Fang Mail, Pt. 5

Thought we'd share some more "fang mail" from people who've actually purchased our DVD. Anopheles Records headman Karl Ikola -- noted for having reissued the Debris LP -- writes: "The Imperial Dogs -- one of the legends of the crudely defined 'proto-punk' genre -- caught alive and screaming, fresh out of the womb 35 years ago! This is in-your-face, 'serious' rock 'n' roll fun, led by future scribe and then-frontman, Don Waller, coming on like a loose leather-trousered Iggy/Lux twilight figure, caught somewhere between South Bay L.A. working-class bungalows and Hollywood broken-glass glitter.

"To put into context, the Imperial Dogs sound sort of like an ultra-raw Radio Birdman/DMZ hybrid, but in a zone all their own, and before anyone had heard of those bands (DMZ didn't form until 1975). This is one of the most unexpected video documents to ever emerge from the archives, a real 'now this is what they were talking about -- watch this kids!' primer of how hard it was to bring the energy against the jive in a world before 'punk consciousness' was fully formed (and made into conventional consumerist baggage). A lot of blood was spilled bringing this into your living room, so don't blow it, get it!"