"Building on the influence of '60s garage rock and '70s proto-punk like the Stooges and Mott The Hoople, the traces of things to come are all over the material: a song called 'Loud, Hard & Fast' is indeed all of the above,"so sayeth Smith College professor Steve Waksman, author of This Ain't the Summer of Love: Conflict and Crossover in Heavy Metal and Punk (University of California Press, 2009), writing about the Imperial Dogs' Live! In Long Beach (October 30, 1974) DVD here.
Waksman -- whose book takes its title from the song that was originally written and performed by the Imperial Dogs, then later re-worked and recorded by the Blue Oyster Cult for their 1976 Agents Of Fortune LP -- had not previously heard the Imperial Dogs' version, which they can be seen and heard performing on the DVD. But now that he has ...
"It's amazing this was recorded, let alone that it's been issued on DVD," continues Waksman. "The liner notes are great and help to put this lost nugget of hard rock history in the perspective it deserves. I urge anyone with an interest in the twisted, intersecting paths of metal and punk to buy a copy."
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
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