WATTS - One Below The All Time Low

Another one of those bands that gives me cause to remember why I have done Not Lame since 1995. Someday, I`ll figure out a way to avoid writing all these words and, when you see a CD here for sale, you just automatically listen and get it or you don`t. This is one of those that`s an easy sell or not. Why? Well, try it. There`s five tracks below that say it all.

Okay, you didn`t do that. Fine. Imagine, then, mid-70s Rolling Stones with Paul Collins` Beat, The Godfathers, late 80s Social Distortion, late 80s Replacements and The Psychedelic Furs. That somehow grabs it, I think. Well, in fact. Watts` sound combines all the best elements of 70s glam, old school punk, new wave, British Invasion and, oh yes, straight up rock-n-roll to create a timeless amalgam that is at once familiar and fresh. Guitarist John Blout has this to say about what Watts does: "We play energetic punk/pop with a dark side to it but we`ve been around long enough to know the value of packaging that energy into a three and a half minute song. There`s an art to taking all your ideas and making it fit a certain formula." Bingo, although, for me it`s not dark at all, this just puts me a good `ole mood and reminds me why I love doing Not Lame so much. Extremely Highly Recommended!

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