That’s the Stray Cats, the Cramps, and “More Fun in the New World”-era X albums that had that raw, rockabilly twang, but with a slinkier, moodier sound, anxious and spindly like XTC’s first five years of output. But the thing that perplexed me most was what I thought of as ‘missing link’ type sounds that reminded me of Elvis and Joe Strummer’s long-lost brother. His songs staccato, the piano playing brutal, and all with an intuitive understanding of youth culture and its infinite mystery-majesty in squalor.Īs a kid in the ‘90s, born to bonafide rock ‘n’ roller parents, I quickly latched onto their encyclopedic record collection, devouring everything I could-from the Clash to new wave stalwarts like the Psychedelic Furs. Man, myth, legend, and undeniable influence on first wave punk in the late ‘70s. He had this nervy, maniacal piano-playing schtick, as if someone held a shotgun to his head, demanding he cover Hank Williams, or Roy Orbison-right now or else. If he started his career in 1977, he would have shared the stage with Strummer, Patti, and Iggy.
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