Album: Let Your Fingers Do the Talking
Year: 1981
Style: Punk, New Wave
Similar Bands: Buzzcocks, Elton Motello, Andy McCarrol Band, Clash, Sex Pistols, Members
"One-Word" Review: Lip Sneering, Snotty British Punk
Based Out Of: London UK
Label: Warner Bros
Cover, Sleeve, Record
Back, Lyrics, Record
Let Your Fingers Do the Talking (1981)- Let Your Fingers Do the Talking 3:06
- Encore 3:58
- Moanin' - 4:06
- Sloppy Song 3:23
- Don't Keep Me Down 2:52
- Here 3:41 /
- Headbangers 2:54
- Picture of You 4:42
- It's Too Hot 3:56
- Readers' Wives 4:52
- I'll Be There 3:10
Album Rating (1-10): 9.0
Members & Other Bands:
- Billy Karloff - Vox (The Damned)
- Paul Jelliman - Lead Guitars
- Neil Hay - Rhythm, Acoustic Guitars, Vox
- Glen Buglass - Bass
- Dolphin Taylor - Drums, Vox (Go West, Sper of Destiny, Stiff Little Fingers, Tom Robinson Band)
- Johnny Sandlin - Producer, Engineer
- Steve Tillisch - Engineer
- David Pinkson - Engineer
- George Marino - Mastering
- Hipgnosis - Cover & Photography
- Chuck Leavell - Piano (Sea Level, Sundown, Allman Brothers Band, Rockets, Rolling Stones)
- Steve Nathan - Synth (Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, Dobie Gray,
- Rick Kurts - Acoustic Guitar
Unknown-ness: Never heard of this band. But from the small ties on the back, and the pattenred clothing on the cover, I assume this will be some straight up New Wave, like Squeeze or maybe Cheap Trick.
Album Review: Billy Karloff (John Osborn) is a fresh breath of snotty punk, with a full, thick British accent and accompanying lip sneer. The lead guitars are lively power-pop, catchy-as-hell, and full of a very angsty, youthful energy. Don't Keep Me Down is like an updated Buddy Holly track, with as much oldie and rockabilly qualities to it as punk. Karloff died of throat cancer in 2003, but to much my surprise there is no Wikipedia page about him.
Stand Out Track: Let Your Fingers Do the Talking
Links:
Youtube
Discogs
Karloff & the Goats
Punky Gibbon
Memorial Gig
Bandcamp
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