When did you last hear a real rock 'n' roll band? Since the Devil Dogs split up? Or was it back in the 'Soulseller' era of the Hellacopters? After the Jim Jones Revue broke up, Nick Curran and the Lowlifes were the only ones who could keep the fire burning. I mean, I can't think of anyone else since Nick's untimely death. Don't get me wrong, I love The Righteous Mind and the All Stars and Jim Jones seems to be the only guy around doing this ramalama bamalama loo thoroughly, but as much as I like the post-Revue bands, they don't have the manic '50s rock 'n' roll energy of Jerry Lee Lewis amplified through the MC5 with Gerry Roslie on vocals sound, that Revue had.
The Revue was a rock'n'roll intelligentsia full of fundamentalism. It was a group of punk rock jihadists who managed the considerable feat of being both serious and tongue-in-cheek and who drank diesel and poured out smoke. Little Richard's leather-clad gospel evangelists and Johnny Thunders' mourners. Imagine Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs with velvet waistcoats and sideburns doing funerals. The Jim Jones Revue was a stark reminder of just how dangerous rock 'n' roll used to be.
This compilation brings together all of Revue's b-sides, as well as a few other rarities and it's as hot and dry as a desert wind.
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