The Bong & The Damage Done

I am a sucker for garage rock bands with a gimmick. I LOVE crap bands like ‘The Mummies” (Dressed like mummies), “Man Or Astroman” (Dressed like spacemen), “The Astronauts” (Dressed Like spacemen), “Supernova” (dressed like spacemen), “The Phantom Surfers” (Dressed like gents in tuxedos & phantom masks), “Demolition Doll Rods” (dressed like stripers, even the guy), “The Vulcaneers” (Dressed like 60’s Star Trek dudes - I guess that makes them spacemen), “The Monks” (dressed like, uh, Monks), The Count-backwurds” (Dressed like Paul Revere & the Radars on speed), “The Von Zippers” (Dressed like Eric Von Zipper), “Doo-Rag” (Dressed like gas station attendants), & “The Dukes Of Hamburg” (Dressed like, oh fuck, I don’t know, but it’s a gimmick!), the list goes on!!! I will be posting junk from all the aforementioned bands later, but now let us take a look at the band “The Invisible Men“. They dressed like Dr. Jack Griffin, Claude Rains character in Universal’s classic 1933 horror film “The Invisible Man. That means Gauze bandages, sunglasses & smoking jackets. Their live show consisted of Instro surf with sometimes-gonzo vocals. At Some point during the show an Elvis impersonator like character called “The Boss Man” would come on stage & Karate battle the band. How could you not love that? Now the interesting thing is that by the time of “Come Get Some”, their 2nd album, the band had dropped the gauze, sunglasses & smoking jacket image for a new one: Fuckin’ fowl mouthed angry stoner punk rock! That’s rights, songs about THE MAN trying to keep them down & stop them from smoking the SWEET LEAF. It’s a hilarious album that’s kind of like “Black Sabbath” with Farfisa organ. Enjoy.

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