Hawthorne, California's Redd Kross were
inactive for inactive for nearly ten years. After the band's tour for
1997's Show World, they
quietly went on hiatus. Lead guitarist Eddie Kurdziel passed away of
a heroin overdose in 1999. Jeff McDonald formed Ze Malibu Kids and
Steve McDonald for the Steve McDonald Group. In 2006 the band
formally reunited with classic Neurotica-era members Roy McDonald (no
relation) and Robert Hecker. This band went on to record the
critically acclaimed Researching The Blues album on Merge Records in
2012.
Throughout
all of this activity/inactivity the band recorded a wealth of
material. Some of which have included on Hot Issue,
which is a self-released album in a limited edition of 500 copies. It
comes in magazine-styled artwork and includes a download code.
Taking tracks that
have been both previously released elsewhere and unreleased from
various time periods and compiling them. The results could have been
pretty scatter-shot, however the results make for a surprisingly
cohesive listen.
“Switchblade
Sister” was a single released in the UK, Spain and Canada in the
Summer of 1993. By all rights, it probably should have been included
on the band's Phaseshifter
album, released that September. Roger Joseph Manning of Jellyfish
co-produces and appears on “Born To Love You” (which was a free
MP3 download in the early 2000's) and “It's A Scream” which
appeared in the horror-spoof Shriek If You Know What I Did
Last Friday The Thirteenth. “Starlust”
appeared on the Jabberjaw compilation
album. “Puss N Boots”, the New York Dolls cover, is from the 1981
Hell Comes To Your House comp,
when the band was still known as Red Cross. “That Girl”
originally appeared as the B-Side to the “Mess Around” single.
“Motorboat” is a Kim Fowley cover that was on the SMG This
Is Not A Revolution...This Is A Mass Awakening!
EP. “Don't Take Your Baby Downtown” is the original version of
“Stay Away From Downtown”.
If you're a fan of
the Kross and can find it, by all means pick it up.
Here's The Video Review:
Thanks to: Roger Joseph Manning Jr. Atomic Pop Monkey and Redd Kross,
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