It’s Saturday evening and I thought I’d drop in a second post for the night owls out there. Nothing too fancy, or even well-known, but quite the opposite and refreshing from this afternoon’s post of squelching dance beats and electronic plink-plonking. So, let us see what the cat dragged in. Now I have no clue how this gang of Hollywood street urchins ended up so overlooked, an absolute classic piece of Hardcore Punk and Death Rock cross-over. Red Scare were a band from LA between 1982 and 1984, and then briefly again in the late 80’s before vocalist Bobbi Brat’s untimely passing at the age of 26 from cancer in 1988. Bobbi Brat is the standout performer here - she has a hell of a voice that compliments the aforementioned Hardcore Punk and Death Rock cross-over. Well worth investigating for anyone with a taste for underground U.S.A. rock of the era; fans of 45 Grave and/or Legal Weapon will almost certainly dig Red Scare.
