Right Now!

It is in the face of the continued ignorance of the 1977 U.S. scene that re-formed in the '90s, all four members intact, initially to record old, lost material for 1994's . It's not like they had nothing better to do. Guitarist made a fine living touring the world as , the humorous, saucy, Mexican impersonator. Bassist made overlooked, nifty LPs solo and with . And singer/leader teamed up with his brother in . But from it's clear this spirited foursome came back because, like the scene they sprang from, their music was just too much fun to die. Dubbed "the Mexican " 22 years previously, that not-far-off tag failed to account for their other telltale influences: pre- touchstone bands and heaps of . make that apparent on , pulling out old covers of , , and . But the originals, including two redos of 1977-1980 nuggets and also blast with this Neanderthal, straight-ahead blast- , so loud, raucous, and full of esprit -- the very quality missing from modern . Like older songs from to they still range from slow, sloppy, grungy like to rasping, rushing smasheroos such as with 's more melodic bent indulged in You know what? don't care who's paying attention. That was the point, then and right now: they still seem like a secret, an attitude adjustment unchanged over two decades. Just yell "1-2-3-4" and they're off. ~ Jack Rabid