[bomp] Re: More Steppenwolf

[HOODOO3005@xxxxxxx]

B. Milano recently wrote in saying that there's a NUGGETS volume on Rhino  
which has a Steppenwolf track on it. In his estimation, they don't sound out of  
place.
 
To me, they do.
 
Fact is, that's kinda what started this NUGGETS tangent anyway. I don't  know 
when Milano got on the thread, but when I said that Steppenwolf  were not a 
garage-rock band, it was THAT album I was thinking of.
 
Rhino didn't totally blow it. I ordered that album direct from the  company 
when it came out, and I thought it played well from front to back.  Just as 
music, that particular NUGGETS album can't be fucked with! What else was  on 
there? The Unrelated Segments, We The People, "Little Black Egg" by the  
Nightcrawlers, the Shadows of Knight and Chocolate Watch Band cuts already  mentioned - 
a stellar lineup.
 
I like Steppenwolf and Black Pearl, too. So much that I even have the  albums 
that those tracks appear on. But the last place I'd expect to hear either  of 
those bands is on a garage comp. They just come from a slightly later  era 
with a slightly later aesthetic.
 
I've said this before on-list, but you know a better situation where those  
two bands would fit? If you did a comp of early hard-rock bands. I can  see it 
now: Steppenwolf, Black Pearl, the Rugbys, Fever Tree, Sir Lord  Baltimore, 
Third Power, Blue Cheer, the Road's version of "She's Not There,"  Feather, 
Bubble Puppy, Black Merda, Funkadelic, Fugi, 1969-era Mouse & the  Traps ("Wicker 
Vine"), 1969-era Litter, Moloch, Power Of Zeus, Detroit (Mitch  Ryder's 1971 
band), the Hook, Dust, SRC. Maybe even Grand Funk.
 
I won't split hairs about it, but hey, Steppenwolf were ass-kickers no  
matter where you put 'em.
 
James
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