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From The it Zine issue three (January 1998)
written by vu
Here’s something you should know about the 60ft Dolls, they ROCK! Not surprisingly I’m writing this concert review because the 60ft Dolls are on Indolent Records and also opened up for Sleeper on the UK tour. And not to mention they are a very good band.
Anyway, I first read about the 60ft Dolls in Select Magazine and picked up their first Indolent single “Pig Valentine” (DOLLS 001) for $1.95 at Amoeba Records in Berkeley. It was pretty rocking, I must say...
By the time they released their album, “The Big Three” (which is a reference to John Lennon), David Giffen Records had already signed them up for release in the USA. Giffen Records as you know only signed “hits”. Take a look at their roster: Sonic Youth, Elastica, blah blah... Anything on Giffen Records would make it big because Giffen had never gone wrong with their choices- that is until they’ve signed on the 60ft Dolls.
It’s a good thing. I mean, I like the band and I am sure their fans love them, but it’s one of those things that tells you that they will never have mass appeal. Sort of like Sleeper will never make it big in the USA.
The 60ft Dolls first time in LA and they are the main attraction to this festival of hard rock/metal bands. There must’ve been at least five bands on before The 60ft Dolls went on stage. And get this, they were even on early because there were loads of industry people there and they have very short attention span. That was great because we would’ve to endure seven bands before finally seeing The 60ft Dolls. Let me mention quickly that all of the opening bands SUCK! One sounded like Whitesnake, and the others were hard-core metal bands.
Anyway, the band took the stage and the eight fans (including the three of us) that were there to see The 60ft Dolls got to the front. They did all their ‘hit’ singles and closed with a song I haven’t heard before called “Monkey”, which sounded quite good!
The band was so good that it influenced several non-fans people to go and buy “The Big Three” that was decently priced at $9 at the T-shirt booth, which by the way, was handled by their manager! She was this really funny lass who could probably drink me under the table... erm, don’t know why I said that because I don’t drink.
Oh well, so I have to end by saying, go out and buy The 60ft Dolls’ first album! I got it for $7 and you should be able to get it that cheap at your local record store. It’s well worth the money and if you don’t like it, I’m sure you can return it and use the credit to purchase Gillian Anderson’s records.
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Vu Nguyen
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