HOUNDS: Unleashed (Columbia, 1978) This is not punk rock. This is a hard-working, not untalented bunch of cock-rock pros who thought it might be timely to put a dragon lady sporting dog collar and chain on the cover of their debut LP, and who are now really pissed at Johnny Rotten. C PLUS
― George the Animal Steele, Thursday, 5 January 2006 22:51 (twenty years ago)
They were great. But thing is, as far as I can tell, they were at least partially marketed as new wave -- hence, their inclusion on that (totally misnamed) 7-inch CBS No Wave promo sampler, with the (L.A.) Beat, Jules and the Polar Bears, and the Sinceros. (Also, in the late '70s, their name sort of sounded new wave, in a "The Cars" kind of way.)
― xhuxk, Saturday, 20 November 2010 21:47 (fifteen years ago)
Yeah, I guess plural band names like "The [Nouns]" kinda evoked the early 60s same as skinny ties did.
Favourite tracks: "Bite the Dog" and "Janine Tangerine"
― Canadian Club & Dr. Pepper (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 22 November 2010 07:53 (fifteen years ago)
They were no Aerosmith, that is for sure, that is too bad.
― like you really know who trisomie 21 is (u s steel), Monday, 22 November 2010 08:19 (fifteen years ago)
xp Actually though, come to think of it, on both album covers they're called simply "Hounds" -- no "The."
Played the first album yesterday, and the tracks I liked most were probably "Drugland Weekend" ("hey city boy, your city looks like someone took a dump/Guess we can't complain the way you get around the bumps"); "Bad Blood Betwen Us" (starts out kind of like "Blitzkrieg Bop" then gets heavier, also it's about getting into a fight with a "punk", though not a punk rocker -- just a greasy-haired creep in bar who won't shut up); and "The Alleys Of Love" (teen groupie "doing the pogo" then a recommendation that Jimmy Carter snort cocaine.) The "pogo" line, at least, suggests they were aware of punk rock. Fourth place: "Bite The Dog."
― xhuxk, Monday, 22 November 2010 15:41 (fifteen years ago)
All sounds kinda Dictators-like.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 November 2010 15:43 (fifteen years ago)