The Kind Of Boy You Can't Forget The Raindrops

The Count Bishops - Speedball +11 (1975) {Chiswick–Ace Records ‎CDWIKM161 rel 1995}
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© 1975, 1995 Chiswick Records / Ace Records | CDWIKM 161
Rock / Rock & Roll / Garage Rock / Indie Rock / Pub Rock

In the year or so before punk finally emerged on the London scene, the Count Bishops were the kind of band you wished everyone would sound like, without ever guessing that very soon, they would. A mere handful of other groups shared the Bishops' eye for tanked-up, dressed-down, dirty-ass R&B – Eddie & the Hot Rods, Little Bob Story, Dr. Feelgood, and the Hammersmith Gorillas were the closest, and it was a sign of those prime movers' versatility that each of them brought something fresh to the party. In the Bishops' case, it was a laconic sneer, a greaseball grind, and one of the hottest guitarists of the age, Zenon DeFleur. As both writer and performer, he nails even the trickiest riff down flat for the rest of the band to steamroller.

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