The Rockinghams

The Rockinghams

Makin’ Bacon

Precedent Records

The Rockinghams were another band Jim Basnight led, and a great one. These songs, recorded from 1994-98, are loud, fast, and punky, just the way I like power pop or modern pop/rock.

Lyrically they are mostly about relationships, with some exceptions. “I Need A Car” is about not having one, or anything. In “Ho Chi Minh” everyone rocks in Vietnam, or Asia. “Rock and Roll Cowboy” is about being an outlaw, not riding the range.

All in all, it's a very cool album. I wish it, and more music like this, would hit big. It’s too good not to.

Andrea weiss