Review - Cokehead Hipsters
on
Cortex/Double Happiness through Shock!
Oh
My God!! It’s Japanese Punk!! Where’s Maynard now!!? A
nouveau-Japanese punk version of Video Killed the Radio Star
promised huge things as far as kitsch 80s remakes are concerned, so I braced
myself for the barrage of crap that did not come!! “Cokehead Hipsters” is an excellent collection of an
assortment of punk, metal, ska, surf, rock and skate in broken English which is
fairly difficult to follow even with the lyric sheet in front of you! And
value?! 18 tracks + intro/outro featuring Frenzal Rhomb fronted by Bon Scott, an Hawaii
5-0 ska-thing, a couple of RHCP
(”Blood Sugar Sex Majik”)-esque
tunes, Specials/Madness,
and much, much more... But wait! There’s more!! Just when the outro finishes, along comes the feature/ghost track.
Unlisted but included in the press, here’s another cover-songs which won’t see
the light of 2Day etc… but then there’s
the Jays! «««««