[andrew pye]

I agree totally! To have been at some of those early gigs would have been
just awesome! I remember Rob also saying (in reference to the blue meanie)
it was real Chatswood garage music and an explosion of pent up teenage
testosterone with heaps of guitar and a million ideas coming out at once
(not directly quoted but pretty close to what he said)! Sounds like pretty
accurate summation as well! But gotta love that early stuff! For me, from
Blue Meanie to Species was their finest work. D&D onwards just doesn't have
the same effect for me. There are tracks that they have released that do it
for me, but I can't pick a song in those early albums that I dont like.
They're full of great songs!


> Thanks to the people who said they didn't much like the Blue Meanie - you
> inspired me to put it on in the car today.  Described by Rob as "all
> cymbals, white noise and guitar", but "a pretty good representation of
>what
> the band was like at the time".  I love it - and I'd love to have been at
> one of those early gigs.  I mean the energy level at an Oils show is
pretty
> high these days, imagine what it was like then!  For those who said
there's
> too much "wanky guitar" and everyone trying to play faster than each
other,
> again I direct you to the Used and Abused video on the DVD.  Martin's
> guitar stance is an absolute classic, while Rob does indeed seem to be
> trying to play faster than is humanly possible.  And I reckon that's
> absolutely fantastic - again, the energy level is awesome!  There's
nothing
> wrong with a bit of that, as long as it's not all you do over the course
of
> a 25 year career.