Showing posts with label pandoras. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pandoras. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 9

The trip


Goldmine Presents: Garage Sale! cassette (1985)
A compilation of mid-80's garage rockers on the famous ROIR cassette label. Some big names like The Fuzztones, Pandoras, Tell-Tale Hearts, Gravedigger V, etc. as well as some goofy stuff like Widfang's "Like Ringo." Fun rockin', I tell no lies!

Sunday, August 2

Surfbeat!


What Surf II (1985)
Surfin' hits by oldies (Davie Allan, Pyramids, Sandy Nelson) and newbies (Agent Orange, Pandoras, Halibuts) alike! Released on punk label What? Records.
Anyone have the 1st What Surf to share?

Wednesday, March 26

The way it's gonna be


The Pandoras 'Stop Pretending' (1986)
In the mid 1980's this hot little number was stuck on my turntable for a long time and it felt alright!

The unashamedly '60s-obsessed Pandoras (led by singer/writer/guitarist Paula Pierce) were revivalists in the best sense of the word, recapturing the gleeful amateurism of vintage garage-punk-pop while adding their own cheerfully slutty persona to the mix.
Pierce ditched the rest of the band soon after
(their) debut LP (though the other three original members continued performing under the Pandoras name for a while) and recorded 'Stop Pretending' with a new lineup. While maintaining the '60s fixation and playing up the brash-hussy stance, 'Stop Pretending' features stronger playing and a harder-rocking edge (there's no reason why "In and Out of My Life (In a Day)" shouldn't have been a hit), suggesting that the Pandoras aren't as hopelessly mired in historical fetishism as one might assume. - Trouser Press