The Brood "Hitsville" 1995

NOT ALL WOMEN WERE COPYING MADONNA IN 1980...

In the 1980s I was hanging out at a lot of clubs in New York, like Tramps, the Dive, Irving Plaza...There were a lot of great garage bands (in a 60s vein) like the Fuzztones, the Cynics, the Pandoras, the Vipers...What a blast. I couldn't understand how people could watch MTV garbage when there was a real, live rock scene going on right under their noses.
Well, anyway, the Brood was an all-female garage group that came around now & then. They had all the classic garage trappings: snotty lead singer, Farfisa/Vox-style organ, fuzzy guitars, and (dare I say it) brooding lyrics. At the time I was in my own all-female garage group (I think the Brood even played the same bill as us at Tramps, once), and I was really jealous of the Brood. I wouldn't admit that they were good. But now, with age comes wisdom, and I can say that the Brood were really good!
They really pulled off the teen angst of the garage scene. The only thing I didn't like about them is that the lead singer had too much of a monotone going. She always needed to put more GUTS into it, ala Paula Peirce (who could strip the body off your GTO with that voice). Listening to these tracks 20 years later, I still think she sounds weak. But don't let that scare you off...The Brood was a good garage band, period. These tracks are fun stuff, and deserve the same chance that any of the other 80s garage bands have. If you like garage, then the Brood have your number.
And, uh, sorry guys. I should have told you back then how good you were. - By Annabel Lee

trax:
01 I Can't Believe 02 All The Time 03 In And Out 04 Won't You Tell Me 05 I'm Through 06 Don't Want You 07 Beat Girl 08 I Need Love 09 Gruesome Baby 10 Talkin' About You 11 I Know Why 12 Later Than You Think 13 It Is A Mister 14 My Baby's Gone 15 Since I Met You 16 Gamera