This collection gives credence to the oft-cited statistic that fully half of all American teenagers in the mid-60s belonged to a rock band at one time or another; it also suggests that record companies were about as common in the 60s as video-rental stores were in the mid-80s. "Crypt Records` Back From the Grave 3 features more underground `60s garage rock from the Tigermen, the Hush Puppies, the Golden Catalinas, the Jesters of Newport, and others. This volume of the series has a slightly poppier, more romantic tone, as songs like the Worlocks` "I Love You," the Beau Jens` "She Was Mine," and the Shames` "Special One" demonstrate. However, the Syndicate`s "Egyptian Thing" and the Treytones` "Nonymous" provide enough proto-punk edge to make the third volume of the Back From the Grave series an eclectic, worthwhile collection."-AMG |
