Rasputin and the Monks

 

The 80's was the decade where 60's garage rockers that were previously totally unknown were getting reissued right'n'left, including this one-sided 12" of these snarlin', semi-psychotic, trashy garage rock'n'rollers.

Obviously, huge fans of the Rolling Stones, no less than 5 of the 7 numbers here were either Stones originals or covers that they performed. Opening with their trashy take on the Stones version of the Beatles " I Want To Be Your Man", they take the raunchiness of the Stones and turn it up to 11! They get a little quieter with "You'd Better Move On", Arthur Alexander's number that the Stones did, get sorta garage-y soulful with "Gotta Get Away" (another Stones song), they show their tender side with a take on the Lovin' Spoonful's "You Didn't Have To Be So Nice", then go a little mental for "19th Nervous Breakdown", do some 12-string action on "As Tears Go Back" before closing with raucous "Roadrunner".

Great cover with the guys posing in a graveyard - they were garage punks, for sure! - and lookin' pretty tough for a bunch of nerdy teens! Nothing earth-shattering here, but totally fun garage punk!