Monday, June 07, 2010

The Vertebrats - A Thousand Day Dream ( Reaction 2003 )

Remastered retrospective from the founders of the Champaign, IL scene. 80's garage pop at it's best!


In the early-80s, the patron saints of the Champaign, Illinois music scene were a four-piece band named The Vertebrats, whose brand of simple, urgent, garage-rock --influenced by 70s punk and the British Invasion rock of the 60s-- defined the budding music scene. The ‘Brats were raw, dynamic and unpretentious, raised on The Clash, Rockpile, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Ramones, and Neil Young, and empowered by their peers, like The Replacements, Husker Du, and Mission of Burma. Ironically, what makes the band sound so vital today is probably the same thing that kept the ‘Brats from getting a record deal in their prime. The Vertebrats music was too tuneful to make them “punk”, too rough around the edges to qualify them as “new wave”. Despite their rave reviews in the rock press of the day, shortsighted label executives didn’t know what to make of their approach.
(text from: parasol.com)

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Rinjo Njori! said...

Great Album.. Though it creeps into hardcore alt rock towards the end but way better than the direction Miracle Workers went into

punkdeleimon said...

hello Rinjo, you're right, nice hearing from you again!

Johnny Lebrel said...

great band!!

thanks for this collection of songs!

If somebody need their vinyls , here are some:
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Trashman said...

Punkdeleimon, anyway I could talk you into checking this file out. I was looking thorugh some of your older posts and the Vertebrats grabbed my interest - but the file seems to be corrupted. Never finished download despite trying several times.

Trashman said...

Punkdeleimon, anyway I could talk you into checking this file out. I was looking thorugh some of your older posts and the Vertebrats grabbed my interest - but the file seems to be corrupted. Never finished download despite trying several times.

Trashman said...

Thanks so much. Downloaded with no problem today;just fine now. Not sure if you updated or not but when I saw my last message was posted thought you may have taken a look. glad I had the chance to listen to as well - I really like these guys. thanks again