The Konks-The Konks (2005)


 Artist: The Konks

Title: The Konks

Label: Bomp!

Format: CD

Cat #: BCD 4091-2

Year of Release: 2005

Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2005 slip with all artwork no jewel

Listed Condition: VG+/VG+

Sell Date: 7/27/21

Sell Price: $4.99

Discogs Last Sold: 12/29/20

Low:$1.00

Median: $5.00

Average: $4.38

High: $9.40 M/M

Current low price: $3.99

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 5

Have/Want: 47/11

Where Sold: Dunkirk, NY

Time it took to sell: 10 years

Where and When Bought: promo when I booked labelmates the Coffin Lids

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B

Sad To See It Go: No

"Yukki Gipe!"-OH State Sen. Michael Rulli, Red Bliss

And so was the quote, a tributary of sorts to the man about town Kurt Wilson who had frontman fame with Bullet LaVolta.  This debut appropriately on Bomp! shortly after the passing of Greg Shaw.  I got a slipcase promo in the mail when I was working on dates for fellow Boston Bomp! band The Coffin Lids.  

The Konks had been recommended to me before this release and I think I might've seen them at T.T. The Bears or Middle East Upstairs on a one-off trip somewhere between recommendation and release.  Garage punk as you would expect.  WIlson sounds still like Yukki which is Aerosmith next gen to the point they cover "Let The Music Do The Talking" and may even reference the Joe Perry Project original, not the Aerosmith redo.

As for the originals, well they are better than later LaVolta (after The Gift).  It's garage rock from Boston that loves Stooges, doesn't care about quoting the Sex Pistols to make their point with 2 drums.

Cheap guitars and only two lousy drums, as their theme song says.

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