
the Distractors
"Shake It Up!!!" |
This boy/girl/boy garage
punk group just screams for the Ramones and Rip Offs.
If you are looking for a band that sounds exactly like
those early Rip Off Records 45s be sure to pick up the
Distractors; they got the sound down to a fuckin’
T! There’re 6 tunes on this 7" including,
"Rock and Roll Fox" and "Rollerderby
Queen." Y’heah! - Blank Generation
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With the one, two punch
of "Rock and Roll Fox" and "Rollerderby
Queen," the Distractors could go toe to toe with
Loli and the Chones, garage punk that is blazingly fast
and blissfully moronic. And even when they are less
frantic they are still on par with your average Supercharger
songs. Shaken and stirred!! - Go Metric
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Big Neck deliver us
another one of the wild raw 7s. This time its The Distractors,
100 MPH lo-fi punk rock. This slab is soooo lo-fi. Sounds
like it was recorded in their shithouse. Cram a bunch
of punks in a small room & out comes this. Who says
ya need a big studio to get great sounds. You can just
feel the energy this thing creates. 6 short fast R&R
numbers ready to melt ya needle the 1st time around.
Beware!! Ya gonna become hooked on these guys. Kinda
reminds me of San Francisco Loudmouths in parts. Yeah,
kinda. Better check it out for yourself. - Up
Yours
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The Distractors remind
me of several nude honeys I know. Perhaps it's just
the garage with female vocalist thing, but "Jennifer"
screams just like dear Yuri does and that ain't bad.
Like wicked 7"'s of rockin' squelchy bands?
...give this label a try.. bigneckrecords@usa.net
Tell them CW sent you. Yeah, it's the IT generation,
so no matter how much of a punk you try to stay, you're
gonna have to use a computer at some stage. Then, when
you've got all the albums you want from overseas, you
can smash the fucker with a SLEDGE HAMMER! - Chain-Whipped
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There are something
like 6 songs squeezed onto this baby, and yes it spins
at 45 RPMs. Are the songs short and to the point? Well,
duh. Punk rock? You bet. Sorta like an amped up Supercharger,
and just as cruddy and unintelligable. If they come
to your town, be sure to get to the show on time, as
their set can't be more than 20 minutes long. - Multiball
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Very low fi punk rock
to drink to. Sound quality like The Mummies. Six songs,
fast, furious, and snotty, with male and female vocals.
These guys know how to rock. - Punk Planet
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Hey, this is fun!, fun!,
fun! Raw, noisy, undisciplined, fast as crud rock with
an even smattering of male and female rant. This could
pass for the 1-4-5's on a speed trip or Melt Banana
making sense. If you dig The Statics, give 'em a go.
The Distractors are Trey, Jennifer, and Allen, on guitar,
bass, and drums, and what they lack in Phil Collins
style lightness, they more than adequately make up for
in adrenaline rush frantic drive and honest, heartful
squeal. Without having to resort to making this a 33
1/3 release, the group manages to squeeze 3 songs on
each side. "Rock and Roll Fox," "Let
U Go," "Bury Her Tonite," "Rollerderby
Queen," "Johnny," and "Bang! Bang!"
are all feedback-rich, plenty tight enough for slackers,
in your face gems. I LIKE IT! - Flipside
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I don't think that these
guys are going to beat this week's champs on Star Search,
but I bet they could kick the shit out of them. Their
studio songs sound like live DEAD KENNEDYS tracks with
female vocals dubbed in. Trashy, punk shit, fast and
dirty. 6 songs. - Hit List
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Six songs that play
at 45, though the last song plays at 33. That could
mean many things, but in this case it's 70's style punk.
Fast but melodic, with male and female vocals. The recording
is sloppy and there's lots of yelling in a nice way.
Sound really fantastic! - Maximum Rock'n'Roll
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This isn't a distraction,
it's a derailing! Train wrecks are so romantic, don't
you think? This sounds like vomit looks. (Note: I like
this record) - Rocktober
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Feedback and speed characterizes
The Distractors. The female vocals (screams) help out.
The short song structures along with the Daly City style
recording techniques help make this a winner. The final
song appears to be mastered at an incorrect speed. I
thought that it was a nice touch. - Trash Times
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Not unlike the SPOILED
BRATS on the A-side with a cool trashed out guitar,
and even kinda reminiscent of THE BAGS, but with a slightly
annoying female vocal that gets bad by the end. I'm
glad they're singing about high school and knives and
shit, but the can't help here. - Horizontal
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