![]() The third non-original offering, “I Need Your Love,” scores a lower in terms of the familiarity factor, although it was also bred in the thriving underground scene, having been recorded by the New York band the Boyfriends in the late ‘70s. Likewise, “Little Bit O’ Soul,” the album opener, shares a somewhat playful posture, albeit with a cutting edge. The Chambers Brothers’ standard, “Time Has Come Today” provided a perfect fit with the band’s antisocial approach, especially given their rocking and raucous read. As a result, Subterranean Jungle harkens back to their seminal sound, as tempered by a trio of covers. The band’s two previous offerings, End of the Century and Pleasant Dreams, bore more of a prominent pop style, all in a bid for more commercial success. Nevertheless, by the time their seventh album, Subterranean Jungle, arrived on February 23, 1983, their sound had slightly shifted. ![]() A guilty pleasure by any measure, they achieved critical acclaim even despite their insurgent stance, setting set a standard for all the renegade rockers that followed. ![]() ![]() Signed to the fledgling Sire Records by Seymour Stein, they shared a series of edgy anthems - “I Wanna Be Sedated,” “Blitzkrieg Bop,” and “Sheena is a Punk Rocker,” among them. Nevertheless, the Ramones were decidedly different, four upstarts with an unapologetic attitude who sported leather jackets, ripped jeans and fast and furious songs that mostly clocked in at under two minutes. The Ramones were punk apostles, birthed in the New York’s subterranean underground as fostered by CBGBs and the ‘70s scene that also bred some influential outfits as Talking Heads, Blondie and Television. ![]()
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