this weird thing where they’d release a 10” from two bands, then a few months or so later, issue a CD with both bands on it – but Kozik would design the cover so that you’d never know that it was a split. Such was the case with my band where we got all the “glory” and local hardcore band "the Idiots" got the short end of the stick (and UPC code). In this case, it was the Cheap Dates.
Anyways, you all know who the Candy Snatchers are, so the Cheap Dates were good friends of ours from the bay area fronted by my buddy and ex-roommate Pete Jay (Black Queen, Wormwood, etc…), and featured Shane White’s brother Jason on drums. They were a really good and creative band, but perhaps a little too weird for some of the persnickety garage rock scene. Check em out, and listen to what’s not the best Candy Snatchers songs ever, but still pretty decent stuff.


This Is Rock N Roll!

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Teen Crud Combo

VINYL RIP (7")

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Canada's Teen Crud Combo sound like a lot of bands did during the 90s: A sort of Dwarves/Zeke/New Bomb Turks hybrid. I always remembered this 7" standing out more than most of that stuff, and listening to it again it really does. It also features Allyson Baker who moved out this way shortly after their demise.

Beaver County

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Iron Sheiks

VINYL RIP (6 Song EP)

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I was going to post this on St. Patrick's Day, because who knows as much about drinking beer as the Irish? Australians! And this here is some fine music to bend the elbow to (and smash someone with an elbow to).
I don't know much about the Iron Sheiks, but they were still playing at least up 'till 2009 according to their myspace page. I found this record at Green Apple Books somewhere around 1997, and it's still a favorite. Musically, it's got a bit of early '80s California skate punk vibe, but it's still 100% Aussie.

Stunt Rock

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