Finding the Artful Dodger 1974 debut at the @mahoningdit.bsky.social tonight I’m reminded that, oh yeah, this one’s a banger. “Down on the Boulevard” made all those comps for a reason, but it’s all damned good. A real #Rocktober gem.
Yes, ROCKY HORROR is the better movie (though this one is good!), but the songs in SHOCK TREATMENT have more weight to them, cut deeper and can even be more playful. They're not really trying to duplicate ROCKY and SHOCK is all the better for it. #Rocktober
There's about 300-400 power pop albums you can call masterworks and not be wrong, but Pezband's 1977 debut is one of the few that ranks high on everyone's list. "Baby It's Cold Outside" may be the one everyone knows, but "Baby It's Cold Outside" is the one everyone should. A masterwork! #Rocktober
For a brief time "Gettysburg" was in constant rotation on a lot of local rock stations... and then it wasn't. Not sure why it faded, but The Brandos' HONOR AMONG THIEVES proved they were more than the one song. They're still at it, and no doubt "Gettysburg" still knock's 'em dead. #Rocktober
The Horror-thon is the greatest and longest running horror movie event of the season, and for those of you who have never attended, it is fifteen terror classics and rarities on 35mm running back-to-back for a solid 24+ hours, and all of the film titles remain a mystery until they appear on screen!
Going with BULLETS THROUGH THE BARRIER to represent The Movies’ output, but they’re all good. Dubbed the “British Steely Dan”, but the sound is distinctively their own and the songs bridge punk, pub and smooth rock expertly. “Merci and Bye Bye” remains one of rock’s great sign-off songs. #Rocktober
Dexy’s Midnight Runners’ DON’T STAND ME DOWN may have been a prime example of how not to follow up a hit album from the label’s standpoint, but it proves that if you follow your heart and give in to your art you’ll create a substantial work that some of us still talk about 40 years later. #Rocktober
#Rocktober will most likely not rock any harder than it does in Jim Steinman's sole solo effort BAD FOR GOOD, because few were ever this pure about the music. OK, it sounds like camp at times (most times), but so what? It's all heart and all for the love of rock 'n' roll and that's what matters.
