Pity the Forgotten Rebels (more HERE), between this album (and hard-to-find 1985 EP, Boys Will Be Boys) the band proved that they'd like to be accepted by the world of hair-metal.
Unfortunately, for their commercial aspirations, their 1989 album, referred to as Untitled, proved to have too many elements of seventies punk, glam-rock and bubblegum to ever fit into the narrow, preening and humorless hair-metal scene.
It`s a passable rock n' roll record with some typical Rebel antics moments like The Johnny Cash parody, "I Gotta Axe" but it`s certainly the first album by the band where the covers ("Science Fiction Double Feature" from The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Tommy Roe`s "Dizzy") far outstrip the originals.
Track Listing:
1. Behind Bars
2. Touch Me
3. Dizzy
4. Good Times (Never Last)
5. Tea & Crumpets
6. Wild-Eyed Darlin'
7. I Gotta Axe
8. The Girl Can't Come
9. Evelyn Dick
10. Don't Die Alone
11. Science Fiction Double Feature (Theme From The Rocky Horror Picture Show)
12. Bomb The Boats *
13. I'm In Love With The System *
14. Let's Go Back *
15. A.I.D.S. *
16. I Left My Heart In Iran *
17. Rock & Roll's A Hard Life *
18. Little Girl Thrills *
19. Live Strippers In Action *
20. Hell Begins At Home *
21. Elvis Is Dead *
22. Surfin' On Heroin *
23. FMD *
* Tracks 12-23 from Surfin' on Heroin
MRML readers, let us know what you think of this double shot of glam-punk madness in the COMMENTS section (which is where you'll find the Untitled/Surfin' On Heroin CD link).
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November 4, 2011 6:51 AM
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I remember buying this album on cassette, then seeing the video for Dizzy, then being a little sad for the band. But that didn't stop me from thinking Science Fiction Double Feature was awesome.
ReplyDeleteYeah, overall this is probably the worst Rebels album, and the one I listen to the least (though Boys Will be Boys is down there too...).
ReplyDeleteEvelyn Dick is a great song though, and I'm glad they still include that in their live set.
Can we expect to see Nobody's Heroes in an upcoming post?
ReplyDeleteDizzy is fantastic,even better than the lovely Wreckless Eric version...and i agree on the humorless metal bunch...cheers
ReplyDeleteDizzy and Evelyn Dick ruled this sad offering.
ReplyDeleteRe-releasing it with their "Greatest Hits" album: Surfin' on Heroin, only made it suck more.
Shame.
thank you
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ReplyDeleteThe highlights here are spread pretty thin.
p.S. Nobody's Hero's is on iTunes, so I'll stray away from that one.
Vic
Yeah this is probably;y worse than Criminal Zero, which is my other least favourite.
Roberto
At least they chose a good song to make a video for.
Bio
Adding the entirety of the SOH album was an odd decision.
Anon
Welcome.