Go Girl Crazy

I must definitely have something punk in me

I’m catching up on all the albums I couldn’t listen to on the very day the album generator showed them to me, and this is yet another album (they call it protopunk or a pioneer of that genre - I’m not sure!) that I really enjoyed; it’s a lot of fun to listen to

A solid 4 and a promise to come back to it soon ;-)

Hauska levy! Ei ehkä musiikillisesti kovin kummoista mut eipä sitä tässä genressä haetakaan. 3/5

Punk lees ik. Nummers als Weekend laten ook wel wat lichte Punk-zang horen. En ze vinden het ook belangrijk om te benadrukken dat het slechts een hobby is. Maar tegelijk doen ze hun best om muzikaal er iets van te maken. Het laatste nummer lijkt bijvoorbeeld heel erg uitgedacht, en past best op de radio. Het voelt dan soms ook mijlenver van de afzet-Punk die we al veel te vaak kregen. Veel liever dit, maar tegelijk ga ik dit ook niet een tweede keer opzetten.

Proto punk, but still needing a fair bit of progress to be thee real deal. Important, rather than enjoyable, but worth a listen. Just skip the cover version!

Very solid. I'm not huge on this style of tongue in cheek satire, but still great tonality and wonderful rock riffs.

Eh, just feels like generic proto-punk. I enjoyed some of the rock focused stuff, as it felt a tad bit on the glam rock side of things, but it still didn't grab me. Also, some of the song topics are questionable, to say the least, but considering it's punk I imagine it's at least somewhat ironically. Hopefully, any way.

Before today I'd never heard of the Dictators. They are an early punk band who sound quite a bit like New York Dolls, with the farcical attitude of Turbonegro. Apparently, one of their guitarists, Ross "the Boss" Funichello went on to join Manowar after the band went on a hiatus. There was also, in their early days, a member of the band "Handsome Dick Manitoba" whose sole role was to be the band's mascot (he is seen on the cover of this album).

Overall, an excellent album! I really like how the band doesn't take themselves too seriously. The foundations of what these guys were doing would go on to facilitate the formation of punk. These guys just didn't catch their break like New York Dolls or the Ramones because of a few failed record company deals. They would always remain an underground favourite, and they gained a new fan today!

Favourite songs: (I Live For) Cars and Girls, California Sun, I Got You Babe, Two Tub Man, Back to Africa, Weekend

Least favourite songs: Master Race Rock

5/5

Straight forward rock, proto-punk, punk, whatever you want to call it. Some decent shredding, too. Songs are simple and funny and you can see how this album would go on to influence so much other music that I listen to all the time.

One of the few albums that I wanted to put back on again right after listening to it. Great stuff.

meh

Ganska ojämnt, dom bra låtarna påminner om Stooges men dom dåliga är svårt att ta på allvar.
Låter ungefär som omslaget ser ut.

Knew this was always thrown around as the first punk record but I had never heard anything except "Cars and Girls" before. They clearly laid down the core of the NYC punk sound and attitude on this album, and they absolutely deserve some major credit for that, but I'd say others went on to perfect what they established here. Irreverent good time though.

Not as strong as their first two albums in my eyes but still solid. Definitely the beginning of their downhill trajectory though unfortunately.

If I was 14 in 1975 I’m sure I’d love this album. Can’t say I enjoyed in now, but can see the influence it had on later punk bands.

This albums is great, if not just for the craziness and sophmoric silliness that surrounds its creation. Its 100% a birthplace of punk. Master Race Rock is oddly endearing(?) not actually problematic. California Sun is the best song here, and really nails the punk sound to come.