Yeah Stooges where a more important/influencial band musically, and have more musical depth, and more "roll" to their rock,  but MC5 had guns and bombs and were activists.  

That being said Iggy Pop would be able to survive anything, so he might be last one standing! ; )

Ryan Hatt said:

That one goes to the MC5 - there's more of them, they're beefier, and The Stooges were constantly fucked up on heroin.

haha true

Stooges have better studio albums but MC5's Black to Comm kicks it in my opinion ( I need too check out Stooges bonus stuff)

Mc5 would kick Stooges ass even if they were fewer. 

But Stooges are maybe more cool guys and MC5 tough guys...

Honestly? I'm not sure there's a contest here if we're basing the reward off of musical offerings. The Stooges win hands down. The Mc5 have a couple of great songs but the majority of tracks from their first two albums remind me of Van Morrison's later years. They just don't hold up to the ferocity of Kick Out the Jams or Teenage Lust. The Stooges on the other hand have three magical albums and a crazy ammount of amazing bonus tracks floating around in comps and, at least in my encounters, have inspired a great deal more musicians. Fun House as a whole is one of my favorite albums ever and spans a little-traversed gap between hallucinatory dreamscapes and fucking crazed sonic attack. Cool factor? While releasing one of the first popularish rock albums to contain the word Motherfucker is certainly cool, it doesn't beat lacerating yourself with a broken bottle on stage or smearing yourself with peanut butter an audience member happens to give you after you've jumped offstage and fought through bouncers. While I certainly enjoy the MC5 and I have nothing against those who might believe strongly in the opposite side of this argument, in my world there is no contest that the Stooges come out on top. To quote Ty Segall, "The Stooges are fucking mysterious!" As far as a fight goes though? That one goes to the MC5 - there's more of them, they're beefier, and The Stooges were constantly fucked up on heroin.

Stooges are cooler, but in a rumble I'd want MC5 to have my back.

Just sayin'.

-A

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I was about 11-12 years old and whilst rummaging around our garage (seems apt) I found the 'too drunk too fuck' single that was my old man's, I laughed and thought Jesus fuck I gotta hear that! I thought it was hilarious and searched for more and more and more....

...as far as the Sex Pistols, I had heard bits and pieces here and there, but hadn't bought the album itself until the spring of '87. Compared to the hardcore I was hearing on one of the local college stations, Never Mind The Bollocks sounded almost professional.

John - the second issue of Kicks (from 1979) included an article on 60s Chicago bands by my friend Cary Baker. Before he launched into the past, he included a quick sum-up of the present, talking about how The Loop had started beefing up their playlist with punk and new wave oriented acts, like Wayne Kramer and Johnny Thunders (!!!). This, coupled with the Disco Demolition event, looked like Chicago rock radio was about to enter a renaissance. Now, Baker laughs at how tame the Loop was - sure, they embraced the New Music, but wouldn't go but so far. Still, at the time, playing Patti Smith and Talking Heads next to Molly Hatchet and Van Halen seemed like a major coup. If Wayne Kramer got played, it was probably during an early period of experimentation where they were trying to find out what stuck and what slid. Evidently Kramer and Thunders' music slid straight to the floor while the Knack got all the gravy. As far as Sunday nights at 11 PM, in Chicago that was Dr. Demento time. How I awoke in time for school the next morning, I'll never know, but at least I went to sleep laughing.

These guys are like the Temptations of metal with the swinging of the hair in unison. They should sell the rights for use of this image in Rogaine commercials (I think he even says Rogaine!), hmmph maybe. From Sweden: Amon Amarth: The Pursuit of the Vikings

Today I'm in the A's, starting with Amarok (Chico, CA).  I have to listen to this at least once a day, amazing: Amarok, Part I

 Not at all!! I'm Cramped is lifted note for note from an instro called "Bust Out" by The Busters as someone must have mentioned above. There are many Psychotic Reaction ripoffs mainly taking the "fast/slow" bit as that is the most memorable thing about that song (which I'm Cramped does not do...)

Chris Skoczen said:

I'm sure someone must have mentioned it, but I'm Cramped is just Psychotic Reaction by the Count Five with different lyrics.

Not sure if this counts???

Better than the original? More punk definitely. Best of all.... She's Scottish, haha. Amazing stuff

Uuuuuurgh! Great album tho.

A friend of mine who does liner notes for reissues (John, you know him too) once told me that major labels HATE to run black and white photos on covers. It subconsciously keeps younger buyers away. Okay, I admit that a few embellishments here 'n' there don't hurt - say, a black-and-white photo with color print (like Bear Family did for the Treniers), or even a mockup of an old 50s poster (like Sony Legacy did on They Rock!). But that bad colorization job that Sony Special Products used on Rockin' Is Our Bizness is unforgivable, even for a budget label.

