HOLLYWOOD SQUARES - Restrangled 2006

Brilliant Re-release by the Italian label Rave-Up Records and I recommend to buy this record because this is real classic. Detailed information included and all brilliant recordings plus the B-side had live recordeds from the Whisky-a-Go-Go on May 13, 1978 in Los Angeles. Notes from the back cover: "The Hollywood Squares were an American band formed in Los Angeles/California in 1977. They are probably best known for their classic "Hillside Strangler". They broke new ground on the Southern California musical landscape, influencing punk and new wave bands for generations to follow. Guitarist Eddie Vincent and drummer Tad, having played together in various bands since the early seventies, found themselves in London after a gig in Switzerland during the famous punk summer of 1977. Enthusiastically responding to the energy and mayhem of the punk explosion, they were inspired, once back home in L.A., to form the power trio they dubbed the Hollywood Squares. In 1978 they released in a very limited edition on the trio's own Square Records label their first 7'', the issue quickly sold out and has since become a highly sought-after collectible. The single has reappeared in various bootleg incarnations over the years including the 1989 compilation album Killed By Death #1. Eddie's tongue-in-cheek lyric was torn from the headlines that kept a frightened Los Angeles in turmoil for months, and the single spawned a string of bootlegs and uncredited cover versions by punk wannabes that continues to this day. Although new songs were recorded, the group folded before their release. With little contemporary record-label interest or compensation for their work, by the end of summer 1979 the members had gone their separate ways." Only hits here, 24 minutes of explosive material, essential!!!!

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