Bomp!: Saving the World One Record at a Time
by Suzy Shaw, Mick Farren
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Author: Mick Farren, Suzy ShawEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Format: Illustrated
Published: 2007-10-01
ISBN: 0978607686
Number of pages: 301
Publisher: Ammo Books
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Book Review: A Story That's Long Overdue
Summary: 5 Stars
I can't wait to read this book. Without having seen it, I can safely give it a 5-Star rating, because Bomp! Magazine and Bomp! Records were 5-Star entities.
This is the Bomp! records who, through label signings and distribution deals, opened the doors for such great Punk and Power Pop artists as The Plimsouls, The B52s, Devo, The Romantics, Josie Cotton, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Shoes, 20/20, The Weirdos, Stiv Bators, Flamin' Groovies, The Pandoras, and the list goes on and on.
Bomp! Magazine stood in stark contrast to the mainstream '70s music press, by ignoring the biggest acts of the times in favor of articles on The Easybeats, The Flamin' Groovies, Downliners Sect, The Rattles, Dave Edmonds' Rockpile, The Standells, The Sonics, The British Invasion Sound, The Boston Sound, The Akron Sound. All the while, Greg repeated his battle cry, "It's ALL Coming back!". He was so right.
Before long Greg released The Flamin' Groovies' "You Tore Me Down", and Bomp! Records was launched. A reader asks Greg if he'll promote his band's homemade 45RPM. Overnight, there's a tidal wave of homemade 45s from all over hitting the Bomp! offices, and Bomp! sets up distribution for them. There is probably no Punk or Power Pop band of the late'70s to early '80s that doesn't owe its big break in whole or part to Greg Shaw.
Then there was the Bomp! record store, home of obscure underground 45s and cool '60s rock & roll. The Ramones came by, Blondie came by, Talking Heads, The Germs, The Dickies, The Dead Boys, Devo, and Cheap Trick came by.
Nikki & The Corvettes rehearsed in the back room at night. England's Eddie & The Hot Rods performed with Spencer Davis, on the back of a truck in the Bomp! parking lot. Yeah, Greg, "It ALL came back!
Like I said, I can't wait to read the book. However, I did get to live it. I worked for Greg and Suzy at Bomp!. It was the very center of the Punk/Power Pop universe.
~Dave C. (Bomp! Class of '77-'79)
Summary of Bomp!: Saving the World One Record at a Time
From 1966 to 1978, "Bomp!" was the magazine of rock-and-roll commentary and criticism that provided a view from the garage of the most crucial era in rock history. This retrospective is composed of rare gems from the magazine, including early interviews with The Doors and The Grateful Dead.General Books
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