CONTROL FREAKS - Get Some Help LP

Highly recommended.

Greg Lowery has created and led numerous bands of which so many have earned legendary status, the likes of Supercharger, The Rip Offs, The Infections, and The Zodiac Killers instantly coming to mind. His latest rousing of ears comes with The Control Freaks who have just unleashed Get Some Help, a slab of quick fire, senses harassing punk rock suggesting maybe another name can be added to that acclaimed list.

San Francisco based, The Control Freaks thrust garage punk and surf/trash rock into the belligerent arms of old school punk rock to spring a sound which is as raw and bracing as it is virulent. You can feel the inspiration of bands such as The Ramones, The Stooges and unsurprisingly Supercharger in its DNA yet it has always swiftly stamped down its own individuality and with rapacious dexterity within Get Some Help.

"Get Some Help is 13 tracks of catchy three-chord punk rock full of humor and raw energy. The songs rarely go too far beyond the two-minute mark and lend themselves to a variety of responses such as singing along, dancing in your underwear, and flipping off your neighbors. We'd probably be grateful if Greg were still making records half as good as he did 20-25 years ago, but honestly he's still in peak form with this band. If you were out and about and heard the title track, you might think it was an old Rip Offs song that you somehow missed..."—Faster And Louder