The Hot Nasties
The Invasion of the Tripples EP
(Ugly Pop)
Calgary, AB
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From the official opposition of Mark Teo:

Before Warren Kinsella peacocked into a full-blown Liberal svengali he was creating hot messes at the Calgarian Hotel — one of the nation’s formative punk dives — with the Hot Nasties. Like a divergent australopithecine strain, The Invasion shares many tendencies with its descendants, while dabbling in different musical genera entirely: On its A-side, it establishes its ’77-proof DNA with “I am a Confused Teenager” before deteriorating into guttural discord and pre-hardcoric throat-shredding in “Invasion of the Tribbles.” B-sider “The Secret of Immortality” is yet another permutation, pairing open-air drive-thru pop with pensive ruminations on morality, life, death and Catholic guilt — foreshadowing, perhaps, Kinsella’s future sociopolitical explorations. True Grit, indeed.

De l’opposition officielle de Mark Teo: (Traduit par le cousin homme-singe de Maya Keshav)

Avant que Warren Kinsella est devenu un véritable vaniteux de svengali libéral, il créait les pétrins au Calgarian Hotel— un des tripots punk formateurs du pays— avec the Hot Nasties. Comme une souche australopithecine divergente, The Invasion partage plusieurs tendances avec sa descendance, pendant qu’il tâte de genres musicaux complètement différents: À la face A, il établit son ADN ’77-proof … Read More »