Album Notes

RAVING MOJOS 'The Last Rock and Roll Show Ever!!' CD
Produced by Kurt Schefter; All songs by Blair Richard Martin (except where indicated *)

The RAVING MOJOS were a Toronto punk band from one of the first waves of the Toronto punk scene. A band that was too punk for the art scene that dominated the initial scene and too slow for the emerging hardcore scene, so a band that was firmly placed in the middle with allegiance to no one except probably what made sense which was MC5, IGGY POP, and LOU REED. In fact, this release starts out with a LOU REED cover and it is the song that they started their reunion show off with. This recording has a slow rock groove to it and so who better encapsulates that then LOU REED. But they start to get into it with a YOUNG LIONS track that could rival any of the modern day U2 records. The bass line is so up front and heavy and addictively driving. The rest of the material is originals recorded just last year by the band that range from the slow country ballads of Sentimental Journey to the revved up AC DC influenced riff rock of Yeah-Yeah Uh-Huh to the 50's influenced rock of How Do I Move. The RAVING MOJOS bust out a bunch of different styles of rock and are more than competent at what they do. The material is derived from a set of bed tracks originally recorded back in 1993 at the Opera House (in Toronto), which is a great idea. A local club would have good sound equipment, especially if it's a converted Opera House. So kids, take note, book your local club, haul in some cheap rented recording equipment, and record yourself. Fuckin' brilliant. But I think this whole project was initiated by the interest in restoring a legendary demo that they had from 1982. In the process they re-recorded material and this is the result. Stay tuned for the legitimate re-issue of earlier demo material (www.ravingmojos.com).
CIUT 89.5 FM Equalizing-X-Distort radio zine, Issue 3, Number 2