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pussycat and the dirty johnsons

  • pussycat beastBeast - Pussycat And The Dirty Johnsons (Hound Gawd) 

    There’s more fuzz on this than a box of rotting fruit in a share house kitchen. Two guitars, drums, no bass, simple punk rock songs and Puss Johnson’s tuneful, yet in-your-face, vocal is a monstrously good combination.

    “Beast” is 12 songs by a UK band with a venomous sound on a German label. Who says Brexit is a thing? 

    The back story is that guitarist Dirty Jake formed the band in 2002 but it took eight years to find Puss Johnson’s vocal and a more or less settled line-up. Two years later, their bass player was given the flick and The Dirty Johnsons continued as a trio. So they pre-date Amyl and The Sniffers - who are an obvious comparator - by a fair stretch.