The
All/Descendents family shrub has more forks in it than any given cafeteria utensil bin, and one of the most overlooked offshoots is
Spiffy, a short-lived quartet that featured the talents of '80s Descendents alumni
Tony Lombardo and
Ray Cooper who reprised their respective bassist and guitarist rolls in this 1996 endeavor, and yielded the pair of singles this entry concerns. Run-on sentences are go! At any rate, Spiffy leaned way more in the direction of All than the 'dents, delivering taught, crunchy punk-pop songs that are sure to ring familiar to die-hards of the aforementioned. Both singles were produced and engineered by
Bill Stevenson and
Stephen Egerton. Need I say much more? Theirs was a brief discography, but a potent one, with the uber-melodic "Intensive Care Unit" leading the pack as their finest moment. Mouthpiece
Joel Bratton, who also served as singer in
All Day, is recently
deceased.
Secret 7" (Elastic Records)
01. Secret
02. In the Mail
03. Make It
Didn't Know 7" (Junk Records)
04. Didn't Know
05. Intensive Care Unit
Hear
Secret 7" (Elastic Records)
7 comments:
A Spiffy AND Mega City Four post in one week!
Love the blog!
not related but a promise i'd made you: here's a NEW track, only good for today, from GBV'S The Power of Suck:
http://www.jamesgreer.net/2011/07/12/the-power-of-suck-3/
Thanks for the heads up J, I needed it.
Will have to check out some of the tunes on your blog, Paranoid. Glad you're enjoying W/O.
Thanks for the post! I was in Spiffy, but had fallen out of touch with the guys. I am shocked and saddened to hear that Joel has died. He was a great guy and a great bandmate.
The links have been updated.
PLEASE re up this
yes, please re-up!
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