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RAINBOW RED OXIDIZER - RECORDED LIES (1980)

Although "First Taste" was the only Juicy Groove album, most of the same crew recorded another album under the name Rainbow Red Oxidizer. This quintet consisted of Neal, Mars Bonfire, Marker, Ed Cassidy, and lead guitarist Leon Rubinhold (formerly of the Outlaw Blues Band). They apparently realized what year it was, because "Recorded Lies", released in 1980 on Quark (a sub-label of BOMP Records), took a more up to date new wave approach. This was perhaps not a big stretch from First Taste, since '60's garage rockers are sometimes considered to have been the punk rockers of their day. The six band written songs on the first side of "Recorded Lies" are from the Iggy Pop school of insolent punk. The title track is a maniacal rant against the record industry. On "Wild Beast Planet Ruler", Neal howls like a werewolf above the band's relentless garage groove. The second side is the better one, where Neal and the boys (and some girls) gleefully destroy seven classics by the Beatles, Stones, Jackie DeShannon, Sam the Sham, the Contours, Link Wray, and the Music Machine. Recorded Lies is an enjoyable romp most of the time, even though it does cross the line between irreverence and irrelevance. Source juicygroove

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Recorded Lies / Wild Beast Planet Ruler / Elevator Girl / Fine Lover / Palisades Park / Limo To The Gig / When You Walk In The Room / Rawhide / Talk Talk / Do You Love Me / Wooly Bully / Play With Fire / Hard Day's Night