Young Loud and Snotty by The Dead Boys

Young, Loud and Snotty, the Dead Boys' first album, came out on Sire in 1977, and the title says it all. Genya Ravan produced this Cleveland mob and had the sense to stay out of the way: Stiv Bators snarling and sneering up front, Cheetah Chrome's lead guitar and Jimmy Zero's rhythm grinding like broken glass, Jeff Magnum's bass and Johnny Blitz's drums shoving the whole thing forward. Chrome and Blitz had come out of Rocket from the Tombs, and you can hear that Cleveland snarl in every bar.

"Sonic Reducer" is the one they'll bury punk with, a sneering, stomping blast of pure attitude. The Dead Boys were counted among the rowdiest and most violent of the first punk wave, and this record sounds like it. It crept to number 189 on the Billboard 200 in November 1977, the only Dead Boys album that ever charted.

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