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Advantages: Perfectly competent punk.
Disadvantages: Rather patchy.

Fans of latter-day Lemonheads will probably get a shock when listening to this for the first time. Recorded in the late-80s when the band were a four-piece (of whom Evan Dando is now the only remaining original member), it is mostly comprised of short, sharp punk/hardcore thrashes, as well as a Charles manson cover (You're Home Is Where You're Happy), a Kiss cover (Plaster Caster), and a live set and humerous interview on German radio. However, there ... Read review

Advantages: Has sense of melody and some decent extras.
Disadvantages: Still not classic Dando.

Again this early work has little of its latter counterpart's quality. My first taste of them was "Plaster Caster" and I remember feeling greatly underwhelmed. At this sounds like the a band who deserve an audience larger than just their friends and family. Of course it lacks Evan's unifying vision that he could demonstate later. This copy includes a ruff n ready version of "Luka" live - as well as a short Dutch interview where Evan sounds like he ... Read review