Jonny Chan and the New Dynasty 6 "So... You Want Action" 1998

Move, gyrate, and lose your mind! Pure attitude, finely tailored suits, Rickenbacker guitars, and a cover version of "Little Black Egg"... sung in Chinese!The debut album by Manhattan-based garage rockers Jonny Chan & the New Dynasty 6 is an entertaining blend of British Invasion and garage rock influences. Considerably less noisy and Nuggets-obsessed than most bands on the Dionysus Records roster, Chan and his band (a trio, naturally) take most of their stylistic cues from Beatles, Dave Clark Five, Searchers, Merseybeats, Kinks and Hollies singles. The guitars jangle instead of snarl, and there are occasional attempts at harmonies. The songs are largely about as derivative as the early tracks by their obvious heroes, but originality is not what this style of music is about. (However, the one truly original idea, a cover of the garage rock standard "Little Black Egg" sung in Mandarin, is absolutely inspired.) Anyone who liked the Sire-era Flamin' Groovies albums will find much to enjoy here; Now You Want Action is derivative and insubstantial, but it's undeniably a load of unselfconscious fun.trax:
01 Hey! 02 A Girl as Sweet as You 03 Baby What Ya Tryin' Ta Do? 04 Aw Shucks! 05 I Need You 06 Good Girl 07 Time Has Gone 08 You 09 Over It 10 Till the End of the Day 11 My Baby 12 I'm Right 13 Choo-Ga-Loo 14 Shiao Hei Dan (Little Black Egg) 15 Be a Caveman 16 It Don't Stop You