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It's May 20th, 2013 And You're in a Rad Garage Band - The Red Squares

Mike Nipper — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:33:11 -0700

For its time, the Red Squares' blazin'-tight, riff-driven "You Can Be My Baby" is an exception. It sits just beyond the edge of what the then contemporary big chord/riffy bands like the Creation, the Who and the Kinks were doing. The opening riff salvo sounds like something from the Damned's first LP.

The Red Squares were an English band working in Denmark. That "You Can Be My Baby" is SO heavy and fast was actually a bit odd for them, as they otherwise were a 4 Seasons-sounding harmony group. Oh, there are two versions: the above is the Swedish version b/w "Turning Around," and the other is what sounds like a demo; it's slower, b/w "Sherry," and was issued in Denmark. The Red Squares were popular enough, at the time. They recorded two LPs and a ton of 45s. They split in 1969, but reformed in 1989; they're still active.

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