James , have you ever known me to stray from the point? Yes , Bear Family (Who , I heard , did'nt take care of the surviving Treniers like Sony did.) did the smart thing , and ran photos from their high energy stage act , while Edsel ran a great full band photo (Tinted , yes , but not like that "Get your picture taken and colorized at the mall" DOG that is the original pic you put up ! ).
 
James Porter said:

And to bring this back to the original topic: most Treniers reissues I've seen have better covers than the one I reprinted eight posts and three days ago! Pee-yew!!!

I believe it.....It's just that , in most cases , we no longer have to settle for someone recording off his stereo with a hand - held mike.Collectibles has done some good sounding collections , it's true , my mind always wanders back to the great Floyd Dakil comp....but BEWARE , buyer , BEWARE !! Actually , some of the later EVA
 CDs are'nt too bad , at that....There's one on Arthur Lee and Love , with the pre - Love recordings , and the celebrated , unreleased album , "I Don't Want No White Woman" , I mean , "Black Beauty", plus later stuff , like Arthur and Baby Lemonade running thru "Feathered Fish".....They also updated their Little Richie Marsh / Seeds comp to include all The Little Richie March stuff (That is , if you need all of it. Consult Norton first , if so. ) , The Seeds' MGM sides (Mostly great.) all with improved sound (Would like to see Sundazed or somebody release 'em on an EP with improved sound , still....) , and a half - dozen decent live tracks from Sky Saxon's LA invasion of The 80's.
James Porter said:

I think Collectables has a Treniers compilation in their catalog as well.

Neither Collectables nor Eva are the ultimate reissue labels, although I have heard isolated releases from either that had quality sound, if you can believe that.

Swamp Dogg looks like Tupac on the "Resurrection" cover. Sorry , it's true. Just like it's true Tupac has come back from the dead several times. 
 
swt said:

I love Swamp Dogg's music, but some of his album covers ...

 

 

And to bring this back to the original topic: most Treniers reissues I've seen have better covers than the one I reprinted eight posts and three days ago! Pee-yew!!!

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i'm gonna agree with a few others here on the reccomendations for The Dyes and The Black Belles. I saw the Black Belles recently at a local bar and they were pretty boss. Pussycat & the Dirty Johnsons are pretty neat, too.

and...YES you should be doing posts like this! that's what the hideout's for. :)

Growing up in the white-bread suburbs of Harrisburg PA, my summer teen band TNT circa '70-'76 used to cover the Kinks "You Really Got Me." The drummer transcribed the lyrics from the 45 for me and I used to sing in the first verse "... You got me so I can't see bat nine." HUH... SEE BAT NINE???!!! Which, of course, translated in Ray's drunken Limey slurred lingo, "sleep at night," natch! I still sing SBN in my mind's eye whenever I hear that song played. Hehehe!

Show #414: "The Eggman Collection #132" playlist:

Queen - "Procession/Father To Son/White Queen (As It Began)"
Badfinger - "Timeless"
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - "Part Time Man"
Pearls Before Swine - "Snow Queen"
The Who - "Hall Of The Mountain King"
Van Morrison - "Crazy Face"
Loudon Wainwright III - "Black Uncle Remus"
American Blues - "All I Saw Was You"
Amen Corner - "The World Of Broken Hearts"
Le Orme - "Ad Gloriam"
The Cars - "I'm In Touch With Your World"
The Roman Numerals - "Matchstick In A Whirlpool"
Dransfield - "The Alchemist And The Pedlar"
The Peep Show - "What A Funny Name (I Like Fat Girls)"
Cat Stevens - "I'm Gonna Be King"
Spectrum - "Quiabo's"
The Bachs - "Tables Of Grass Fields"
Marty Rhone - "Every Minute Of You"
The Tremeloes - "What Can I Do"
The Cyrkle - "Kites"
Pretty Things - "Love Is Good"
The Heptones - "How Can I Leave"
Status Quo - "Elizabeth Dreams"
Rainbow - "4 Leaf Clover"
Erkin Koray - "Aska Inanmiyorum"
Fair Weather - "Haven't I Tried"
Fickle Pickle - "Sinful Skinful"
The Creation - "Uncle Bert"
Arcadium - "Change Me"
Clifford T. Ward - "Wherewithal"
Turquoise - "Tales Of Flossie Fillett"
King Crimson - "Starless"
Robert Wyatt - "Little Red Robin Hood Hit The Road"

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