#6 Stray Cats
The amazing thing about this countdown is how little staying power a band had to have to be one of my lingering favorites. The Stray Cats were huge for about 9 months in 1982 and 1983. They were a strange mix of 50's-sounding rockabilly w/ an 80's New Wave sensibility (having hit it big in England about a year prior to hitting it big at home).
My favorite memory of the Stray Cats was watching the video to "Rock This Town" some Saturday afternoon & attempting to duplicate Slim Jim Phantom's signature leap off the drum kit to end the song from a folding chair we had. Something went awry & I managed to destroy the chair. Pretty cool.
Best songs: Rock This Town, Stray Cat Strut, Rumble in Brighton, Sexy + 17
Worst songs: Did they have any other songs?
1 comment:
what about drinkability???
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