RED CROSS (YUP, REDD KROSS!) ALIEN SLEESTACKS FROM BRAZIL, UH LOS ANGELES

Long time fan of this band. Hey Zues! We used to go see these guys all the time, waaay back. Neurotica to Third Eye era. The cutest girls were ALWAYS at the Redd Kross shows. The McDonald brothers started playing in like junior high. I had not heard this EP in ages. Snotty kids, brat punks or punky brats. Attitude, not fashion. Well, fashion later... First gig? Opening for Black Flag.

RED CROSS EP 1980-
with Greg Hetson (Circle Jerks, Bad Religion, on guitar)
All six songs from the 45 EP. Six songs, 6 minutes, punk.

Olderly skool footage... 1982 - Santa Monica

Too f*cking cool for school. Gilberto Gil said Os Mutantes were mutants because they already knew everything. He was referring the fact that they seemed to be knowledgeable, experienced and culturally hip despite being ridiculously young. They were all still teenagers. Jeff and Steve McDonald of Redd Kross were the same way, beginning to play and record at a young age. They cut their teeth in the nascent L.A. punk scene. They did tons of great covers, like on Teen Babes from Monsanto. They covered Os Mutantes' Bat Macumba on the Tater Totz - Alien Sleestacks From Brazil album in 1988! (Yeah, '88, they were alrady on that sh*t!) The album was a side project with Pat Fear of White Flag and Michael Quercio from The Three O'Clock

Bat Macumba Oba!

TATER TOTZ: BAT MACUMBA by Clark Quente

'Aliens' insert w/ photoshop f*ckery

Their cultural cannibalism was similar to the Tropicalistas in Brazil in that they simultaneously poked fun at and/or worshiped the pop culture they consumed while going from poorly played punk (albeit with unbridled enthusiasm.) to groovy pop-psychedelia.

...said sleestacks. the og mutantes. rita lee superstar

Dug the t-shirt of theirs that said 'friends of Cher'. This was before the creepy auto tune tune "Do you Believe" plastic surgery disaster... Cher is still hot... In a mutante way!


They ripped live after years of playing together. They did a rocking cover of "Puss N' Boots" by the New York Doll on the amazing Hell Comes To Your House compilation, which also included Social Distortion, 45 Grave.

PUSS N' BOOTS (1981)

From Teen Babes from Monsanto...

CUZ THEY SING;

heaven only knows that i love you
heaven only knows that i hate you
heaven only knows i despise you
heaven only knows i idolize you

And destroy tunes by Bowie, The Stones, Kiss, The Stooges. And throw in a tune from Bewitched. You get the heavy and you get the sweet. Something they always did so well.
Yeah a nod is as good as a wink, but they always wore their hearts on their sleeves.

HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS (1984)

'teen babes' insert x 4 tabs, er times...

Couple old friends used to play this round the house. Great original

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO BE YOUR FRIEND (1990)

'Nuther classic original. Stellar album. "Laughing at all the assholes at the Rainbow tryin' so hard to cope, what a joke."

PEACH KELLI POP (1987)

Redd Kross is still playing after reforming around 2004 with longtime member Robert Hecker. Hecker joined in '84 for the 'Teen babes' tour. They played Coachella in 2008. Steven McDonald may be in a town near you. He is currently touring in Off! with Keith Morris from the Circle Jerks. Blistering old school punk. They just played Lollapalooza. Check out cool interview with him about records on BEAT GOES ON.

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-Frosted Flake