Believe It Or Rot: 1973-1976

Believe It Or Rot: 1973-1976

It s circa mid-1970s. The Rolling Stones are recording in<br>the luxury of the Caribbean and the New York Dolls are<br>in the midst of their death throes ... but in Hollywood,<br>CA the Berlin Brats are torching the Sunset Strip all<br>before the Sex Pistols played a single note.<br>They played the raucous launch party of L.A. radio<br>dynasty KROQ, performed legendary anthem Psychotic <br>in Cheech & Chong s Up In Smoke, and were soon<br>headlining the Sunset Strip. They released a 45 (featuring<br> Psychotic and Tropically Hot ), catching the attention<br>of the annual Playboy Rock Census, who listed the band<br>as one to beat in the industry s largest market. But the<br>flame was burning too hot, and the band broke up on the<br>way back from headlining a Mabuhay Gardens show in<br>San Francisco with the Avengers. Bobby Thomas went on<br>to join Johnny Thunders & Wayne Kramer in Gang War,<br>while Rick Wilder and Rick Sherman went on to form the<br>notorious punk band the Mau Maus.<br>But as they say, only the strong survive, and in this case<br>it s true of both the musicians and their music. The new<br>Ratchet Blade release Believe It Or Rot: 1973 1976<br>presents 13 digitally restored, scorching tracks culled<br>from lost tapes, vinyl recordings, and assorted bootlegs!