Redd Kross

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Redd Kross' first album in 15 years, Researcing the Blues, is out August 7 on Merge.

Researching the Blues:

01 Researching the Blues
02 Stay Away From Downtown
03 Uglier
04 Dracula's Daughters
05 Meet Frankenstein
06 One of the Good Ones
07 The Nu Temptations
08 Choose to Play
09 Winter Blues
10 Hazel Eyes

Redd Kross - One of the Good Ones

[Rubber Rat]

Cool! I used to go see them when I lived in L.A.

[Native Son]

"Researching the Blues"

What does it mean?

[Rubber Rat]

Got the album last night. It kicks some rock n roll ass! Cool to see Roy from The Muffs on drums.

[Native Son]

OMG. Side two. They've done it again.



I love his t.

[Rubber Rat]

Thanks for posting, NS!

[Native Son]

Thanks for posting, NS!

You're welcome.

I was so at that show.

Words. Can't. Describe.

[Rubber Rat]

Very cool! I lived in Los Angeles for college back in 1983-1987 and would see the McDonald brothers at The Pandoras and The Bangles shows all the time. Love this band! As posted above, cool to see Roy from The Muffs on drums. Hope The Muffs put out some new tunes soon.

[Native Son]

I love love love love love love Jeff.

Do you know this, RR?

[Native Son]

"Researching The Blues"

What does it mean?

"But yeah, Researching the Blues. We couldn't come up with a title, and I'd just thought about that. I'd been reading these John and Alan Lomax books, like Bob Dylan and history of the Carter Family—just these ridiculous, scholarly American roots books. And I'd remembered that we had this song on Ze Malibu Kids record called "Fiona Apple," which actually had nothing to do with Fiona Apple. And there was a line in the song, "She wrote a song about me while researching the blues." And I just thought that was funny, I couldn't even remember the origin of that line, but I liked the idea about being scholarly about the blues. But it can mean many things, like obsessively doing things that make you miserable, which a lot of people do."

Holla.

[Native Son]

Jeff says...

"I’m going through a phase or a depression or both because I can’t stop reading rock bios. They’re all over the house. I ingest them so fast I can’t even tell you the titles or the authors for that matter. Some of my favorite subjects for the past few months have been Patti Smith, Sammy Hagar, Steve Marriott, Big Star, Carter Family, Steven Tyler, Bob Dylan, Freddie Mercury, John and Alan Lomax, Keith Richards, Paul McCartney, Johnny Ramone, Lady Gaga and Gregg Allman, to name a few. I go from one to the next like the cheap hookers they are."

[Rubber Rat]

I love love love love love love Jeff.

Do you know this, RR?

Fucking cool! I've heard of the film "Desperate Teenaged Love Dolls" and used to see the VHS box at Tower Records on Sunset Blvd.

[Rubber Rat]

I like The Carter Family's traditonal hillbilly/country music. Mother Maybelle!!

[Native Son]

Fucking cool! I've heard of the film "Desperate Teenaged Love Dolls" and used to see the VHS box at Tower Records on Sunset Blvd.

It's worth watching at least once. (I've yet to see the sequel.)

We're hipsters. Heheh.

[Native Son]

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Redd Kross - What's In My Bag?

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Redd Kross - Researching The Blues (at Room 205)