Always refreshing to here a Rock & Roll band in these times that simply bash out timeless, tough edged sounds that can't really be put in a categorical box. Albany NY's Regal Selects are the bar band that you only can hope you accidentally hear some night as you stumble into a greasy club and get yer fucking ears lowered by a one-two musical punch in the head. I got no precise references for their album "Declassified" (Kranepool Records KP2601) other than all the greatest tough shit that went largely ignored
that labels like Homestead, Enigma, Restless, Midnight etc. unleashed back in the 1980's. Don't get me wrong, Regal Selects are not fucking genre retro guys! They are simply a kick ass rock band playing original composition, no doubt influenced by a shitload of bands through the decades that most folks have never heard of, making it their own thing and that's just the way the best shit happens IMHO! If my old legendary radio show Friday Morning Cartunes was still on the airwaves at CKCU here in Fat Cat City you'd hear The Regal Selects seamlessly mixed today with the likes of The Dogmatics, Flamin' Groovies, Dream Syndicate, Thin White Rope, Rain Parade, etc. etc. etc. ACE record ya'll need to check out!!! The Regal Selects feature Howe Glassman on vocals and rhythm guitar, Ryan Bradway on lead guitar, Eric Hardiman on bass and Danny Goodwin on drums.
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