DRAGS, THE – Set Right Fit To Blow Clean Up – New LP

The Drags           
Set Right Fit To Blow Clean Up LP    

Curtesey of Green Noise Records, The Drags compact discs were some of my prized possessions circa 3 decades ago, and now we got them on vinyl, reason enough to shout out and keep on keeping on for a minute or two, 1-2- and fuckin 3, the Drags blasted out a trio of brilliant long players to fittingly conclude the 20th century, this third and final vinyl hitting the streets in 1999, fucking junk up and bashing it out like nobody's business, like nobody else except the other two previous from this band, except clearly wanting to not just offer the same junk over and over (if the good side of 1969 came out of 1966 but was completely different, then why shouldn't 1999 and 1995), and maybe purposely trying to offer a side order of piss off to their punk garage fan base for the fuck of it, or more likely just organic when you add a new drummer and Scott Derr bringing in some of that so important Monoshock mentality about how true punk can't be bothered with what some punk or anyone including yourself thinks, whatever and who cares the reason, kicking at the fire and filling the basement with a thick cloud of smoke and flying embers, flapping hands and blasting through that to do it up and kick it out, this sounding like it could have sounded like nothing else did in the rust belt in 1969, ripped on a molotov cocktail of bezedrine, malt licker, and crazy flakes, head humming with Hendrix, Stones, Communication Breakdown, MC5, Stooges, The Who, Cheer and not giving a rat's ass about all that...sometimes sounding like Cleveland 1975 when punk had no rules at all...set right to blow clean up. Indeed. -- winch

The band's final album 'Set Right Fit To Blow Clean Up.' Misunderstood by the garage turkey purist at the time of its 1999 release for being too "rawk!" Oh the follies of youth because in retrospect it's The Drags crowning achievement !!! It's crazy what confusion some wah-wah and oscillation could cause the brain of a teenage turkey!

After Stop Rock & Roll, Keith Herrera left to be replaced by Ron Skrasek (Scared of Chaka) on drums. Scott Derr of Monoshock was brought on as a second guitarist/ noisemonger and was the in-house engineer for 'Set Right Fit.'  RECORDED IN A BARN FOR MAXIMUM FIDELITY!!! The band added some heft to their sound, the tight quick shots got stretched out a bit, some sonic muckery was added, and we even got some drunkenly fried country twang on 'Jet Lag.' Despite my teenage protestations it still sounds like THE DRAGS!!! AND IT FUCKIN RIPS!!!! Put on your FM SHADES because 2026 is the Year of The Drags and they are finally Set Right Fit to Blow Clean Up!!!10% MORE BARN THAN THE ORIGINAL AND 100% TOTAL PUNK!!

limited to 350 copies with art by the legendary Art Chantry.