5.6.7.8's - Bomb the Rocks: Early Days Singles 1989
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Artist: 5.6.7.8'sEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2004-03-23
Music Label: SWEET NOTHING
Soundtracks:
- Bomb The Twist
- Jane In The Jungle
- Three Cool Chicks
- Guitar Date
- Woo Hoo
- Dream Boy
- Continental Hop
- Jump Jack, Jump
- Smilly Willy
- Mr Lee
- It's Rainy
- Road Runner
- My Boyfriend From Outer Space
- She Was A Mau Mau
- Long Tall Sally
- Scream
- Hot Generation
- Bond Girl
- Fruit Bubble Love
- Motor Cycle Go-Go-Go
- Jet Coaster
- 5.6.7.8.'S
- Edie Is A Sweet Candy
- I Was A Teenage Cave Woman
- Ah-So
- Pinball Party
- Blue Radio
Music reviews of Bomb the Rocks: Early Days Singles 1989
Music Review: Razor Sharp Fun
Rating: 4 Stars
My review is based upon the final six songs of this CD; the actual rating is 3 1/2 stars so I rounded up instead of down. Until about two days ago I had no idea the 5.6.7.8.'s were even associated with the Kill Bill movies, and I was also unable to convince anyone that the 5.6.7.8.'s existed, even among Japanese Americans in Southern California. I once owned a CD copy of their EP "I Was a Teenage Cavewoman" that was released on the Tokyo Karate label in Australia in 1992 or 1993. I have been trying to locate a replacement copy for many years.
All the songs that were on that album happen to be the same last six songs on "Bomb the Rocks." Being a fan of 80's New Wave since I was a teen and not having much exposure to true Punk music, the best I can say is that the 5.6.7.8.'s seem to be more of a gritty, fairly hard-hitting (at times) and whimsical garage surfer-punk band. Their English clearly needs work but the music is too darn catchy to care. One girl they refered to as "Velvet Voice" on the "Cavewoman" album is anything but velvety. She has the most impressive gravel-like scream I have ever heard from a woman in any band, and she expresses her talent often.
"Eddie is a Sweet Candy" feels about as fun as the old 60's tune "Wipe-Out" and is definitely a catchy high-energy tune, worth repeating back-to-back plays. "Blue Radio" is a slow heart break tune that is anything but heart breaking. Velvet Voice opens the song by moaning her woes and floats us through a few verses before unleashing her tormented shriek which carries through to the finale. If the stereo is too loud the neighbors might wonder who is dying.
The 5.6.7.8.'s are really in a class all their own although I tend to liken them to the B-52's (only slightly), pre-1990's Divinyls, Fuzzbox (the 5.6.7.8.'s are nowhere near as tame), and Daisy Chainsaw (the "Eleventeen" album).
Simply put, the 5.6.7.8.'s are weird, unconventional, loud, and loads of great party fun. Unlike what the cover art might suggest, I do not recall any hints of racial bigotry (the skeletons in Nazi German helmets) and no foul language, although I do remember some very mild (and almost undetectable) sexual innuendos. It's a shame it took a movie to put them on the map about 15 years or more after their debut. This is an outstanding group of female punk-rockers. I intend to buy this CD and still hunt down a replacement for "I Was a Teenage Cavewoman."
Not the greatest (catered to a very selective and non-mainstream audience), but still highly recommended.
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