BLACK RANDY &METROSQUAD Pass The Dust DANGERHOUSE NMINT
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BLACK RANDY AND THE METROSQUAD PASS THE DUST, I THINK I'M BOWIE
DANGERHOUSE RECORDS PCP-725
COVER- VG++
DISC-NM
TRACKS-I SLEPT IN AN ARCADE, MARLON BRANDO, DOWN AT THE LAUNDRYMAT, I TELL LIES EVERY DAY, SAN FRANCISCO, GIVE IT UP OR TURN IT LOOSE, IDI AMIN, BAREFOOTIN' ON THE WICKED PICKET, SHAFT, I WANNA BE A NARK, SPERM BANK BABY, TELLIN' LIES, BLACK AND PROUD
Biography by David N. LewisBlack Randy & the Metrosquad was founded in 1977 in Los Angeles. Their frontman, John "Jackie" Morris a.k.a. Black Randy, was basically the focal point of the group, which had keyboardist/guitarist David Brown as its musical director. Black Randy's shtick was that he portrayed himself as black, but was obviously white; James Brown's "I'm Black and I'm Proud" was one of the cover songs that Black Randy & the Metrosquad played as a matter of routine. But Black Randy was much more than that; he was a talented lyricist whose work brims with irony and thumbs its nose at everything, even the L.A. proto-punk culture that spawned it. Black Randy & the Metrosquad were perhaps the wittiest band on the L.A. punk scene in the late '70s.
Review by Alex HendersonIf Richard Hell and the Voidoids had been influenced by '70s soul and funk, they might have sounded something like Black Randy and the Metrosquad — one of the goofiest, most nutty bands to come out of the Los Angeles punk scene of the late '70s. Those who bought Pass the Dust, I Think I'm Bowie in 1979 realized that lead singer Black Randy wasn't really black — he was an eccentric white guy who inspired some laughs with his wacky interpretations of Isaac Hayes' "(Theme From) Shaft" and James Brown's "(Say It Loud) I'm Black and Proud." If anyone took offense at hearing a white singer embracing a black pride anthem, Randy didn't care. Being irreverent was his trademark, and the singer has a good time making fun of everyone from actor Marlon Brando on "Marlon Brando," to narcotics officers on "I Wanna Be a Nark." Meanwhile, "Idi Amin" finds Randy trying to be as offensive as possible by praising one of Africa's most ruthless and murderous dictators. Not that the song can be taken seriously — when Randy praises the Ugandan despot, you know that it's meant to be an exercise in sick humor. Although uneven and overly self-indulgent, this LP is fun and entertaining if you don't mind irreverent lyrics. And Pass the Dust, I Think I'm Bowie was ahead of its time, because in 1979 there weren't a lot of punk bands doing James Brown and Isaac Hayes covers.
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