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Thursday, October 6, 2016

The Explosives

A fairly (I think) unknown crew from Austin Texas, pure late 70's-early 80's power pop, and nothing but.....if you want something else, you came to the wrong place today......I can't find much factual information about them, I simply have this one album ("The Explosives '79-'82"), which has a number of the gently rocking tracks that made the power pop of that fab era so fucking wonderful.......if, like me, you enjoy occasionally stumbling upon a previously unknown power-pop gem from the early 80's, this is one you will want to check out.....I've got LOTS more of em, of course, and I dunno, I might feel a "power pop" mood/phase coming on........we'll see....but for now, let me know what you think of The Explosives, somewhat semi-catchy power pop!

THE EXPLOSIVES '79-'82-01 Saftey In Numbers/02 Come Here and Do It/03 Sellin Out/04 I Go Insane/05 I Wanna See You Cry/06 Stuck in the Ball Turret/07 Dancing All Night/08 Very First Time/09 Lonely Street/10 A Girl Like You/11 If I Touch Her/12 I'm an Explose/13 I Won't Go Back/14 Fortress Europe/15 Tommy and Toni/16 Dog Star/17 UFO/18 Summertime Come/19 Come Clean

This one out of the vast BigScott62 collection, there is a BUNCH more of this stuff if you guys want obscure 80's power pop, just say so, you'll get more than you dreamed possible!

7 comments:

  1. http://www91.zippyshare.com/v/oXipVC5O/file.html

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  2. Thanks scott for this.i never heard of this band so im looking for to checking this out.yes more powerpop stuff would be great.thanks scott for all you and your team do for us music lovers.

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  3. Nice. Do you have the disc 2 of this CD (live and bonus tracks)? You might also add that they were Roky Erickson backibg band in 79-82. Cheers!
    Matt

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  4. Great! Was looking for "Kaboom!" a while. Do you have the disc 2 with live and bonus tracks? You might also wanna note that they've been Roky Erickson's backup band in 79-82. Cheers!
    Matt

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  5. yes more obscure powerpop please! : )

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  6. saw em backin' Roky a few years back (10?) after the movie came out and he returned to the road...By then they were less power pop influenced and more akin to a decent Austin bar band ala Fab T-Birds...

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