Credits:The Queers, The MangesDescription:InthetrashytraditionoftheRamonesandMonoMencomesthisfunsplitreleasefromRotterdam'sStardumbimprint,featuringtheQueersandItalianleatherjacketrevivalistsMangesblastingthroughabraceofcoversandoriginals.TheQueersarefirstwithahypertakeonthebubblegumclassic"ChewyChewy";theyalsofindawaytoringafewdropsofvitalityfromwell-usedsurfrocklike"Wipeout"and"Ft.Lauderdale."BestmightbetheHelenLovecover"GirlAboutTown,"forwhichtheQueersshowofftheirveterans'commandofharmonyanddynamics.Fortheirpart,Mangesturninfiveoverdrivenoriginals,augmentedbyarunthroughCheapTrick's"Surrender."Mangesaren'tmuchforcomplicatedchordchanges--theirsoundisaccentedScreechingWeasel,pureandsimple.Butit'ssnotty,well-played,andsharperthanabomberjacketlapel,asstandoutcutslike"Morphine"and"BarrageofHate"illustrate.~JohnnyLoftus