Block Party Block Party Band of the Day: The Cops
posted by on July 15 at 10:58 AM
The Cops sound like they are from the late ’70s/early ’80s! No joke! It’s so weird. I bet they would have had so many ladies back then (not that they don’t have a lot of ladies now…I hear the bitches of Ballard are all over those chunks of man-meat).
I’m not saying they’re recyclers. Far from it. They just would have fit in really well with the other bands from back then like the Clash and the Voidoids and whatever else (and lord knows those dudes raked in the groupie tail). Maybe they are poppier than those bands. Maybe they are the band that would have crossed over into the Pat Benatar pop music landscape and taught the nation’s young people to have NO RESPECT and then they would have become superstars but donated all of the money they made to making sure terrible music never happens again and they would have CHANGED THE WORLD!
Maybe. But that was the theoretical past, this is the literal now.
The Cops are fun to see live, because they are snotty and loud and probably like to drink a lot. I recommend it. (You can see ‘em at 8 pm on Friday, July 27th, on the Vera Stage. Bring your panties for throwing?)
Mikey Jaws sold out! he lives in Capitol Hill now! boo!
You are hilarious, Ari! Please Line Out more. Wonderful writing.
Personally, I would guess The Cops have fervent female fans, but I for one feel about them the way those ugly thuggish boys who used to surround The Stranglers or Stiff Little Fingers were said to feel -- waiting for an emo moppet sweater fella to shoot his fucking mouth off about their stinging hooks and raging masculine ways so I can deck 'em near the stage.
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