10. The Cheaters – See You Next Year Fuckbrains
In 1980, The Cheaters put out a deadly 7” single. Bought it. Have it. Thirty-five years later they have put out an album. Su-weet Jesus.
The Cheaters were the band of the high school bothers Bloch – Kurt and Al. In their pictures they look like they were having fun. On their record they SOUND like they are have fun. Kurt went on to The Fastbacks and Young Fresh Fellows and is a regular bon vivant about Seattle town (he is rumored to be the mad genius behind Full Toilet as well). Al played in Concrete Blonde and Wool and now lives in Virginia or Maryland or somewhere.
This is all done before they knew better and just wanted rock like all good kids do. Proof? They vigorously cover Blue Oyster Cult’s “The Red and The Black” in 1978 when everybody else was full on into the world of punk rock. Sweet, sweet Jesus.
This year Kurt decided to pull the Cheaters finest works together and release them on a 12” slab of pretty blue translucent vinyl. Plus you get a download with an extra 10 songs. If you like to rock with abandon and give not two hoots about pretty – I advise you to get on this. Kurt only made 250 – when they are gone, they are gone, gone, gone.
http://www.discogs.com/Cheaters-See-You-Next-Year-Fuckbrains/release/7636159