It's hard to believe that original copies of a single minted by a teen punk band from Syracuse, NY circa 1980 has fetched as much as $2000. You can credit
The Trend to that unlikely feat. Presented in reverse-chronological order,
Crash the Bash, features both songs from that collectible 45 ("Electric Chair" b/w "Band-Aid"), and the trio's 1982 platter
Batman Live at the Budokan, alongside unreleased material and reunion songs. That reunion unfortunately didn't entail one of the Trend's principal members, singer/guitarist
J. Marc Patenaude who perished in a 1985 car crash.
Though somewhat rudimentary, not to mention highly topical, The Trend's mid-tempo forte was competent with surprisingly robust arrangements. The Dead Boys or the Saints this trio were not, but they have moments here that almost parallel the Buzzcocks circa their nascent Spiral Scratch ep, bearing some of the same sardonic heft. Another loose comparison might be the Trends' Belgium contemporaries The Kids, but you're no doubt bound to draw parallels of your own. Love their spot-on rendering of the Mats' "Color Me Impressed," and they also delve into the Damned's Strawberries-era "Dozen Girls."
A thoughtful bio on the band can be read here, and the aforementioned Batman Live... was reissued in limited quantities on the always impressive Japanese Air Mail imprint.
01. Crash the Bash
02. Color Me Impressed
03. Isn't It Mine
04. Dozen Girls
05. Bake Bread Not War
06. Anyone But Me
07. Winneego
08. (Don't) Drink and Drive
09. Candy Striper
10. Office Friendly
11. The Butler Did It
12. Giddy Up and Go
13. Mommy is a Jilt
14. Quaranteen Teen
15. Pop Star
16. Toy Section
17. Peer Pressure
18. Zinc Tabletz
19. Don't Talk to Her
20. Electric Chair
21. Band-Aid
Hello! I was wondering if you could find for me Urusei Yatsura – We Are Urusei Yatsura 1996? Please let me know, thank you so much!
ReplyDeleteHi Spavid. Long-time lurker. Found your blog when I was scouring the internet looking for info on Lotus STP. Since then I've found I have quite a few records that have appeared on these pages. Anyway, I'm thinking of starting a blog of my own, but, to be perfectly blunt, I guess I'm wondering how you share all this music without worrying of getting the pants sued off you? I'm sure you've received DMCA requests, but is it possible someone more litigious might be more aggressive? Kind of a downer q, but I'm curious, if you don't mind answering.
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