Flamingo - FLAMIN GROOVIES**

Gonna Rock Tonite/Comin' After Me/Headin' For The Texas Border/Sweet Roll Me On Down/Keep A Knockin'/ Second Cousin/Childhood's End/Jailbait/She's Falling Apart/Road House

Flamingo finds the Flamin’ Groovies moving away from a 1950s rock & roll sound towards a mid-sixties garage band style. Although well out of step with the prevailing musical trends of the time, their simple high energy sound would come back into fashion later in the decade.

“It's really just the same rock and roll song over and over again; guitar riffs are loud and distorted but not too heavy, piano is rollicking away Jerry Lee Lewis style, vocals are nothing great but they get the job done. It's as if the last four years of experimental psych and 'art' pop never happened.”

“No doubt they were a very entertaining live band at local bars and what-not, but this totally diverse style of driving hard rock, mixed with 50s retro sounds, along with just about everything else under the sun, and presented in a rather commercial format, is decidedly difficult for many listeners to wrap their arms around.”

“If you are a little more discerning about what you listen to, there should still be some items of interest found on this album. I gravitate towards high energy stuff, and generally shun commercial sounds, yet I still like this record. Of course, I find it inconsistent, but worth investigating.”

“They needed a little time to elaborate their own style, and the guitar work here is a little boring compared with the more atmospheric sound on their next two albums. Still, the Groovies are one of the more underrated early '70s bands, and this is worth a listen if you want some really energetic rock that owes more to Muddy Waters and Chuck Berry than the British invasion bands.”

“It sounds like a full-force, growling rock & roll band that have just crashed out of their shackles. They still retain the more charming qualities of the Supersnazz era, but this time the amps are turned up and the band is energized.”

“Flamingo saw them scale back the production polish of Supersnazz and deliver a straight ahead blast of roadhouse revelry. Still out of time, still commercially doomed, but riding that death train with a whoop and a holler.”

“A potent blend of 50s rock 'n’ roll, 60s garage R & B and 1970 style ampage, the Flamin Groovies on this album recall the power of Detroit bands like the MC5 & The Stooges but with a more fun party atmosphere.”