Label: Incognito Records; Year: 1995; Format: Vinyl 10"
There are truly not that many original punk rockers still
touring the world, year in and year out. Sonny Vincent is one of the rare human
species that is not only still doing that, but is still rather damn good at
it too to this day. Back in 1975 Sonny formed the Testors in NYC with a guitar
in his hand and lots of anger in his stomach. The band named itself after the
Testors glue company, which would eventually get them into legal trouble, and set
out to provoke the audience, sonically and physically. They did that with two
guitarists, a drummer, and no bass player, and that seemed to work fine at venues like the CBGB’s or Max Kansas City but at one point Sonny got himself
even arrested in Philadelphia for inciting a riot. The band never had any
ambitions to record so thank god Incognito Records from Germany unearthed the
recordings of this wild bunch that created some damn fine noise all these years
back. Four studio songs, and two live songs are to be found on this 10”, and
they not just kick ass, but are delivered with such furiousness and aggressiveness
that many hardcore punk bands years later must have taken note of. The liner
notes were penned by Cheetah Chrome and a second volume with more madness from
this trio was also released on 10”, and will be reviewed in the not so distant future.
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