Roctober: ' This Imperial Dogs DVD Is Amazing'!

"This DVD is amazing, not merely for the content (Stooges-esque proto-punk from before many were doing such a thing), but for what it is (a videotaped performance of an obscure band before ANYONE was considering doing such a thing)" ... "Half the fun is seeing the audience not knowing how the hell to react, the rest of the fun is seeing [Don] Waller strutting, crawling, and doing his best degenerate, abusive, white guy version of the theatricality he already loved in James Brown and Co." ... "the shoulda been classic songs like 'Just Kids,' 'Amphetamine Superman,' and their claim to fame 'This Ain't the Summer of Love,' which they sold to Blue Oyster Cult, who really just used the title (this version is scarier) make this a hard product to pass up," writes veteran journalist/author/"Chic-A-Go-Go" cable TV producer Jake Austen, reviewing the Imperial Dogs' Live! In Long Beach (October 30, 1974) DVD here at the electronic version of his long-running Roctober magazine.