The Perfect American DIY 7"
Our Favorite Band!
s/t 7"
(Praxis,
1982
)
Here is another one I bought blind
. I'm in a thrift
store 
for battered women,
digging 
through
the records and checking out the chicks
(no no no no no give me a god damn break. It was just too horrible of a joke
to pass up). I find
this little thing
in a tattered cover. Look at the cover and see two guys sitting in a car
. Look at the back, two guys are still sitting in a car,
and they have kinda long hair, and there is a little state of 
Louisiana circled below. Label says 1982. Record is beat to shit. Awww what the 
ell. At the very worst it will be a bad spend of a buck
. I walk
to the counter, lay my 
dollar down
and tell the girl, "There's more
where that came from...
" and slither
out the door.
I go
home
and slap this puppy on the turntable.
Oh my god! Distorted guitar and stand up bass, no drums and it is a raw,
smoking rockabilly tune worthy of 
Cramps
/Hasil worship.
Second song is a slow one and damn it if this couldn't be the Gibson Brothers. Look at the label again. 
1982
. Shit, this predates the Gibs by five
or so years. Flip it over and weirdness crawls out of the groove. Some kinda reverb flooded, bell soaked creepiness about the 
Atlanta
Child Murders
oozes out of the speakers! Now I am really excited.
Really
really
excited
. And the ep ends with some kinda Modern Lovers meets the Only Ones
meets Alex "
lies on Sherbert" Chilton
power popper. Baton Rouge
's Our Favorite Band! made the perfect American DIY 7"!
There is not a god damn thing wrong with it and the only reason it is an unknown
is because of the heavy Killed By Death
bias among punk
collectors, which is doubly
dumb because one of these guys was in Toxin III
!
by 
Scott
Soriano
OFB REVIEWS AND COMMENTS LEFT BY FANS AND CRITICS
- ..The
item was frightful and stinking. Have never bought from anyone so
obnoxious.THE SEWER SKIFFS WERE BETTER. MAURY HAS A TERRIBLE VOICE.
..
- ..LX CHILTON
..
..
Very repulsive quality! Would not buy from again. A very, very
loathsome seller. UNTIL THEY MAKE THIS ON CD I'M BURNIN' COPIES FOR
EVERYBODY! DAN WALL
..
- .. The item was daunting and disagreeable! NO CRANK ENCLOSED! Ever so angry. WHERE'S THE TWEEK? Would not buy from again. HOW'S JASON? PANSY "THE GROUPIE"
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- Notably terrible quality. Have never bought from anyone so repellent. Disgusted... JASON, JEFF, PERRY, WARNER,JACK, ANDY AND THE GANG!..
- .. Quality of item was detestable! An immensely atrocious seller. Very, very angry. KAY CLARY AND LORI GEORGE, praxis
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- .. Quality of item was intimidating. Remarkably angry. A notably nauseating seller. SURFIN' MATT Wilson (10 drummers), Johnnie 'web' Diamond, co-writer of "drownin in another pool of love" ..
- .. Exceptionally evil quality! Have never bought from anyone so ungodly. Disgusted. ..PETER HYRKA, fiddle player, gratis, on woman needs a fiddle..
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- ..
Item was of the most sickening quality! Have never bought from anyone
so grisly. racial epithets are noone's favorite. change that verse in stop your fussin'! ..rem and peter holsapple.. ....
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- .. Item was of the most bologna quality. Have never bought from anyone so fearful (trans. babelfish) ..PATRICK MATHE, president,
- .. Quality of item was harrowing. Would not buy from again. Service was disgusting. HELLS ANGEL AT ALTAMONT FREE CONCERT ON ACID
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