Friday, July 9, 2004

The Pandoras - Stop Pretending

Where were you in 1986? The Pandoras were releasing their second album, Stop Pretending. Great sixties-style garage rock with "proto-riot grrrl" vocals. Both The Muffs (Kim Shattuck and original member Melanie Vammen) and The Leaving Trains (Vammen again) have roots that go back to The Pandoras, for what it's worth. Rhino Handmade, the limited edition arm of Rhino Records, has remastered Stop Pretending and added ten more tracks of rarities and demos. Check out the single, In and Out of My Life (In a Day), as well as Ain't Got No Soul It's a limited edition of 2500 so don't sit on your butt if you're interested. Where was I in 1986? I was actually in Southern California so I had no excuse for not seeing them. With the benefit of 20/20 hindsight: I was stupid, stupid, stupid. I've made up for it, though, by getting the whole back catalog. Vinyl singles included.

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