Track listing
- A1 Homicide 4:08
- B1 Feelin' Alright With the Crew 3:39
- B2 Inside Out 2:09
- B3 Titanic Reaction 3:16
- B4 Emergency 2:44
- B5 Boys in the Gang 2:50
- Total length: 18:46
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3 Issues
2 Reviews
Rather dull.
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Recorded live on a 1980 North American tour that seems to have stretched from Tulsa to Toronto, 999’s licks just don’t stack up. They released a couple terrific singles at one point or another (see: “Emergency” and “I’m Alive”) but they are surprisingly lame and stiff as they run through 6 set pieces with about as much energy as a generic battery. The material’s not that good, either: this is mid-tempo, somewhat poppy, and absolutely run-of-the-mill rock n’ roll of the sort that got confused with punk in the late 1970s.
From time to time, the usually limp rhythm section seems to listen to what the poor monitors are telling them -- likely a shouted “Pick up the pace, you lumbering, uninspired rock-beasts!” Other than these brief surges of energy, which manage to make this 12” listenable, if still forgettable, there’s nothing there to separate 999 from a million other tired, been-done yobs just having a go at the pub-rock crack.
They should have stayed at the local.
From time to time, the usually limp rhythm section seems to listen to what the poor monitors are telling them -- likely a shouted “Pick up the pace, you lumbering, uninspired rock-beasts!” Other than these brief surges of energy, which manage to make this 12” listenable, if still forgettable, there’s nothing there to separate 999 from a million other tired, been-done yobs just having a go at the pub-rock crack.
They should have stayed at the local.
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28 Aug 2022
25 Aug 2022
9 Oct 2021
25 Dec 2020
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A1
Homicide
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B1
Feelin' Alright with the Crew
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B2
Inside Out
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B3
Titanic Reaction
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B4
Emergency
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B5
Boys in the Gang
2 Jul 2020
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A1
Homicide
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B1
Feelin' Alright With the Crew
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B2
Inside Out
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B3
Titanic Reaction
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B4
Emergency
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B5
Boys in the Gang
12 Mar 2020
8 May 2019
14 Dec 2017
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A1
Homicide
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B1
Feelin' Alright With the Crew
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B2
Inside Out
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B3
Titanic Reaction
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B4
Emergency
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B5
Boys in the Gang
13 Aug 2017
23 Jan 2017
20 Sep 2016
19 Feb 2015
8 Aug 2014
9 Sep 2012
28 Jun 2012