Dangerous Girls
I was never particularly into any Punk bands - exceptions being Alternative TV and Patrik Fitzgerald. The reason I bought the Dangerous Girls single was because they were friends of a friend of a friend. I think I saw them play in Birmingham and this single was a memento of the gig.
One nice thing about going through my vinyl is when I come across something I can barely remember. The b-side I Don’t Want To Eat (With The Family) is typically Punk fodder with the Cockernee ‘fink’ instead of ‘think’ (not part of a Birmingham accent, I believe). The eponymous A-side does sound quite good to my ears. It spends the first three and a half minutes in a slow rhythm but then breaks out into a bit of an enjoyable thrash. I think I have neglected this song unfairly for twenty-eight years.
One nice touch was to see that this was recorded at the same Old Smithy Studos in Kempsey, Worcestershire as Nomad67’s Art Of Individuality album in 2006. Engineered by Muff Murfin who also produced that amazing album so many years later.
Dangerous Girls by Dangerous Girls
For more on the current availabilty of Dangerous Girls’ recordings go to :
http://www.waferthin.org
It would be extremely biased of me to submit a comment on the actual record as I’m playing on it!!
Comment by Rob Peters — May 14, 2008 @ 9:14 pm
Well, I’ll comment!
I’ve always loved this, and hadn’t heard it in years. Yesterday, I dug it out and played it. Still great! But now I have an i-pod and I desperately want to get it blasting out of my car stereo speakers. What a hassle it is to get the vinyl downloaded to mp3 - but here you’ve done it for me! Hurrah! I can stop searching for phono-to-usb cable!
The quiet streets of Shrewsbury will ring out with the sound of “Dangerous Girls” as I drive my car through it’s medieval lanes with the windows down. And the kids can F**k off with their crappy, poncy, modern drum and bass s**t.
Thanks for this marvelous record! My step daughter hates it! Result!
Comment by Milo — June 11, 2008 @ 11:20 pm
Milo, you sound like a menace to the young people of Shrewsbury!
Comment by Cool Noise — June 14, 2008 @ 12:04 am
I saw the band live at Mr Pickwick’s Club, London Rd, Liverpool. They were supporting Nik Turner’s INNER CITY UNIT. It was a fantastic gig and the Dangerous Girls were the first support band I had ever seen who were actually good, nay, better than good, brilliant. Nice thing was after their set they wandered down into the crowd and got to chat to them. Great bunch. The first single was great, but I prefered the EP with the live tracks on it. Damn shame they never went further!
Comment by Neal — June 30, 2008 @ 8:16 am
Hi-I havnt heard this since it was on the Watering Trough Jukebox in Walsall-when I were a lad-dont suppose you can email me the mp3 can you?
I cant download it for some reason - and it will bring me so much back of my youth!!!
Many thanks for the memories
Steve
Comment by Steve Hooper — July 1, 2008 @ 6:28 pm