Veruca Salt - "Volcano Girls"
1997
Pretty sure you compared this to Def Leppard
upon release, think you did that for any tune
you could
Unless you compared a tune to Mott the Hoople
(You compared Def Leppard to Mott the Hoople)
it was a gambit you tried with Stabbing Westward
or so you think
memories are tricky things
when you tend to write
and rewrite
the same thing
twenty years later
it all becomes one long repetitive essay
Mott the Hoople sounded like
"Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl"
by The Barbarians
whose drummer had one arm
Def Leppard sounded like Mott the Hoople
Def Leppard's drummer had one arm
(why do bands like The Grateful Dead have two drummers - four arms -
is such flashy indulgence welcome at the commune?)
Others compared Veruca Salt to The Breeders, accused them of theft,
but you stuck with your sweet gentle Def Lep comparison - actions that
encourage Pyromania on headphones are always solid