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SOMETIMES A GOOD BAND BECOMES AN INCREDIBLE BAND. HERE'S THE PROOF - THE SPECIMENS AND THEIR NEW ALBUM, THE QUICK & THE DEAF.
EVERY TRACK A SHORT, WITTY, GLORIOUS, ROCK?N?ROLL CLASSIC. ALL KILLER, NO FILLER. MAYBE THEY GOT TIRED OF WATCHING THEIR FRIENDS TRAVELLING THE WORLD TO PACKED HOUSES. MAYBE THEY JUST NEEDED TO SPEND THE TIME WITH A GREAT PRODUCER (THANKYOU LINDSAY GRAVINA AT BIRDLAND!). MAYBE THEY JUST CHANGED BRAND OF COFFEE. WE DON?T KNOW, AND DON?T CARE. WE?RE JUST HITCHING OUR WAGON ONTO THESE GUYS AND HANGING ON FOR THE RIDE. FORMED IN THE BACK STREETS OF ST KILDA IN 2001, THE SPECIMENS HAVE BUILT A SIZEABLE FOLLOWING AROUND AUSTRALIA WITH A MINIMUM OF FUSS AND GIMMICKS BUT A MAXIMUM OF ENERGY AND VOLUME. THEY?VE SUPPORTED A WHO?S WHO OF ROCK?N?ROLL BANDS (DATSUNS, MC5, JET, MODEY LEMON, DEEP REDUCTION, DOZER, YOUNG HEART ATTACK, MAGIC DIRT, ROSE TATTOO, TURBONEGRO, HELLACOPTERS, AND MANY MORE). THEIR DEBUT, FAST & LOOSE, WAS ALBUM OF THE WEEK IN BEAT AND INPRESS. THEY?RE HUNGRY FOR THE HEADLINING SPOT NOW. AND THE QUICK & THE DEAF IS THEIR TICKET. YOU KNOW THE RULES ? VOLUME UP TO 11 AND ASSUME THE POSE! ?COOLER THAN A PAIR OF ORIGINAL SEVENTIES LEE FLAIRS AND HOTTER THAN A MARSHALL UNDER STAGE LIGHTS? THE BRAG - ?THESE BOYS AIN?T PRETTY BUT THEY?RE REAL DEAL? LINDSAY GRAVINA ? BIRDLAND
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